August 25, 2006

Not seeing the new posts?

I know some readers come to the blog and don't see the new posts -- at least not unless they hit "reload." This happens to me too when I use Firefox. I can't think of anything I can do about it other than to let you know there are new posts here every day, so if you're not seeing them, hit reload.

UPDATE: I believe I've solved the problem, based on a clue given in the comments by P. Froward.

21 comments:

Simon said...

FWIW, it's a Firefox problem, not specifically an Althouse problem or even a Blogspot.com problem - I get the same persisting cache problem on several websites.

However, if the worst thing about Firefox is that until the next major release one must hit refresh on accessing a new page, that still puts it streets ahead of the competititon.

JorgXMcKie said...

Hitting reload doesn't even work for me. I have to clear cache and cookies. I suspect it's my particular setup for Firefox. However, I'm not going use IE, and I haven't tried Opera, though I have it on my computer. I'm hoping the next release of Firefox will fix it.

JohnF said...

This problem just started a week or so ago for me (I use Firefox on a Mac), and only at this site.

JohnF said...

This problem just started a week or so ago for me (I use Firefox on a Mac), and only at this site. Hitting refresh does work, but it's a pain. Why is this happening now? And why only here?

Mom said...

It certainly is strange. I use Firefox, and I have to reload in order to see fresh posts at this site -- but not always. It seems to happen at random. And curiouser and curiouser, it only happens here -- not at any other sites I visit, not even other blogspot sites. Dunno why. Still, it only takes a second to click refresh.

JorgXMcKie said...

Well, reload still doesn't work for me. I have to clear both cache and cookies together -- neither one alone does it. I'm guessing that some combo of Firefox (I downloaded an upgrade about 2-3 weeks ago and the problem appeared shortly after), ZoneAlarm Pro, McAfee Anti-virus and my spam blocker is at fault.

Gordon Freece said...

Try putting the following between the <head> tags in your template:

<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">

See if that helps.

Ann Althouse said...

P. Froward: What do you mean by "between the head tags?

I can find the opening "head" but I can't find a closing tag.....

Wait a minute....

I found an older copy of the template and saw that it had a closing "head" that was missing from the current template.

I'm putting the closing tag in and seeing if that solves the problem!

What do you think???? That should be the solution, right?!

Ann Althouse said...

Thanks, Gerry! That's exactly where it was in my old copy of the template and where I've put it in my new version. This is great!

I really wonder how it got lost, though. I never made any modifications there before.

Gordon Freece said...

I wouldn't think fixing the missing close-head tag would fix the caching problem, but wtf do I know about Firefox's internals? Squat, that's what.

Ann Althouse said...

So you still think I should put that other code in? Should I just put it anywhere between the "head" tags?

Ann Althouse said...

The reason I thought it would make a difference is that it is a way that my blog was different from others, and people were saying they only had the problem here.

Ann Althouse said...

"With the other metatags" -- what does that mean? I put it right before /head. Is that okay? You know, I don't even know what "metatags" are.

Ann Althouse said...

Gerry, I don't think I've solved the problem yet. I'm still seeing it with Firefox on my computer.

Ann Althouse said...

Gerry: that page you linked to said the code is

META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE"

but P. Froward said it's

meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache"

I'm redoing it using the code from that page.

Ann Althouse said...

I still don't think it's working...

Ann Althouse said...

I do.

I hope it's just me...

Ann Althouse said...

Any new ideas?

Ann Althouse said...

Thanks so much, Gerry. I'll see if it worked on the problem for me as soon as I get some new posts up.

Ann Althouse said...

Well, I put up a new post and tried it. Didn't work....

Ann Althouse said...

Ah! That worked!!!!! Thanks, Gerry!