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How-To: Add MIME types to Windows hosting

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Based on the version of the control panel you're using the procedure will vary:

 PLESK 9.5.4 for Windows (web26, web28)
      

    1. Login to PLESK
    2. Click Your Domain
    3. Click the Virtual Directories Icon. From this screen you can add your MIME Type

*note this article may be relevant to you: KB 1918, Error when adding MIME type for .manifest

 

 PLESK 8.3.0 for Windows (web20)
      

 
    1. Login to PLESK
    2. Click Your Domain
    3. Click the Web Directory Icon. From this screen you can add your MIME Type

              PLESK 8.2.0 for Windows (web18)
      

 
    1. Login to PLESK
    2. Click Your Domain
    3. Click the Web Directory Icon. From this screen you can add your MIME Type
 

PLESK 7.5.x for Windows (web16, web14, web12, web10)

1. Login to PLESK
2. Click Your Domain
3. Click the Web Directory Icon. From this screen you can add your MIME Type

PLESK 7.0.x for Windows (web6.3essnentials.com, web8.3essentials.com)

1. Login to PLESK
2. Click your Domain
3. Click the MIME Icon

Below are some common MIME types. The format is Extension,Content. Enter these in the appropriate fields in PLESK. If the content type is not listed in the drop down menu, use the custom setting from the drop down menu.

Flash Video via Flash Player
Embedded video (requires SWF)
Progressive download (requires SWF and FLV)
Streaming video (requires SWF and FLV/F4V)


.flv, video/x-flv
.f4v, video/mp4

.swf,application/x-shockwave-flash

For programming WAP Pages
.wml,text/vnd.wap.wml
.wbmp,image/vnd.wap.wbmp
.wmls, text/vnd.wap.wmlscript

For Silverlight
.
xap,application/x-silverlight-app

For MS Office 2007 documents:

.docm,application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12
.docx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
.dotm,application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12
.dotx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template
.potm,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabled.12
.potx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.template
.ppam,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12
.ppsm,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12
.ppsx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow
.pptm,application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12
.pptx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation
.xlam,application/vnd.ms-excel.addin.macroEnabled.12
.xlsb,application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12
.xlsm,application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
.xlsx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
.xltm,application/vnd.ms-excel.template.macroEnabled.12
.xltx,application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.template
 
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