Web Browser Cache!

One of the most frustrating things to happen when creating a web page is
when you can’t seem to get it to load on your website. You find a typo,
fix it and reupload, then when you view the page it’s still there. Or
you make a major change to the site and you can’t seem to see it when
you upload.

 

Web Caches and Browser Caches Affect How Your Page is Displayed

 

The most common reason for this is that the page is in your web browser
cache. The browser cache is a tool in all web browsers to help pages
load more quickly. The first time you load a web page, it is loaded
straight from the web server. Then, the browser saves a copy of the page
and all the images in a file on your machine. The next time you go to
that page, your browser opens the page from your hard drive rather than
the server.


The browser typically checks the server once per session. What this
means is that the first time you view your web page during a session it
will be saved on your computer. So, if you then find a typo and fix it
the upload may not display correctly.

How to Force Pages to Bypass the Web Cache

 

In order to force your browser to load a web page from the server rather
than the cache, you should hold down the shift key while you click on
the "Refresh" or "Reload" button. This tells the browser to ignore the
cache and download the page from the server directly.