Re: RSS extension on php.net sites

application/rss+xml jim On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 08:42:02PM -0000, James Cox wrote: > what mime type should it be? > > -- james > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gabor Hojtsy [mailto:gabor@hojtsy.hu] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 8:33 PM > > To: webmaster@php.net; systems@php.net > > Subject: RSS extension on php.net sites > > > > > > Hi! > > > > Now the RSS news feed file is generated and is available from > > php.net/news.rss > > I have choosen the rss extension, because I thought it covers > > precisely what > > the file is. But as it seems, Apache has no precofiguration for the rss > > extension, so it returns it with the default MIME type. The > > question is how > > to > > solve this problem: > > > > A) Use .xml as an extension, something like news.xml > > B) Set up the MIME association for .rss files and encourage mirrors > > to do so (like they did with the 404 error handler) > > > > I think B would be more correct, but it's nearly impossible to acoomplish > > for existing mirrors (for new mirrors we can put that httpd.conf part into > > the sample at php.net/mirroring). But I don't like A either, as I > > think it's > > a bit too general... Maybe rssnews.xml or something alike... But I would > > like > > to choose a name to be able to name future RSS feeds using the same scheme > > (a possible future calendar feed for example). > > > > Goba > > > > > > >