Adding new content types

When you create a document element and add a new content type, you must enter the name and type of the plug-in that allows you to view the document in a Web browser. The plug-in must also be registered with the Web browser. Registering plug-ins or helper applications is done very differently for Internet Explorer and Netscape.

Registering new content types with Internet Explorer

1. Go to http://support.microsoft.com.

2. Enter 306790 in the Search the Knowledge Base field, and click the Go arrow.

   When a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 306790 “Description of Internet Explorer Support for Netscape-Style Plug-ins,” click the link.

   This document describes how to register content types with Internet Explorer and how to specify the application associated with the document you want to view in the Web browser.

Adding a new plug-in in Netscape

1. In Netscape, select Edit | Preferences.

2. When the Preferences window displays, select Navigator | Applications if you are using Netscape 4.76. If you are using Netscape 7.0, select Navigator | Helper Applications.

3. To add a new helper application (plug-in) to the list, click New Type (New on UNIX).

4. When the New Type window displays:

   1. Enter a description of the type of files the application works with; for instance, “movies” or “sound files.”

   2. Enter the file extension (suffix) used by this file type. If this type of file uses more than one suffix, enter them all, separated by spaces. Examples: text documents often have the suffix “txt”; some image files have the suffix “gif”; and HTML documents have the suffix “htm” or “html.”

   3. Enter the MIME type. MIME types consist of two words separated by a slash (/). For instance, a TIFF image file’s MIME type is “image/tiff”. If you do not know the MIME type, leave the field blank.

   4. On Windows, click Browse and select an application that handles files of this type. On UNIX, click Application, then click Choose.

   5. Click OK.

5. You can specify how Navigator should handle downloaded files. Select a file type from the list and click Edit.

   1. Choose a “Handled By” option to open downloaded files in a Navigator window, save them on your hard disk, or open them in a application that you specify. Click Browse to specify the application.

   2. Check “Ask me before opening downloaded files of this type” if you want to be notified before downloading files that are handled by applications other than Navigator.

   3. Click OK.

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