Posted by Chaddy2222 on 01/30/08 12:16

On Jan 30, 8:41 pm, Els <els.aNOS...@tiscali.nl> wrote:
> Big Daddy wrote:
> > I live in Africa and am doing a website for a small organization
> > here.  Our web server is in North America.  When I change a static
> > file (e.g. html, css, jpg) on the web server and then go to look at
> > the page using my web browser, it usually takes a couple days for me
> > to see the change.  Until then, I just see the old content.  It's very
> > annoying because I want to see the changes and make sure they are
> > correct from the real web server, not just on my box.  So it's getting
> > cached somewhere, probably one of these places:
>
> > The web server is still serving the old content
> > There is a server somewhere in between the web server and our LAN that
> > is caching the content
> > The proxy server in our LAN is caching the content
> > My computer is caching the content
>
> > The content that is or is not cached can be different depending
> > whether I look at the page in IE or Firefox.  It can also be different
> > depending on whether I access it byhttp://domain.comorhttp://www.domain.com
> > (i.e. adding the www in the URL can change it).  The content of our
> > non-static pages (i.e. PHP) don't seem to be cached and experience the
> > same delay.
>
> > So my questions are:
>
> > - What is the most likely cause of my problem?
> > - Is there any way for me to fix the problem so I see the updates
> > immediately?
>
> I'd first determine which of the above possibilities it is.
>
> Your computer: empty your cache.
>
> To see if it's the webserver, let someone on a different continent
> look at a certain page, then upload a changed version, and let that
> someone check if changes are applied. If yes, then you can eliminate
> the webserver.
>
> For the proxy in your LAN: can't you bypass it to check?
>
What I notice with my University proxxy when I use it is that, I need
to refresh the web browser whenever I make a change.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesignonline.org

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