Cache on Updates
Hi, Every time we need to do an update to the client script on our software, we are noticing the changes are not being picked up by our users until they clear their cache. We are wondering what is the best way of handling this? thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341050 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Cache on Updates
Your talking about javascripts right? caching of these is normal and good, but updates are also needed. A good way to do this is to version the filename. ie. siteScript1.0.0.js then siteScript1.0.1.js etc... This forces the browsers to load the new script into cache the first time it encounters it. Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator Wil Genovese Consulting wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Jan 20, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Richard White wrote: Hi, Every time we need to do an update to the client script on our software, we are noticing the changes are not being picked up by our users until they clear their cache. We are wondering what is the best way of handling this? thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341051 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Cache on Updates
When I make a change to a .js file or a .css file and I want to be sure that users have the latest version, I change the name of the file, such as script1.js, script2.js, etc. I think this is the best way. Maybe you could put a dummy URL variable on the path as an alternative. -Mike Chabot On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Richard White rich...@j7is.co.uk wrote: Hi, Every time we need to do an update to the client script on our software, we are noticing the changes are not being picked up by our users until they clear their cache. We are wondering what is the best way of handling this? thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Cache on Updates
excellent idea, thanks Hi, Every time we need to do an update to the client script on our software, we are noticing the changes are not being picked up by our users until they clear their cache. We are wondering what is the best way of handling this? thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341066 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
