[Xitami] Browser Refresh

[Thomas J. Hruska]

At 11:24 AM 4/1/2003 -0500, Vince Napoli writeth:
>Yes,
>
>I have them all through the log files. How do I prevent this?
>
>> At 10:27 AM 4/1/2003 -0500, Vince Napoli writeth:
>> >When running Xitami Internet Explorer is not automatically refreshing
>> >the
>> default.html 
>> >even though we have IE set to automatically refresh the page.
>> >
>> >Is there something in the web server that dictates this action?
>> 
>> Check your server logs for HTTP '304' responses when you request the
>> 'default.html' page.  That response indicates to the browser that the
>> page in its cache is current and to use the cached copy instead of
>> downloading the page from the server.  This cuts down on bandwidth
>> usage and increases the overall speed of retrieving the webpage, but
>> does introduce fun problems for developers to deal with.

In your server configuration, turn off the 'cache-defaults' option by
setting it to '0' instead of '1'.  Restart the web server.  Reload the
page.  Check your logs and see if it refreshed properly according to the
server.

Hope this helps!


          Thomas J. Hruska -- shinelight@shininglightpro.com
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