Posted by John Salerno on 01/25/06 07:23

Mark Parnell wrote:
> Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, John Salerno
> <johnjsal@NOSPAMgmail.com> declared in alt.html:
>
> [HTTP headers]
>> Is this something you add yourself, or something the server does? I've
>> never seen this step in any of the "how to" stuff I've read on XHTML.
>
> It's configured on the server. Depending on what brand of web server it
> is, and how much your host allows you to do, you may be able to do it
> yourself. But for the most part it's up to the host.
>

Forgive the constant questions: And how does the server determine how to
serve it? Does it read the DTD and then pick the best type, if
available? Or does it perhaps default to HTML unless you specify
otherwise somehow?

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