- From: Daniel W. Connolly <connolly@beach.w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 08:23:35 -0400
- To: cdackus@limbu.nl (Christian Dackus)
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
In message <v01510101ac43b19356d7@[193.67.243.100]>, Christian Dackus writes: >My quetion: > >How can I prevent my HTML-page from being cached. I want my HTML-page to be >uploaded from a server everytime the user asks the page. This is because >this page changes constantly. I assume this HTML page is being delivered via HTTP. Hence this is really a question about the behaviour of HTTP clients and servers. Have you checked the HTTP spec? How about your server documentation? 7.1 Entity Header Fields Sun Mar 12 18:36:52 1995 http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/HTTP1.0/HTTP1.0-ID_30.html |7.1.8 Expires | |The Expires field gives the date/time after which the entity should be |considered stale. This allows information providers to suggest the |volatility of the resource. Caching clients (including proxies) must |not cache this copy of the resource beyond the date given, unless its |status has been updated by a later check of the origin server. See also: http://www.w3.org/hypertext/WWW/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_5.html#SEC30 Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0 - Document Structure Fri Jun 16 19:56:22 1995 |Examples | |If the document contains: | |<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" | CONTENT="Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT"> |<meta http-equiv="Keywords" CONTENT="Fred"> |<META HTTP-EQUIV="Reply-to" | content="fielding@ics.uci.edu (Roy Fielding)"> |<Meta Http-equiv="Keywords" CONTENT="Barney"> | |then the server may include the following header fields: | |Expires: Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT |Keywords: Fred, Barney |Reply-to: fielding@ics.uci.edu (Roy Fielding) Dan
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