Mystery

[bournept]

After uploading a new index.html file to public_html and checking it the old index page still shows on the web. Even if I delete index.html files in all directories the old page still shows after deleting cookies and refreshing.

 

[xav0989]

Try deleting the index.htm file.

 

[bournept]

Thank you. I did. It was index.htm. Then I uploaded a new one index.html and still the old one shows on the webspace even though the correct file can be viewed in the public_html directory.

 

[Anna]

Upon loading your address I get a page saying "The southern Porsche Car Club" (although there seem to be a missing image).

Have you tried clearing your browser cache?

 

[xav0989]

After doing changes to your website, you should always clear your browser's cache to load a new copy of the website.

 

[bournept]

Upon loading your address I get a page saying "The southern Porsche Car Club" (although there seem to be a missing image).

Have you tried clearing your browser cache?

Thank you for looking at this for me.

Come to think of it I deleted cookies but not temporary files but I did keep refreshing the page.

I see the page is up now, I'll sort out the image.

Is A Change Applied Immediately On the Web As Soon As New Files Are Uploaded ?

 

[garrettroyce]

Is A Change Applied Immediately On the Web As Soon As New Files Are Uploaded ?

Yes, but if a person viewing your website has the site cached, as you experienced, it will not update. The only exception would be a proxy server, where the proxy could cache before it gets to the user. But 99% of the time, updates should be instant.

You may want to consider using meta tags to force your site not to cache until you're done developing it.

 

[bournept]

Yes, but if a person viewing your website has the site cached, as you experienced, it will not update. The only exception would be a proxy server, where the proxy could cache before it gets to the user. But 99% of the time, updates should be instant.

You may want to consider using meta tags to force your site not to cache until you're done developing it.

Thank you.

So I'm wrong in thinking that clicking refresh in a browser should always bring up the new page?

 

[diabolo]

Thank you.

So I'm wrong in thinking that clicking refresh in a browser should always bring up the new page?

it varies. some times it does sometimes it doesn't
it depends on the browser. the cache is an easy way for the browser to be lazy and not gather new information.

Tip: if you are using FF, you can do Ctrl + F5 to do a force refresh, this will bypass the cache.