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djkjpro
11-14-2001, 05:18 AM
Hi, I have a problem with my site not being refreshed everytime I update it, and visitors would have to push F5 to refresh that's what I think, can anyone pls. tell me how to fix it or if I have to use a special code so it refresh's my site on every visit? a meta tag or something?

Thanks. :rolleyes:
Sexxxboom
11-14-2001, 05:32 AM
Try this between <head> and </head>:

<meta http-equiv=Expires content="Tue, 01 Jan 1980 1:00:00 GMT">
<meta http-equiv=Pragma content=no-cache>

Good luck.
djkjpro
11-14-2001, 06:41 AM
Hi, thanks for the help,
what does this mean though?

<meta http-equiv=Expires content="Tue, 01 Jan 1980 1:00:00 GMT">

Tue, 01 Jan 1980 1:00:00 GMT ?!?
Sexxxboom
11-14-2001, 11:20 AM
the metatag:
<meta http-equiv=Pragma content=no-cache>
is ONLY for Internet Explorer.

and:
<meta http-equiv=Expires content="Tue, 01 Jan 1980 1:00:00 GMT">
for Netscape users

the OLD DATE:
"Tue, 01 Jan 1980 1:00:00 GMT" means when does Netscape should refresh the page; due to it`s and old date it will be refreshed ALWAYS (every time the page is loaded).

Good luck.
djkjpro
11-14-2001, 12:00 PM
Hi Thanks for the reply, so If I place that code on my html isn't it going to kill my bandwidth?

and shouldn't my site be refreshed automaticly everytime I update it just like any other site or howcome I would have to do that..
toker
11-14-2001, 04:38 PM
Dam i keep thinking of the movie clueless for some reason after reading this post.. :D
Sexxxboom
11-14-2001, 05:08 PM
If I place that code on my html isn't it going to kill my bandwidth?

Not necesary; the html code (in kb) loaded will be the same. If you use many images in your page maybe will be increased a little.

and shouldn't my site be refreshed automatically everytime I update it just like any other site or howcome I would have to do that..

Anyway like you say, your site should refresh without metatags like these or F5.
Some causes that make your site not to "auto-refresh" can be:
1. That you have configured your browser to save in cache; so you can't see the newest version of your site.
2. Your hosting server can be the cause too, and show for some minutes/hours and old version site. Contact them if you donīt find a solution.


Good luck.