Mimetype aliases¶
ownCloud allows administrators to specify aliases for mimetypes. This makes it possible to show more specific icons for certain mimetypes. Take as an example audio files. It is nicer if they show a nice audio icon instead of the default file icon.
By default ownCloud is distributed with config/mimetypealiases.dist.json. Administrators should not modify this file, as it will be replaced when ownCloud is updated.
Adding custom aliases¶
Custom mimetype aliases can be added to config/mimetypealiases.json, using the same syntax as config/mimetypealiases.dist.json. Some common mimetypes that may be useful in creating aliases are:
- image
- Generic image
- image/vector
- Vector image
- audio
- Generic audio file
- x-office/document
- Word processed document
- x-office/spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet
- x-office/presentation
- Presentation
- text
- Generic text document
- text/code
- Source code
Once you have made changes to config/mimetypealiases.json, run the following to propagate the changes through the system:
$ ./occ maintenance:mimetypesjs