From: "Marcia J. Talkmitt--VESAMOTEX" <mtalkmit@HUB.OFTHE.NET>
Subject: Re: TECH: Upload problems
Date:         Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:21:38 -0600
Message-ID:  <1.5.4.32.19961105232138.009171d0@hub.ofthe.net>


>
>Why can I view the VRML I create locally, but not remotely?  I created
>a world that worked fine, but after uploading it, it was just a bunch
>of syntax.

I bet the problem is with your server...This is the same problem that I ran
into....

Try this:

In my server directory, there is a directory called
                conf/

There is a file called
                mime.types

Add to it,

x-world/x-vrml                 wrl

The "wrl" refers to the file extenstion.  This line tells your server
that it is of type "x-world/x-vrml",
which is passed on to the browser visiting your website.

For more info,
refer to
        http://www-dsed.llnl.gov/documents/WWWtest.html

This following is extracted from that page.

        Notice to web server administrators:

     If you are setting up a server to serve documents,
        then you also need to configure the server
     software to transmit the correct MIME type information.
        To set up the server software correctly,
     it is necessary to edit the configuration file.
        Presently, we have the following available:
       1.mime.types for NCSA's httpd,
        usually in /usr/local/lib/mosaic for UNIX httpd servers.





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