I'm trying to work out how to force a browser to refresh its css. I've sent header information no-cache, must-revalidate and an expiration date in the past. But no dice. I have to manually refresh the page for the updated css to be included.
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§ ita § - Feb 26, 2009 11:15:52 am PST #9223 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ginger - Feb 26, 2009 12:01:45 pm PST #9224 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I looked around a bit and this [link] looks promising.
tommyrot - Feb 26, 2009 12:04:41 pm PST #9225 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I looked around a bit and this [link] looks promising.
Huh. That kinda' clever. I was thinking you could change the name of the css each time you want it to refresh, but figured that would be too much of a PITA.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2009 12:17:43 pm PST #9226 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ooh thanks.
Jon B. - Feb 26, 2009 12:35:38 pm PST #9227 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Very clever! One of the commenters had a good idea to further this: make the version # a php variable containing the date stamp of the css file. Then you never have to update the css link.
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2009 12:38:31 pm PST #9228 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That won't work for the board, but I might be able to force a reload right after the file is updated and saved, and hopefully that takes.
Typo Boy - Feb 26, 2009 12:41:31 pm PST #9229 of 25501
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Jon B. - Feb 26, 2009 12:54:46 pm PST #9230 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
That won't work for the board
Why not?
§ ita § - Feb 26, 2009 1:00:41 pm PST #9231 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, I don't want to do a file date/time read every time a page loads. Overhead.
So, I overstated. Can work. Don't think it's our best solution.
I'm pissed that what should work, the http headers, does not.
Right now I think asking the user to refresh one page is clunky but overall better.
Jon B. - Feb 26, 2009 1:02:47 pm PST #9232 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Overhead
Ahh, makes sense.