Forcing browser

[cromar]

I'm having a small problem with a site I run. When I make an update to the site (usually weekly) and upload, the changes are not shown to users unless they go to a page and also refresh it. Otherwise, the older version of the page is shown since it is in their cache.

I understand I can insert a meta tag to force their browser to refresh but I'm not sure of the format.


I'm a 77 years young newbie idnetter and any help would be appreciated.

[vitriol]

Not sure if this will help but normally CTRL+F5 does a force refresh that bypasses the cache.

[cromar]

Sorry - I obviously didn't explain my problem well enough. I'm seeking a meta tag that I can insert in my web page so that when it is accessed by users the latest version is displayed automatically without any action by the user.

[Sebby]

<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

You might as well stick in the following as well for the benefit of older browsers:

<meta http-equiv="expires" content="-1">

[cromar]

That's great. Many thanks.

[Sebby]

NP.

[Simon]

  Cromar, glad we could help!