Serving Curl pages from Apache
Monday, June 29th, 2009If you are going to serve Curl pages from Apache, you must have access to the .htaccess file or otherwise be able to specify MIME types.
The support team at the Curl Developer Center suggests these:
AddType text/vnd.curl .curl
AddType text/vnd.curl.dcurl .dcurl
AddType text/vnd.curl.scurl .scurl
AddType text/vnd.curl.mcurl .mcurl
AddType application/vnd.curl.pcurl .pcurl
AddType application/vnd.curl.car .car
You may have to explain that these MIME types cannot affect any user who has not installed the Curl runtime on their PC.
You may have to explain that these are for Curl and have nothing to do with cURL from www.haxx.de
If your web hosting service does not provide for user-defined MIME types, there is likely no choice but to look for another service.
Remind them that you do not need access to .htaccess
Invite them to visit www.curl.com or to learn about the beginnings of Curl at M.I.T. many years ago.
Or invite them to do a Yahoo! search on RIA Curl
