Refresh the page once right after log on to a site

[Yiu Yan]

Hello, does anyone know if there is a way to that. I have
already tried <meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-
cache"> .. but it is not working .. I check the Temp
Internet folders .. files are still in the folder.

Please advise

 

[Steve Easton]

IE 5 and 6 ignore the pragma no-cache tags.

There is a browser setting to do this however.
IE Tools Options General tab, click The settings button for Temporary Internet files and check
"Every visit to the page"


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[Yiu Yan]

However, it seems like working tho. I update my page,
when I log back in to the site. I can see my updated
page. So I guess it does the job. Why is that?

Please advise

-----Original Message-----
IE 5 and 6 ignore the pragma no-cache tags.

There is a browser setting to do this however.
IE Tools Options General tab, click The settings button

for Temporary Internet files and check

 

[Yiu Yan]

*Most importantly, I do not need to refresh the page
again to see the updates.*

-----Original Message-----
IE 5 and 6 ignore the pragma no-cache tags.

There is a browser setting to do this however.
IE Tools Options General tab, click The settings button

for Temporary Internet files and check

 

[Steve Easton]

Depends upon how the browser is set. Also depends upon your ISP. Some, such as AOL cache pages on
their servers.

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[Guest]

So do you know what's the best way to do that? I update
my site often, and I want visitors get the latest updated
information.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Depends upon how the browser is set. Also depends upon

your ISP. Some, such as AOL cache pages on

 

[Steve Easton]

Try adding a content expires meta tag and set the date to a past date.
Something like this:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:12:01 GMT">

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[Yiu Yan]

So just for safety.. should I just include all 3 tags:

cache-control: <META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL"
CONTENT="NO-CACHE">

Expires: <META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES"
CONTENT="Mon, 22 Jul 2002 11:12:01 GMT">

Pragma-no cache: <META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-
CACHE">

Am I right? then it will make sure the visitor has the
latest updated page.

 

[Steve Easton]

It will not "insure" it as it still won't change the way AOL caches pages.
However it's the best you can do.

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[Yiu Yan]

But I should not have any problems if I am using IE or
Netscape??

 

[Steve Easton]

I'm not talking about AOL as installed on a computer. I'm talking about AOL when used to access the
internet. AOL caches web site pages on their servers so that their users don't have to leave the
AOL domain to view pages. These cached copies of pages are not automatically updated when you
update your site, and may not be for 24 to 48 hours.

There is nothing you can do about this.

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