After we have edited your web page, you may open that page in your browser and find that the changes do not appear to have been done. What may have happened is your browser did not download the modified web page. Instead it pulled up the old web page from the disk or memory cache. Your browser temporarily stores graphics and web pages on your hard drive so it does not have to download recent material. In order to download the modified web page you must "refresh" you browser so it will get a fresh version of the page.

Instructions for Internet Explorer Browsers:

1. Click the "Refresh" button first. If you still don't see the changes then proceed to the next steps.
2. Click "Tools" from the menu bar. ("View" for older Versions)
3. Then Click "Internet Options..."
4. Then Click "Delete Files" in the "Temporary Internet Files" section
5. Then Click "OK"
6. Finally "refresh" your browser

Internet Explorer 6.0 screen capture shown. Earlier versions do not have the "Delete Cookies" button.

Instructions for Netscape Browsers:

1. Click the "Reload" button first. If you still don't see the changes then proceed to the next steps.
2. Click "Edit" from the menu bar
3. Then Click "Preferences"
4. Then Click the plus sign(+) to the left of "Advanced"
5. Then Click on "Cache"
6. Then Click "Clear Memory Cache" AND "Clear Disk Cache"
7. Then Click "OK"
8. Finally "refresh" your browser

Click the "Reload" button.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Refresh:

F5 - only works in Internet Explorer
Ctrl + R - both browsers
Ctrl + F5 - Refresh the current Web page, even if the time stamp for the Web version and your locally stored version are the same. Only works in Internet Explorer

Netscape Tricks:

By entering some special commands in the URL window you can get additional information on what is in your cache. This can give you useful information like the last-modified date.

Enter "about:cache"

Enter "about:memory-cache"

Enter "about:image-cache"

How To Manually Delete Files From The Disk Cache

You may want to manually delete files from the browser's disk cache. This is sometimes helpful if you don't want to affect your browser's performance and certain types of files, like JavaScript include files, may not be cleared by a simple refresh. Netscape stores its disk cache in the folder: C:\ProgramFiles\Netscape\Users\[profile_name]\cache
Netscape's cache files will have funny names like M094MUTH.HTM so use the "about:cache" trick to find the original file name.

Internet Explorer stores its disk cache in the folder:
C:\Windows\System\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
The exact location of the "Temporary Internet Files" folder can vary depending upon what version of Windows you are using and it will contain numerous folders that have random names like S03BJRQY. You will have to find files with recent modified dates to find the current disk cache location.

HTML Meta Tag

<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

This piece of HTML code is suppose to ensure that the web page is never stored in the disk cache. It is useful for web pages that feature constantly changing information. Unfortunately, this code does not always ensure that a web page will not be cached. Your firewall may be caching web pages on your behalf.
 

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