ok...<br />
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lemme see if i can explain what i mean...<br />
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with just a straight out html site (no fancy stuff) how does it work if a client goes back again and changes have been made to various pages - do they have to refresh manually???? or can you force it somehow? or will it automatically reload? is it in browser options individually etc etc ???<br />
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thanks<!--content-->actually someone just told me that the following tag may help<br />
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<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"> <br />
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would this be correct??<!--content-->It should be automatic by the browser, but still use the:<br />
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<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"> <br />
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There are several other things that can force the page to reload but they aren't in your control:<br />
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Hit Ctrl and then F5 to reaload the page from the server and by pass the cached page in the temp internet files.<br />
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By adding a ? to the end of a static web address it fools IE into thinking that it is going to search a database so it will also force it to reload the server and not the temp internet files for example <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.itglossary.net">http://www.itglossary.net</a><!-- m -->? />
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An ISP will 99% of the time use a proxy server which also caches pages in its own way. When a customer requests the same page the proxy saves time by sending the cached page instead of getting it from the remote server.<br />
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As I said though these things are out of your control but they are worth while remembering when you surf the net yourself.<!--content-->so am I reading correctly that other than:<br />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"><br />
<br />
<br />
there's really no other way for the web designer/owner to manipulate things?<!--content-->
<br />
lemme see if i can explain what i mean...<br />
<br />
with just a straight out html site (no fancy stuff) how does it work if a client goes back again and changes have been made to various pages - do they have to refresh manually???? or can you force it somehow? or will it automatically reload? is it in browser options individually etc etc ???<br />
<br />
<br />
thanks<!--content-->actually someone just told me that the following tag may help<br />
<br />
<br />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"> <br />
<br />
<br />
would this be correct??<!--content-->It should be automatic by the browser, but still use the:<br />
<br />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"> <br />
<br />
There are several other things that can force the page to reload but they aren't in your control:<br />
<br />
Hit Ctrl and then F5 to reaload the page from the server and by pass the cached page in the temp internet files.<br />
<br />
By adding a ? to the end of a static web address it fools IE into thinking that it is going to search a database so it will also force it to reload the server and not the temp internet files for example <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.itglossary.net">http://www.itglossary.net</a><!-- m -->? />
<br />
An ISP will 99% of the time use a proxy server which also caches pages in its own way. When a customer requests the same page the proxy saves time by sending the cached page instead of getting it from the remote server.<br />
<br />
As I said though these things are out of your control but they are worth while remembering when you surf the net yourself.<!--content-->so am I reading correctly that other than:<br />
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0"><br />
<br />
<br />
there's really no other way for the web designer/owner to manipulate things?<!--content-->