Re: Preventing Safari caching
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53821
interpreted = N
texte = on 11/4/2003 6:26 pm, Kenneth Grome at kengrome@webdna.net so noted... >> Has anyone come up with a method to get around Safari's tenacious caching? >> >> I've tried every combination of meta tag cache controls without success. > > You could replace all your links with forms and use method=post. It > will not prevent caching, but it will definitely prevent the browser > from reloading a page from cache instead of getting a new page from > the server. True, but for the layout of many of the pages, replacing links with forms wouldn't be practical. >> The kludge of random values in the linking URL isn't always an option. > > Why not? Some of the linking pages aren't being processed by WebDNA, some of the linking pages are in a frameset. I also can't tell returning visitors to add a parameter to the URL when they first come back to the site. : ) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design 800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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on 11/4/2003 6:26 pm, Kenneth Grome at kengrome@webdna.net so noted... >> Has anyone come up with a method to get around Safari's tenacious caching? >> >> I've tried every combination of meta tag cache controls without success. > > You could replace all your links with forms and use method=post. It > will not prevent caching, but it will definitely prevent the browser > from reloading a page from cache instead of getting a new page from > the server. True, but for the layout of many of the pages, replacing links with forms wouldn't be practical. >> The kludge of random values in the linking URL isn't always an option. > > Why not? Some of the linking pages aren't being processed by WebDNA, some of the linking pages are in a frameset. I also can't tell returning visitors to add a parameter to the URL when they first come back to the site. : ) Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design 800 Washington Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.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/
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