Yeah, I thought about that too.. putting the random number into the 
css filename. But then I'd have another value to track in the db, or 
do a cfdirectory with a filter when checking for the existing file. Hmm...



At 11:49 AM 5/26/2006, Ian Skinner wrote:
>Just as a follow-up with another detail...
>
>I forgot to say that I'm also loading the css file with a bogus,
>random argument, thinking that that will trick the browser into
>thinking this is a new file, and to not load any cached styles, if
>that is indeed what it's doing, ie; _sitestyle.css?t=561
>
>Needless to say the trick doesn't work.
>
>Michael
>
>My first guess is that browser caching is the problem, but your 
>random argument may not mean anything.  A CSS file does not have any 
>use for an URL argument and I would think would ignore it.
>
>If you can, try adding the random element to the file name and see 
>if that changes the behavior.  IE _sitestyle_561.css.
>
>Hitting CTRL F5 may not always reload external style sheets 
>especially for IE IIRC.  One can also try closing and reopening the 
>browser.  That sometimes does a better job of checking for new style 
>data files.
>
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