Automatic Reload of Pages

This refers to a browser that requests page information from the server every time it views a page, rather than reloading a previously viewed page from the browser's cache. This is particularly useful when troubleshooting web pages, whether through templates or by direct changes to the web page's HTML. While most modern browsers have this set to occur by default, it may have been disabled. Below, you will find instructions on enabling this setting in those supported browsers that allow this feature.

Note: Mozilla's Firefox and Google Chrome do not support this feature. However, there may be a respective plug-in that does. See Forcing an individual Page Reload for an alternative.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7+
Mozilla FireFox 3+
Apple Safari 4+
Opera 10+
Google Chrome 4+
Forcing an individual Page Reload

In Microsoft Internet Explorer 7+:
  1. Click Tools from the menubar and select Internet Options from the drop-down list.
  2. From the General tab, click Settings under the "Browsing history" section.
  3. Under "Temporary Internet Files", select the Everytime I visit the webpage radio button.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Click OK.
In Mozilla FireFox 3+:

Mozilla Firefox does not have this setting available for use. See Forcing an individual Page Reload for an alternative.

In Apple Safari 4+:
  1. Click Edit from the menubar and select Preferences from the drop-down list.
  2. Form the Advanced tab, verify that the Show Develop menu in menu bar option is set.
  3. Close the Preferences window.
  4. Click the Develop pull-down menu and select Disables Caches.
In Opera 10+:
  1. Click Tools from the menu bar and select Preferences from the drop-down list.
  2. Select the Advanced tab.
  3. Under the "Check if cached page is updated on the server" heading, set the drop-down boxes for both Check documents and Check images to Always.
  4. Click OK.
In Google Chrome 4+:

Google Chrome does not have this setting available for use. See Forcing an individual Page Reload for an alternative.

Forcing an Individual Page Reload

Forcing a Page Reload will request page information from the web server rather than loading the page from the browser's cache. It can be done in any of the supported web browsers by holding "Ctrl" or "Shift" while clicking the reload icon within the web browser. Alternately, you can clear the web browser's cache before reloading a web page, which will force the web browser to request the web page information from the web server again.

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