How Apache handles file types in Content Negotiation?

An example

[iaaa]

Hi,

I have recently enabled content negotiation and I am very happy about the whole thing. Still although I dont' have any problems with .html and image files (png, jpg), it doesn't seem to like extensionless .rss files. I have to refer to the rss file using the full url (including the .rss) otherwise it won't find the file. Is there any way to declare the rss filetype i.e. type="application/rss+xml" for Apache to understand it so I can refer to it without the .rss? In the .htaccess maybe. Is that possible?

Regards

[jdMorgan]

See AddType [httpd.apache.org] in Apache mod_mime.

Jim

[iaaa]

Thanks Jim,

So in my case for rss files:

AddType application/rss+xml .rss

Cheers!

[iaaa]

Thinking about it again, removing the extension from the RSS file could cause confusion (maybe to newsreader applications!?). The AddType definately will prove handy for other files. Do you know which file types are already included within a given version of Apache? The version my host is running is 2.0.52. I presume that new file types will be added in later versions of Apache..

[jdMorgan]

I'm not sure what defaults Apache might have, or what your host might have configured. Best practice is to always check the MIME types of 'new' files using a server headers checker -- either on-line, or by using something like the Live Headers extension to Firefox.

Jim