I am amazed how many hosts out there don't do this properly....

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> BumStuckOut wrote: 
>
> http://developer.mozilla.org/en/doc...e_for_CSS_Files
>
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ok so i want to thank you guys for helping me but after calling the my host'
s
customer support number i'm frustrated.

i asked the guy on the other end if he could update the mime type as the lin
k
you gave me suggested and he was really unhelpful and said that as i am on a
shared server with other customers that he couldn't do anything to the MIME
type or it may affect the other customers and that they may upgrade in the
future but they might not. so i'm stuck with a website that can't be viewed
properly in firefox!!

It's simple.  Change hosts.

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"BumStuckOut" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> ok so i want to thank you guys for helping me but after calling the my
> host's
> customer support number i'm frustrated.
>
> i asked the guy on the other end if he could update the mime type as the
> link
> you gave me suggested and he was really unhelpful and said that as i am on
> a
> shared server with other customers that he couldn't do anything to the
> MIME
> type or it may affect the other customers and that they may upgrade in the
> future but they might not. so i'm stuck with a website that can't be
> viewed
> properly in firefox!!
>

I've also been on a live chat support thing, this is what the tech guy said

Alistair Duncan (Easyspace): You are on a shared hosting server we will not
make changes to the shared server for you as it may cause an issue with othe
r
sites hosted on this server. Also the issue is with CSS not the server. If y
ou
create a CSS file that includes the correct info for both IE and firfox then
there is no need to change any MIME types.

BumStuckOut wrote:
> I've also been on a live chat support thing, this is what the tech guy sai
d
>
>  Alistair Duncan (Easyspace): You are on a shared hosting server we will n
ot
> make changes to the shared server for you as it may cause an issue with ot
her
> sites hosted on this server. Also the issue is with CSS not the server. If
 you
> create a CSS file that includes the correct info for both IE and firfox th
en
> there is no need to change any MIME types.

Did you point the tech guy to the URL I gave you? As Murray says, you
should change hosts because the guy doesn't know what he's talking
about. Yes, it would affect everyone on the shared server, but in a
positive way. What Easyspace is doing at the moment is displaying
everyone's sites incorrectly (if they use CSS, that is).

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thanks guys for helping, i've faxed a complaint through to easy space and i'
ll change hosts if they don't upgrade it. I appreciate everyone guiding me o
n this...

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:49:51 +0000 (UTC), "BumStuckOut"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

>I've also been on a live chat support thing, this is what the tech guy said


If you browse to your .css file:
http://www.past-images.co.uk/pastimages.css

The response headers sent with that file are:

Server: Zeus/4.3
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:43:41 GMT
Content-Length: 396
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Type: text/plain
Last-Modified: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:56:00 GMT

200 OK

The .css file is being served with a Content-type=text/plain. That's
just wrong. The correct Content-type for a .css file is text/css. I'd
say that, if they cannot correctly configure a server, they are not a
host you want to do business with.

Gary

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:39:30 +0000 (UTC), "BumStuckOut"
<webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote:

>thanks guys for helping, i've faxed a complaint through to easy space
>and i'll change hosts if they don't upgrade it. I appreciate everyone
>guiding me on this...


Good luck! For what it's worth, they don't need to upgrade it, they need
to repair it. It's currently broken.

Gary

..oO(BumStuckOut)

> Alistair Duncan (Easyspace): You are on a shared hosting server we will no
t
>make changes to the shared server for you as it may cause an issue with oth
er
>sites hosted on this server. Also the issue is with CSS not the server. If 
you
>create a CSS file that includes the correct info for both IE and firfox the
n
>there is no need to change any MIME types.

He's an idiot, lacking basic knowledge. The server configuration itself
_is_ already broken, fixing it will not break any other things.

If you as the user have to tell the admin how to properly configure his
machine, there's something wrong ...

Micha