Getting updated content for a web site

[imported_krish]

If you go to a site that should have updated content but it seems like it didn't change, that could be due to a cached version coming up.

To make sure that you are getting the most recent version of a page, hold down the <CTRL> key and click the <Refresh> button in your browser.

[Rob]

I always wonder if there is a way to make website auto refresh?
It seems only some websites display old content while some will auto refresh.. is this due to the web designer?

[kidiotb]

Actually its due to the caching of documents.

Most of the sites are dynamic, so to prevent "re compilation" they cache the documents which serves the requests faster.

When you press <CTRLl+F5> I think it ignores the client side cached document and fetches a new one from the server.

You can disable caching on your browser but I dont suggest it, some times it helps.

Opera has a support for autoreload. You can set a timer to it and it reloads periodically.

[jess]

Wow, so Opera actually has a feature that other browsers dont have?

Firefox probably has a similar plug-in to autoreload pages.. I might look for it

[kelp]

Originally Posted by Rob

I always wonder if there is a way to make website auto refresh?
It seems only some websites display old content while some will auto refresh.. is this due to the web designer?

The web designer states a code that makes the website refresh. It's actually a pretty simple line of code that specifies the time in which the site refreshes, but a person usually has to manually refresh the website themselves if the code is not present.

[bear]

What is that code?
I remember its something developers used to use years ago, but I thought it was no longer necessary due to browser doing the job themself.

Is it javascript?

[Will.Spencer]

I believe that you are referring to the META REFRESH tag which may be placed in the HEAD section of an HTML document.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="300">

This will cause the page to auto-refresh every 300 seconds.

[howpowcow]

or you can try:

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

or

<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">


you will probably have more lucky with one of these two if you are using mozilla firefox

backlink: http://www.killersites.com/articles/...arch4_2004.htm

[XxEtrnlDeathXx]

Cool

[Faucet]

wait so if i were to put that code on my websites html code, how often would that refresh. Because many times if i change my layout, i have to wait a while for it to change. It's sometiems best to work at night where it constantly chagnes.