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sherrymarie
Joined: Feb 01, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Mar-06 15:48
I posted a clients old website on my server until my newly created website was ready. I posted my new website 3 weeks ago. One of my clients associates can not get the new website to come up, however the old one is still showing. I have had him Refresh, Delete his Cookies & Temp files and nothing seems to work. My next advice was to be; check what version of IE he is running and has he done his updates. But if I can put some HTML code for automatic Refresh in my website, that should solve the problem without having to diagnois his computer.
Can anyone tell me what the HTML code for automatic refresh would be?
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deecyd
Joined: Nov 04, 2004
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Posted: 2004-Nov-05 05:48
Hi! I have had the same problem. By pressing [ctrl] while refreshing, the latest version of the page is displayed but I am also looking for some code that will automatically refresh the page. Have you had any luck finding this kind of code?
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g1smd
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Joined: Jul 28, 2002
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Posted: 2004-Nov-05 11:38
Don't use a "refresh to the same page" as the page will keep on loading and reloading and reloading forever. You can use a refresh to take someone from one page to another, but beware that search engines see that as an attempt to trick them and view it as spam.
You need a meta tag that says "nocache" instead. That will force the browser to retrieve the latest version every time. Google for a tutorial.
See also this other thread for a recent discussion about redirects (page 2 and 3 of that thread) as well as the threads mentioned in that one.
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Ron C
Joined: Jul 23, 1999
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Posted: 2004-Nov-05 12:46
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="-1">
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache">
Any or all of the above meta-tags can be used to influence a visitor's browser. A more effective solution is to configure the web server to issue a no-cache header. Most servers are already configured to do that with dynamic pages, like php or cgi. None of these, however, and indeed nothing we can do, will "force" a browser or proxy to issue a new page request.
Proxy? Those are computers that sit between the visitor and the real Internet. AOL is infamous for its proxy servers, but many other larger ISP's have moved in that direction, too. If Ctrl-Refresh doesn't result in a refreshed page, it's a good sign there's a proxy on the line. And they, unfortunately, don't respond to keyboard controls. They may or may not respond to meta-tags or server headers. 
At any rate, trying to take control of a browser's caching isn't something to be done lightly. If you're successful, and depending on the content being delivered, the visitor's experience on your site can be dramatically curtailed as every single bit and byte has to travel from server to browser, sometimes over and over. Even hitting the back button with caching disabled will, in most browsers, cause a full page reload, which is almost always an unnecessary irritation. Additionally, if your site is moderately busy, it puts an additional strain on your server and can substantially increase your bandwidth costs.
Sometimes, disabling cache is necessary and can't be avoided. Usually, it's not.
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