MIME Mapping

You can extend TeleFinder's built-in MIME types using the Internet Config extension to map file extensions ( i.e. .txt ) to a specific MIME type. MIME types describe a file's content to Web Browsers.

Built-in MIME Mappings

The following MIME mappings are loaded into TeleFinder's Web Server from the tab delimited "www_mimes.config" file.

 

File Extension

MIME Type

.SPM

text/html

.SPML

text/html

.HTM

text/html

.HTML

text/html

.GIF

image/gif

.DCR

application/x-director

.JPG

image/jpeg

.JPEG

image/jpeg

.TXT

text/plain

.PDF

application/pdf

.HQX

application/mac-binhex40

.WAV

audio/x-wav

.CLASS

application/octet-stream

.CLS

application/octet-stream

.PICT

image/x-macpict

.MOOV

video/quicktime

.MOV

video/quicktime

any other

application/binary

If your web site contains files that need a MIME mapping that is not listed here, you'll need to install the Internet Config extension. After installing Internet Config, open the Internet Config application.

Remove "www_mimes.config" from TeleFinder's config folder and restart the TeleFinder Server after you install Internet Config. When Internet Config is installed, it becomes TeleFinder's primary source for MIME mappings.

If a file is not mapped by Internet Config, TeleFinder uses its internal mapping information.

 

Installing a new MIME mapping

Setting up a MIME Mapping with Internet Config

Here's how to add ".pdf" to Internet Config's "File Mapping" database with the "application/pdf" MIME type.

First click in the File Mapping's Add button.

InternetConfig will open the "File Mappings" dialog, click in its "Add" button to open the "Mapping Entry " dialog. Then enter the following information:

Name:

Portable Document Format

Extension:

.pdf

MIME Type:

application/pdf

Internet Config's Mapping Entry dialog contains information that TeleFinder does not use, but it may be used by other applications. TeleFinder uses the "Name", "Extension" and "MIME Type" fields only. You can leave all the other fields blank, or at their default setting. 

Please refer to the Internet Config documentation for additional information about the program.

 

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