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I am trying to find out if there is an option in FrontPage that will auto
refresh the screen.
I am a webmaster for a website and am making changes several times a month.
When I make the changes the customer that opens the website has to refresh
his screen before he can view those changes. Is there an option or set up in
the FrontPage program that I can I can set that will automatically refresh
the screen so that everytime they open the website, they have all of the
current information.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 
ladymouse4 said:
I am trying to find out if there is an option in FrontPage that will
auto refresh the screen.
I am a webmaster for a website and am making changes several times a
month. When I make the changes the customer that opens the website
has to refresh his screen before he can view those changes. Is there
an option or set up in the FrontPage program that I can I can set
that will automatically refresh the screen so that everytime they
open the website, they have all of the current information.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I saved this advice, so I pass it on

<!-- Try putting one or more of these tags immediately after the <head> tag
in your HTML.
These all attempt to achieve the same end, but not all browsers support
all these forms.
Hopefully, most visitors will use a browser that understands at least one
form. -->

<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Sun, Dec 31 1970 12:00:00 GMT" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
 
However, that will only work if the client refreshes his browser to load in
the new page with the no-cache information (should be fine after that).
It has no effect on images if they have been updated.
And it may not work with AOL users.

It would be better if the client changed the cache settings in the browser
to always check for a new page - he will get the latest updates from other
sites as well.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Trevor L. said:
ladymouse4 said:
I am trying to find out if there is an option in FrontPage that will
auto refresh the screen.
I am a webmaster for a website and am making changes several times a
month. When I make the changes the customer that opens the website
has to refresh his screen before he can view those changes. Is there
an option or set up in the FrontPage program that I can I can set
that will automatically refresh the screen so that everytime they
open the website, they have all of the current information.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I saved this advice, so I pass it on

<!-- Try putting one or more of these tags immediately after the <head>
tag in your HTML.
These all attempt to achieve the same end, but not all browsers support
all these forms.
Hopefully, most visitors will use a browser that understands at least
one form. -->

<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Sun, Dec 31 1970 12:00:00 GMT" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
 
Are you suggesting that ladymouse4 send an email to all potential clients and
ask them to change their browser settings? How do you share that info. to
unknown clients? Is there anything else that can be done?

Ronx said:
However, that will only work if the client refreshes his browser to load in
the new page with the no-cache information (should be fine after that).
It has no effect on images if they have been updated.
And it may not work with AOL users.

It would be better if the client changed the cache settings in the browser
to always check for a new page - he will get the latest updates from other
sites as well.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Trevor L. said:
ladymouse4 said:
I am trying to find out if there is an option in FrontPage that will
auto refresh the screen.
I am a webmaster for a website and am making changes several times a
month. When I make the changes the customer that opens the website
has to refresh his screen before he can view those changes. Is there
an option or set up in the FrontPage program that I can I can set
that will automatically refresh the screen so that everytime they
open the website, they have all of the current information.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I saved this advice, so I pass it on

<!-- Try putting one or more of these tags immediately after the <head>
tag in your HTML.
These all attempt to achieve the same end, but not all browsers support
all these forms.
Hopefully, most visitors will use a browser that understands at least
one form. -->

<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Sun, Dec 31 1970 12:00:00 GMT" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
 
A new client will get the page with the no-cache information on it. No
problems there. It is only old clients who have their browsers set to
always load pages from the cache, or use Automatic settings (AKA let the
browser decide) that will have problems.

And AOL users.

AOL users should always add a ? to the end of URLs (if the URL does not
already contain a ?
example http://www.example.com?
The query will break through AOL's proxy server cache, as well as their own
browser cache. The AOL proxy usually caches pages for between 24 and 48
hours before looking for an updated page from the web server.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Tony S. said:
Are you suggesting that ladymouse4 send an email to all potential clients
and
ask them to change their browser settings? How do you share that info.
to
unknown clients? Is there anything else that can be done?

Ronx said:
However, that will only work if the client refreshes his browser to load
in
the new page with the no-cache information (should be fine after that).
It has no effect on images if they have been updated.
And it may not work with AOL users.

It would be better if the client changed the cache settings in the
browser
to always check for a new page - he will get the latest updates from
other
sites as well.
--
Ron Symonds - Microsoft MVP (FrontPage)
Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
FrontPage Support: http://www.frontpagemvps.com/

Trevor L. said:
ladymouse4 wrote:
I am trying to find out if there is an option in FrontPage that will
auto refresh the screen.
I am a webmaster for a website and am making changes several times a
month. When I make the changes the customer that opens the website
has to refresh his screen before he can view those changes. Is there
an option or set up in the FrontPage program that I can I can set
that will automatically refresh the screen so that everytime they
open the website, they have all of the current information.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

I saved this advice, so I pass it on

<!-- Try putting one or more of these tags immediately after the
<head>
tag in your HTML.
These all attempt to achieve the same end, but not all browsers
support
all these forms.
Hopefully, most visitors will use a browser that understands at least
one form. -->

<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="Sun, Dec 31 1970 12:00:00 GMT" />
<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
[ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
MVPS Website: http://trevorl.mvps.org/
 
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