Oops - my fault: browsers DO cache URLs with query strings, "so long as freshness information is present"
(http://www.mnot.net/blog/2006/05/11/browser_caching) On Feb 16, 4:59 pm, James Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, thanks for that! I'll have a play.. It's a shame that this won't > handle resources (e.g. images) referenced from CSS, but it's really > the directly imported JS and CSS files that I was aiming for. > > Note that the original article suggested that the query string > approach doesn't (or "shouldn't") work at > all:http://particletree.com/notebook/automatically-version-your-css-and-j... > > However, if it turns out that browser do cache URLs with query strings > then this might be one care when non-standards compliant browsers > actually help me! > > James > > On Feb 16, 6:27 am, Christopher Arndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Remi Jolin - SysGroup schrieb: > > > > le 16.02.2008 03:01 James Brady a écrit: > > >> Hi, I'm researching the best way for me to dynamically add version > > >> numbers to requested static files. > > > > what about adding the version number (or the update date) as a parameter > > > of the URL like > > >http://server/filename.xxxx?upd=200802161328(orany format of the > > > update date you can get with the os library) > > > So browsers will refresh the cache only if the parameter changes. > > > There's a recipe on the docs Wiki on how to do that automatically by > > wrapping static resources in a widget, which adds the timestamp to the > > URL, here: > > >http://docs.turbogears.org/1.0/WidgetsWithJSAndCSS#controlling-cachin... > > > Tiny URL:http://tinyurl.com/33xpxs > > > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" 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/turbogears?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
