Hello,
I have just been looking in a few logs to make sure I am not about to
talk complete rubbish but I am now confident that most browsers handle
style sheets exactly the same way as they do images in that they cache
the style sheet/image but every time it is called by the HTML they check
back to the server to see if there is a newer version available then
either use the cached version or grab the new version. So to make the
browser see the new version, just re-save the file so its timestamp is
updated.
Here is a snippet from a log:
2005-09-19 00:07:57 203.40.244.146 GET /ludgrove_main.css 304 141 459
Note the "304" three items from the end, that is the HTTP "Not Modified"
response, ie it is telling the browser to use its cached version as the
version on the server has the same timestamp as the cahed version.
The system will always work if the path from you to the server is set up
properly, if it is not then it is out of your hands anyway.
HTH, its getting a tad OT.....
Kym K
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