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- Wicko
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Is there a way you can instruct a browser to load the latest version of a page and not use cached content?
I have had an issue with Chrome on a site. The site cache is set to 15 minutes and I clear all cache after I make changes anyway. But for some reason Chrome doesn't want to know. If I clear the cache in the browser then I can get Chrome to reload the page fine.
But the main issue is that people who may have visited my site before and then return will not see the latest page unless they clear their browser cache. No average customer is going to do that.
For instance I have a customer who was viewing my website and their browser was still displaying the site from 3 weeks ago and had totally missed 3 weeks of new blog posts and other updates to page content. OK I was able to get them to refresh their cache and see the latest page details, but they shouldn't have to do this.
Is there a way to tell a browser to clear cache for your site if older that a set period so this never happens?
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You can change the expires period on certain content using htaccess file
http://perishablepress.com/stupid-htaccess-tricks/
You can also exclude modules from being cached in joomla module settings.
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Thanks Mark
I don't think turning the module cache off will sold the issue as it is not the site cache that is cauing the problem.
The Stupid htaccess tricks looks more likely to solve my issues. Hopefully this will tell Chrome to refresh its own cache after a set period.
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immediate 500 error when I tried to add any of the scripts to my htaccess file.
Need to check this with my server provider as might have to allow these comments first - This image is hidden for guests.
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Yes, talk to your host because those instructions shouldn't cause a server500 - look in the apache error log for more details as to why this is occurring.
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Actually the code on studip htaccess tricks causes 500 but also checked here
htaccessredirect
This creates many different htaccess options. But this initially cause a 500 too until I commented the first line.
original//Caching schema <FilesMatch "\.(jpg|png|js|css)$"> Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600" </FilesMatch>
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#//Caching schema <FilesMatch "\.(jpg|png|js|css)$"> Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600" </FilesMatch>
this worked or at least didn't give 500 error
set cache for 1 hour so hopefully this will prevent browsers holding on to my site cache for too long - This image is hidden for guests.
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Hmmm, yes that is wrong a comment in a .htaccess file should have # at the start of the line. // is a php comment line.
Checking the link I gave you it does use # for comments? what was the server 500 in the apache error log with that code?
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Tried this from stupid htaccess tricks
# alternate method for file caching ExpiresActive On ExpiresDefault A604800 # 1 week ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2419200 # 1 month ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2419200 # 1 month ExpiresByType text/css A2419200 # 1 month ExpiresByType text/html A300 # 5 minutes # disable caching for scripts and other dynamic files <FilesMatch "\.(pl|php|cgi|spl|scgi|fcgi)$"> ExpiresActive Off </FilesMatch>
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I need to know what the apache error log says - it's not sufficient to just say it's a server500 - there will be more details in the log.
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MrT wrote:
I need to know what the apache error log says - it's not sufficient to just say it's a server500 - there will be more details in the log.
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