Page does not refresh in visitor's browser..

[Dave Porter]

Front page 2003. Some of the visitors to my site say that they don't see the
changes I have made to the site. I ask them to hit the refresh button or
press F5 and then they can see the changes. How can this be done
programmatically? I think they are AOL users.
I know about the <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="60"> but that makes the
page refresh every 60 seconds. I just want it to fresh when they land on
it...
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks Dave

 

[Ronx]

Not much can be done with AOL - AOL will cache pages for up to 2 days
before refreshing their proxy servers.
See http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/tips/tipshow.aspx?tip=20
The tips here may help, but no guarantees.
Otherwise, make all your links in the form <a
href="pagename.htm?">link text</a>
The empty querystring (? after the pagename) normally breaks the
cache. This cannot be done when using FrontPage navigation
components.

Additionally, some of your users may have their browsers set to load
from the browser cache, without checking the website for updates -
there is nothing you can do about these settings, other than advise
those users to change their settings.

 

[Dave Porter]

Hey Ron!
Thanks for the advice, much appreciated! Dave