On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Daniel Barrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> The most frequent problem on our wiki (MediaWiki 1.17.0) involves > re-uploads of images, where users are fooled by browser caching: > > 1. A user uploads a modified version of an existing image > (File:Foobar.jpg) > 2. After the upload, user views File:Foobar.jpg but the old image is > still showing. > 3. User tries uploading 10 more times. The old image is still showing. > 4. User calls tech support, who says, "press ctrl-F5 to refresh your > browser." > 5. User presses ctrl-F5 and the new image shows up. > > Obviously the problem is due to browser caching. Is there any way for the > MediaWiki software to prevent this problem from happening and show only > uncached images on File:Foobar.jpg? The average user doesn't know anything > about browser caching. > > (We already added a note to the Upload page that explains the problem. > People don't notice the note - their attention is focused on uploading their > image.) > Perhaps a more graphic advisory with a large button link with the ?action=purge modifier behind it would have more success? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:File_cache#Expiration --Fred > Thanks, > DanB _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
