Re: [tlug] Website Update Prompt

[Jim <jep200404@example.com>]

Lyle H Saxon wrote:

> I've noticed that some of the website pages I've made do not update on
> viewers computers unless the "Refresh" or "Reload" button is clicked. 
> I suppose that's due the following two lines (taken from an old page)
> being missing:
> 
> <meta name="CREATED" content="20040614;14240400">
> <meta name="CHANGED" content="20040615;9144900">

Good! I think you're catching on. 
Caching is the name for the larger issue. 

> In looking at the first parts of the numbers "20040614" and
> "20040615", obviously they refer to June 14th, 2004 as the creation
> date for the page and June 15th, 2004 as a date it was changed.  If
> those were the only two numbers, I could just manually change 20040615
> to 20040801 for example, to show that the page has been updated. 
> Indeed, I suppose that's exactly all I have to do?

What research have you done about this? 
http://www.w3.org/Home.html can help. 

Also understand that not just HTML is in play. 
HTTP is also involved. Feast your eyes on this: 

   wget -S -O /dev/null http://www5d.biglobe.ne.jp/~LLLtrs/

Except for the URL, you'd better copy and paste that puppy.