Specifying A Server Home Page; Specifying A Default Mime Type - Sun Microsystems Netscape Enterprise Server Administrator's Manual

Specifying a Server Home Page

When users first access your server, they usually use an URL such as
http://www.mozilla.com/. When the server receives a request for this
document, it returns a document called a home page. Usually, this file has
general information about your server and links to other documents.
By default, the server finds the index file specified in the Index Filename field
in the Document Preferences page and uses that for the home page. However,
you can also specify a file to use as the home page in the Document
Preferences page of the Server Manager. For more information, see the online
help.

Specifying a Default MIME Type

When a document is sent to a client, the server includes a section that identifies
the document's type, so the client can present the document in the right way.
However, sometimes the server can't determine the proper type for the
document because the document's extension is not defined for the server. In
those cases, a default value is sent. For information about maintaining your
server's MIME types, see the Global MIME Types page in the online help.
The default is usually text/plain, but you should set it to the type of file most
commonly stored on your server. Some common MIME types include the
following:
• text/plain
• text/richtext
• image/jpeg
• application/x-tar
• application/x-gzip
To specify a default MIME type, use the Document Preferences page of the
Server Manager. For more information, see the online help
Configuring Document Preferences
• text/html
• image/tiff
• image/gif
• application/postscript
• audio/basic
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