You can try using the @never_cache decorator on the view that captures the page view
from django.views.decorators.cache import never_cache That should instruct safari not to cache the page. Sometimes that won't work due to how browsers respect the headers. You can also try the decorator: from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control @cache_control(no_cache=True, must_revalidate=True, no_store=True) On Friday, February 14, 2014 5:55:03 AM UTC-6, Andrew Taylor wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been working my way through the tango with django tutorial, which I > have to say I have found to be excellent. > http://www.tangowithdjango.com/book/chapters/tango_too.html > > There is one section (above link) whereby you track the number of times a > url has been clicked. This is done by publishing links to an internal url, > and routing that through a track/redirect view which converts and redirects > to the real url and increments the page views at the same time. > > However, safari was doing this on an inconsistent basis but seemed to work > when the browser was first opened. After debugging this for a while I > concluded the problem was not the code but my safari browser. It occurred > to me that safari does this weird caching thing where you can go > back/forward through pages immediately. On switching to Chrome the page > counts increment as expected. I have tried setting 'disable caches' in the > Develop menu in safari to no effect > > Can someone with more experience than me explain why I am seeing these > effects, and what a real world cross-browser solution to tracking page > views would be? > > The relevant code is below: > > 1. Track/redirect view: > > *def* track_url(request): > > context = RequestContext(request) > > page_id = None > > url = '/rango/' > > *if* request.method == 'GET': > > *if* 'page_id' *in* request.GET: > > page_id = request.GET['page_id'] > > *try*: > > page = Page.objects.get(id=page_id) > > page.views = page.views + 1 > > page.save() > > url = page.url > > *except*: > > *pass* > > > *return* redirect(url) > > > 2. The internal url published in template: > > > {% if pages %} > > *<ul>* > > {% for page in pages %} > > *<li>* > > *<a* href="/rango/goto/?page_id={{page.id}}"*>*{{page.title}} > *</a>* > > {% if page.views > 1 %} > > - ({{ page.views }} views) > > {% elif page.views == 1 %} > > - ({{ page.views }} view) > > {% endif %} > > *</li>* > > {% endfor %} > > *</ul>* > > {% else %} > > *<strong>*No pages currently in category.*</strong><br/>* > > {% endif %} > > > > Thanks, > > > Andy > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/6c93aafa-72a4-4b69-93c7-3726c0ca753b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
