This article describes how to use cPanel to configure custom MIME types for your web site. MIME types are used to specify how certain file types are processed by the web browser.
MIME types specify how a web browser should handle certain types of files. For example, the application/pdf MIME type instructs browsers to handle files with a .pdf extension as Portable Document Format files. If you have custom PDF files with a .mypdf extension, you could add a custom MIME type so browsers correctly interpret your .mypdf files as PDF files.
To add a custom MIME type, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the ADVANCED section of the cPanel home page, click MIME Types:
You can delete custom MIME types at any time. However, you cannot delete system-wide MIME types.
To delete a custom MIME type, follow these steps:
If you are using the Paper Lantern theme, in the ADVANCED section of the cPanel home page, click MIME Types:
For more information about MIME types, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type.
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