Your browser's cache is probably still holding a copy of the new page. Have you tried pressing the reload?
Are there any cache's between you and the web server? (squid etc) It almost certainly won't be the host but what's between you and it. On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 11:56, thereisnospoon wrote: > i don't know much about linux or even ftp but anywho:: > > not long ago me and a few mates decided we were gonna start up a half > life:counter strike clan. so we got a few people together, and me being > the labelled computer guy of the group, i was assigned to the task of > sorting out the website. > i can't pay for anything so i signed up for free hosting at > www.portland.co.uk, actually i probably should have made the site before > finding a hosting solution. but anyway, after uploading a little tester > page which simply had the text "something big is coming" in white text > on a black background in the center of a page, all seemed fine. THEN i > tried to update the page to make it into a redirect for the real main > page (by which time i had finished). so to do this i deleted the page i > was updating and uploaded the new one. the page was called index.html in > both cases, the updated and the tester. > > now, when i typed in http://miraclesinvain.port5.com/index.html into my > browser address bar, the updated page loads. but when i type > http://miraclesinvain.port5.com without specifying the file it loads the > old tester page which was supposed to be deleted. i looked again on my > ftp browser and the tester file was indeed gone. but apparently not > gone. so currently my ftp account is apparently completely deleted. but > the old tester page still shows up. i've tried wiping my cache and > opening it with a range of other apps, opened it from another computer > and deleted all my cookies and tried it all over again and i can safely > say the problem does not lie with me and my computer. and the problem > has persisted for more 5 days so i doubt it's gonna go away. > > i'd prefer not to change host if i can. portland has a very good offer > and i'd like to stay with them even if there is some more effort > required by me to keep everything running smoothly than would be some > other host that has ads. > > thanks in advance :D > -- Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha Private Bag 4800, Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895
