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tc3596

tc3596

Technical User
Mar 16, 2001
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Here's my problem: I have a web hosting account on Yahoo. The site has one page (index.html) and 1 file (a pdf). The web page simply opens a file up. The user has no other interaction with the site. When I have a new pdf to post (it replaces the old one), some users say that they still see the old one.

Here's my code:


<html>
<head>
<title>Frontline Fertility Newsletter</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function Help(daLink) {
var helpWnd=window.open(daLink,"help","width=500,height=500,scrollbars=yes,dependent=yes,resizable=yes");
}
// -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://hostingprod.com/@ffnewsletter.com/FrontlineFertilityVolume1No.1.3.pdf#zoom=100">
</body>
</html>

I thought the "<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;" would do it.

Does this code work with some browsers and not others? Thnaks for your help.
 
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Hey There
When you look at your site can you see your updated PDF?
Cheers
Kart00n
 
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First of all, why do you have a javascript function described when you are not using it? Second, the meta tag belongs inside the <head> section not <body>. That shouldn't make a difference about using the old (cached) version of the PDF file but it is good to know. You might try with the meta tags handling the caching of the page:

<meta http-equiv="Expires" content="0" />
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />

Also in the <head> of the document.
 
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Vragabond,
The javascript came from Yahoo web hosting. I simply modified the file to pull up a pdf file. Good point though, I'll remove it. Here's my new code:

<html>
<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />

<title>Frontline Fertility Newsletter</title>

</head>
<body>

<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />
</HEAD>


<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://hostingprod.com/@ffnewsletter.com/FrontlineFertilityVolume1No.1.3.pdf#zoom=100">
</body>
</html>
 
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try cleaning out your cache -- that should change what they see.

zzzzzz
 
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tc3596,

Did I read that right? You seem to have
<html>
<head>
.
.
.
</head>
<body>
<HEAD>
.
.
.
</HEAD>
.
.
.
</body>
</html>

You can't have a <head> element inside of a <body> element.

Wishdiak
 
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Must have been a copy paste mistake:

No head tags in the body:
"....

<body>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://hostingprod.com/@ffnewsletter.com/FrontlineFertilityVolume1No.1.3.pdf#zoom=100">
</body>
</html>"
 
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New Code:


<html>
<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />

<title>Frontline Fertility Newsletter</title>

</head>
<body>


<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />



<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;url=http://hostingprod.com/@ffnewsletter.com/FrontlineFertilityVolume1No.1.3.pdf#zoom=100">
</body>

<head>

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Cache-Control" content="no-cache" />


</head>

</html>
 
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>> I found this article from Microsoft

That article relates to no browser older than IE 4.01, which I hope you're not still using... Therefore, I'd suggest you can ignore that article, and remove the [erroneous] duplicate head section.

Dan



 
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So, leave the top head section there and remove the bottom one (including the contents)
 
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Yup!

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!
 
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