mime types settings

Question

I am using Ipage as a web host and I recently figured that an Html document I have on my server wouldn't work because a json.z file it is using is read by the browser as "text/html" instead of "application/json; charset=UTF-8" (checked it out in fiddler).

How can I change this? Is it possible in a host like Ipage to set mime types or even view the list to find an extension which will be supported as "application/json; charset=UTF-8"?

If not, It's not the first time that Ipage's "simplicity" limits my possibilities, what other hosts are more professional and will enable me to do that?

Answer 1

To set mime types on your server edit the ".htaccess" file, here is how:
http://www.htaccess-guide.com/adding-mime-types/

Specificly on ipage there is a ".htaccess editor" which is easily reachable in the control panel and there you can add mime types:
http://members.ipage.com/controlpanel/htaccess/?m=mimetypes