Re: New Cart No. on same page

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 47365
interpreted = N
texte = Great Idea for webcam or frequently updates images with the same name!I wish Apple could use this in some of their downloads! Apple seems to give stupid names for their downloads that are the same for different versions!Anyone tried getting QuickTime 6.1 stand alone installer ... only to get 6.02! I stopped after 3 tries!-- Regards, Marko ------------------------------------------------------------------ Marko Bernyk - Senior System Engineer mailto:marko@conexus.com.au  http://www.conexus.com.au Technical Services, Conexus Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Ph 02 9975 2799 Fax 02 9975 2799          :) ------------------------------------------------------------------On Saturday, 1 February 2003 9:04 AM, Alex McCombie wrote: >On 1/31/03 4:40 PM, Alex McCombie >wrote: > >> At that point you fall back on >> the random number to be sufficient (which it probably should be even with >> WEBDNA and random seed weirdness). >Speaking of uses for [random], I thought I would share one. > >Hopefully this isn't obvious to everyone (if it is just don't tell me), but >we have often struggled with getting browsers like IE (both mac and win) to >do what they are told when it comes to caching. Especially >image caching!!!! > >Long ago we started passing useless variables on the end of some pages to >force IE to go back and get the page again (index.tpl?x=345678) where >x=[random][random][random][random] was a way to generate that >code. > >But this didn't stop IE from still caching the images (regardless of the >meta tags). Of course that was different depending on the version and the >platform... > >But here is something we have been doing lately with great >success: > >src=webcam.jpg?[random][random][random][random][random][random][random] >border=0> > > >Actually passing a variable on the end of the image call doesn't seem to >break ANYTHING in regards to how the image is served yet it sufficiently >convinces the browser that the image is completely different than the last >time the page was refreshed. > >Now YMMV, but so far this has eliminated the battle of getting a image to >update at EVERY page load regardless of how the browser does or does not >play nice with regards to the meta tags. > > >Just thought I would share. > >Alex > > > > >New World Media >Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 >800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 >Alex@NewWorldMedia.com >http://OurClients.com > >Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database >Designer > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Marko Bernyk 2003)
  2. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Dan Strong 2003)
  3. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Rob Marquardt 2003)
  4. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Alex McCombie 2003)
  5. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Alex McCombie 2003)
  6. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Rob Marquardt 2003)
  7. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Alex McCombie 2003)
  8. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Rob Marquardt 2003)
  9. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Matthew Bohne 2003)
  10. Re: New Cart No. on same page (John Peacock 2003)
  11. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Donovan 2003)
  12. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Matthew Bohne 2003)
  13. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Gyuri 2003)
  14. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Glenn Busbin 2003)
  15. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Matthew Bohne 2003)
  16. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Alex McCombie 2003)
  17. Re: New Cart No. on same page (Gary Krockover 2003)
  18. New Cart No. on same page (Matthew Bohne 2003)
Great Idea for webcam or frequently updates images with the same name!I wish Apple could use this in some of their downloads! Apple seems to give stupid names for their downloads that are the same for different versions!Anyone tried getting QuickTime 6.1 stand alone installer ... only to get 6.02! I stopped after 3 tries!-- Regards, Marko ------------------------------------------------------------------ Marko Bernyk - Senior System Engineer mailto:marko@conexus.com.au  http://www.conexus.com.au Technical Services, Conexus Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia Ph 02 9975 2799 Fax 02 9975 2799          :) ------------------------------------------------------------------On Saturday, 1 February 2003 9:04 AM, Alex McCombie wrote: >On 1/31/03 4:40 PM, Alex McCombie >wrote: > >> At that point you fall back on >> the random number to be sufficient (which it probably should be even with >> WEBDNA and random seed weirdness). >Speaking of uses for [random], I thought I would share one. > >Hopefully this isn't obvious to everyone (if it is just don't tell me), but >we have often struggled with getting browsers like IE (both mac and win) to >do what they are told when it comes to caching. Especially >image caching!!!! > >Long ago we started passing useless variables on the end of some pages to >force IE to go back and get the page again (index.tpl?x=345678) where >x=[random][random][random][random] was a way to generate that >code. > >But this didn't stop IE from still caching the images (regardless of the >meta tags). Of course that was different depending on the version and the >platform... > >But here is something we have been doing lately with great >success: > >src=webcam.jpg?[random][random][random][random][random][random][random] >border=0> > > >Actually passing a variable on the end of the image call doesn't seem to >break ANYTHING in regards to how the image is served yet it sufficiently >convinces the browser that the image is completely different than the last >time the page was refreshed. > >Now YMMV, but so far this has eliminated the battle of getting a image to >update at EVERY page load regardless of how the browser does or does not >play nice with regards to the meta tags. > > >Just thought I would share. > >Alex > > > > >New World Media >Chief Information Officer Drawer 607 >800/724.8973 Fair Haven, NY 13064 >Alex@NewWorldMedia.com >http://OurClients.com > >Interface Designer WebDNA Programmer Database >Designer > > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Marko Bernyk

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