Each file fetched through a web server contains a MIME
content-type that identifies what type of file it is. Thus
an HTML file has the content-type text/html, while a GIF
image has the content-type image/gif.
In the Roxen WebServer, the file extension determines the content
type of that file. Usually .html or .htm files
are given the content-type text/html while .gif
files are given the content-type image/gif.
As a user, you usually don't have to bother with content-types. If
you just give your files their standard extensions everything will
work. But sometimes, when you try out new plugins that use their own
file format, the extension and content-type that you want to use is
not handled by the server. Then the administrator for the server has
to change the configurations for the content-types
module.
Some extensions might be handled by the web server itself. The most
common use is to run files through the Main RXML
parser module. This makes it possible to use RXML tags on
such pages. Depending on the policy of your site this might be done
for all .html files, or only for special .rxml
files.
