Hi I haven't bothered messing with this yet - but Simon Jessey has:
http://keystonewebsites.com/articles/mime_type.php http://jessey.net/blog/2003/sep/ > I have created an index.xhtml file, changed the content in it > to "application/xhtml+xml" (<meta > content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=iso-8859-1" /> ) and > uploaded it. Meta tags are almost useless for this sort of stuff. HTTP Headers are where the action is. > Now, IE is served the xhtml file as text/html and Mozilla is > served application/xhtml+xml. Is it? > > You can test both files with IE and Mozilla, for instance: > > http://excellentsite.org/index.shtml > http://excellentsite.org/index.xhtml Seems to be working - Firefox is getting served application/xhtml+xml for the second link. > Could it be this way? If yes, why doesn't IE load the xhtml page ?! IE has broken mime support. Don't take this too seriously but I'm just going to add my usual disclaimer: + XHTML is currently a waste of time. It might be useful in a few years. + All the features that XHTML adds are currently supported so badly by user-agents at large that there is almost no point in using it. + HTML4.1 is the right choice for web documents at the moment. This argument has been outlined at length on this list so search the archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/wsg%40webstandardsgroup.org/ if you are interested in more details. However having said that I think the approach you have taken (serving as xml mime type where possible) is one of the more responsible ones at the moment. I still don't think its worth the effort though. Cheers Mark ------------------ Mark Stanton Technical Director Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 http://www.gruden.com ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
