David, Thanks for the information.
I've actually never experienced a problem with this on my test/development environment. But the brainy folks on the engineering team are worried about actual users on the live site caching the CSS docs and missing the latest version when we update. I personally have not heard that this is a problem, but since Yahoo!, Match.com, EHarmony.com and others are versioning their CSS, I have to assume that it is an issue. I personally think the idea of expiring CSS through .htaccess sounds good, and I'll mention it to the engineering guys. Thanks, Troy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > discuss.org] On Behalf Of David Hucklesby > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [css-d] External CSS caching > Assuming you are talking about a testing environment, there are several > solutions. Most simple is to use a browser's options. In IE, from the menu > at > the top, choose Tools > Internet options > General, then use the "Delete > files" > button. Firefox? Easiest way - get the Web Developer's Tool Bar, open the > "Miscellaneous" item, and select "Clear Cache" from the list (#1). Opera - > Preferences > Advanced > History. For the Disk Cache item, either use the > "Empty > Now" button, or check the "Empty on exit" checkbox and close / open Opera > every > time you suspect a cacheing problem. (Opera opens fast, and you can even > reopen > it at the original set of pages.) > > The other alternative is to configure Apache (if that's what you are > using) to > set HTTP headers to expire CSS files. You may be able to do this with > "htaccess" > files[1] - but we are heading WAY off topic. I am sending this to the list > only > because cache control can mess up CSS testing, as you say. > > [1] <http://www.web-caching.com/mnot_tutorial/notes.html> > > Cordially, > David > -- > David Hucklesby, on 12/22/2005 > <http://www.hucklesby.com/> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
