This is vaguely off topic here, but "cache busting" seems like a great idea. Is this widely used in this industry? Is there a more "official way" of preventing the cache?
I mainly ask to see if I need to implement this in my development processes now going forward. Nathan Mynarcik Interactive Web Developer [email protected] 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]>wrote: > same for me in chrome > > might be a caching issue > > a frequent cause of issues. If you have made a mistake that gets cached > then when you retest -- even with corrected code the issue may persist > > cache busting may help (stolen from a prev post by Aran) > > a) tacking on a querystring param to the swf location > like swfobject.embedSWF("tagcloud.swf?r=" + new Date().getTime(), ....... > > now the browser will think its loading a new swf - you can also cache bust > inside you swf when loading txt files > > - S > > > > > On 28 January 2010 19:49, Nathan Mynarcik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I didn't see a problem with any of those links. Atleast in FireFox they >> showed up on first load. >> >> Nathan Mynarcik >> Interactive Web Developer >> [email protected] >> 254.749.2525 >> www.mynarcik.com >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:44 PM, webhelp >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I have been looking all over and trying every fix I can find to get >>> rid of the reload/refresh problem. >>> >>> I am using the swfobject generator so I can make sure I get everything >>> right, but still no results >>> >>> The problem is the page won't show unless you reload it, or when the >>> page shows the text link won't show when the page loads, just when you >>> reload/refresh the page. (The text shows if it has already loaded >>> earlier). >>> >>> Here are some sample links that will help explain my situation: >>> >>> Static example: >>> http://www.websitehelpbuilder.info/index.html >>> (here's the .txt file that only shows up after you reload the page) >>> http://www.websitehelpbuilder.info/Text29.txt >>> >>> Dynamic example: >>> http://www.websitehelpbuilder.info/index_dynamic.html >>> Text file:http://www.websitehelpbuilder.info/Text29.txt >>> >>> Is there any way to fix this with or without the generator? Clearly I >>> need help with this, and any help will be greatly appreciated. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "SWFObject" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "SWFObject" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.
