Must be a host specific issue then.
all of my sites run on Apache servers with extensions, and I can edit mime types via CPanel.
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"Rob Giordano (Crash)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Yep you're right, if you want to use cPanel to add mime type you have do uninstall the FPSE first. Yuck.
> Coulda sworn I'd done it before...getting old...and my mime is fading :-))
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> "Tom [Pepper] Willett" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> IIRC, Rob, their page said it was not functional from the C-Panel as long as
>> extensions were installed.
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>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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>> "Rob Giordano (Crash)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> : Dunno about a conflict per se, as I am running one site on a linux box and
>> : am able to add mime-types through cPanel, they probably want to keep
>> control
>> : of what users may try to add/change/delete.
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>> : "JW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> : news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> : > Thanks for all the excellent feedback. The site is running on Linux
>> boxes
>> : > and the control panel offers a convenient method for adding MIME's.
>> : > Unfortunately, when FP extensions are installed, this option is
>> disabled,
>> : > so there is apparently a significant conflict. I've submitted a ticket,
>> : > asking them to do it manually. We'll see what happens. Thanks again for
>> : > all the help.
>> : >
>> : > "Steve Easton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> : > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> : >> You need to open the control panel for your web site and add the mime
>> : >> type there.
>> : >> Normally to open the control panel you simply add cpanel to your
>> website
>> : >> address:
>> : >>
>> : >> www.mysite.com/cpanel and then give the user name and password when
>> : >> prompted.
>> : >> The user name and password should be that same that you use when you
>> : >> publish your web.
>> : >>
>> : >> Steve Easton
>> : >> Microsoft MVP FrontPage
>> : >> FP Cleaner
>> : >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/fpclean.htm
>> : >> Hit Me FP
>> : >> http://www.95isalive.com/fixes/HitMeFP.htm
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>> : >> "JW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> : >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> : >>> I'm beginning to get a headache....<G>
>> : >>>
>> : >>> Would you mind taking a look at the note at the bottom of this page
>> from
>> : >>> my host, regarding MIME and FP extensions? Am I misinterpreting what
>> : >>> they are saying, or are they misinformed?
>> : >>> http://oneworldhosting.com/support/control02_14.html
>> : >>>
>> : >>> Thanks for your help,
>> : >>> JW
>> : >>>
>> : >>> "Thomas A. Rowe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> : >>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> : >>>> FP doesn't have any functions to manage mime types.
>> : >>>>
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>> : >>>> Thomas A. Rowe
>> : >>>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
>> : >>>> http://www.Ecom-Data.com
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>> : >>>> "JW" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> : >>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> : >>>>> This is a follow-up to a previous posting regarding .docx file
>> issues
>> : >>>>> on my server. Based on all the very good advice I received, it looks
>> : >>>>> like I probably need to specify additional MIME extensions. The
>> : >>>>> feedback from my host is that "If FP extensions are enabled, then
>> you
>> : >>>>> must use your version of Microsoft FrontPage to handle mime types".
>> : >>>>> I'm running FP2000 and cannot find anything in the help files
>> : >>>>> regarding MIME extensions. Can somebody point me to how I handle
>> this
>> : >>>>> within FP? As always, thanks for the patience and for sharing the
>> good
>> : >>>>> stuff...
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