[geeklog-devel] AOL8 (fwd)

[Tony Bibbs]

I already had that meta tag there but it was enclosed in an HTML comment.  
I'm not sure that matters so I removed the comments and will see if I get 
less complaints.

--Tony

 On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Tom Willett wrote:

> Yes AOL does cache pages (and downloads parts of the same page from multiple 
> servers at the same time) but so does Squid and most other caching proxies.  
> I learned a long time ago that I had to turn off my local squid to do much 
> web page editing successfully.  You can also just make sure that each call 
> has a ? in it or add a ? to the end of the url.  This signals the proxy that 
> this page is not static.  And if you have lots of problems make sure your 
> website has the no-cache pragma (<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-
> cache">).  AOL respects that.
> 
> TomW
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:55:58 -0600 (CST), Tony Bibbs wrote
> > Can anybody else confirm this?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Tony Bibbs          "I guess you have to remember that those who don't
> > tony at tonybibbs.com  hunt or fish often see those of us who do as      
> >                     harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you  
> >                     think about it, that might be a fair assessment." 
> >                     --Unknown
> > 
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 14:16:35 -0600
> > From: maximus at dublin.com
> > To: tony at tonybibbs.com
> > Subject: AOL8
> > 
> > I had this problem when using AOL to update my site (GL powered and proud 
> of it).
> > 
> > The issue seemed to revolve around how AOL cached the page.  the users 
> _were_ logged in but AOL didn't reload the page, it just used the old page 
> instead.
> > 
> > I was using an older version of AOL (5.0 or so I think).  If you use the 
> refresh button a couple of times after logging in the problem went away.
> > 
> > AOL creates a cache of the page "for faster viewing" that it uses on the 
> next call.  I think MSN does the same.  These static pages then live on the 
> ISP's servers, increasing load time by attempting to cut out the farther 
> server.
> > 
> > I had only to refresh a couple of time in each case and then AOL seemed to 
> get the idea that maybe this tatic wasn't working in my case.  Works fine 
> now, but I havent used that computer in a few months.
> > 
> > Maybe the solution, maybe I have a bad case of anal-audience.  Just what 
> happened in my case.
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-- 
Tony Bibbs          "I guess you have to remember that those who don't
tony at tonybibbs.com  hunt or fish often see those of us who do as      
                    harmlessly strange and sort of amusing. When you  
                    think about it, that might be a fair assessment." 
                    --Unknown