I'm trying to create a web page that will refresh each time someone
visits so they always see an updated version. I've tried using

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT=";URL=index.html">

in the HTML code, but it doesn't seem to work. If I add time value
after CONTENT= it will refresh after that time, but I only want the
page to refresh once.

Any help would be appreciated.

Will.

gw_appleby@hotmail.com (Will Appleby) wrote in message news:<7b17adb9.0311040312.53a38fde@posting.google. com>...[color=blue]
> I'm trying to create a web page that will refresh each time someone
> visits so they always see an updated version.[/color]

This happens anyway - browsers ask the server the timestamp of its
version, compare it with the timestamp of the version in the cache,
and download the new one if necessary.
[color=blue]
> I've tried using
>
> <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT=";URL=index.html">[/color]

That won't work for this purpose. And don't use that code anyway, it
breaks the back button.

--- Stephen Morley ---
http://www.safalra.com

Will Appleby wrote:
[color=blue]
> I'm trying to create a web page that will refresh each time someone
> visits so they always see an updated version.[/color]

You don't do that with HTML. You do that by having your server respond to
requests with the correct HTTP headers.

<URL:http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/>

--
Jim Dabell

On 4 Nov 2003 03:12:07 -0800, gw_appleby@hotmail.com (Will Appleby)
wrote:
[color=blue]
>I'm trying to create a web page that will refresh each time someone
>visits so they always see an updated version. I've tried using
>
><META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT=";URL=index.html">
>
>in the HTML code, but it doesn't seem to work. If I add time value
>after CONTENT= it will refresh after that time, but I only want the
>page to refresh once.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Will.[/color]

I've always had good results with

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1">

Obviously, the other posters here disagree with using META tags for
this purpose, but if you cannot access your HTTP headers, it seems to
me to be the next best thing....