Auto refresh

[Will Appleby]

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.

[Safalra]

gw********@hotmail.com (Will Appleby) wrote in message news:<7b**************************@posting.google. com>...

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

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

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

[Jim Dabell]

Will Appleby wrote:

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

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

[Jane Withnolastname]

On 4 Nov 2003 03:12:07 -0800, gw********@hotmail.com (Will Appleby)
wrote:

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.

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....