Re: <OT> MetaTag to Expire cache (was: FLASH: caching in Flash)

[Daniel Votino]

Hi Marc.


  I have been collecting snibbets on this as I find them and these are

three/4 that I have found though I don't remember where.  I am not sure

which is the one to use.  We need a good Meta Tag Reference booklet or

something.


"A couple of methods for having files not cached are:


<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache">

<meta HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="immediately">


But I think that only the HTML file is not Cached and

apparently these are ignored by MS Explorer and cached anyway.


What I generally do to make the process a little harder

is have a base SWF movie and the first frame of that movie

loads the main movie. This way no one really knows the

actual name of the movie. It does not stop the "Cache Crooks"

but it stops the "save target" guys."


"You can prevent a document from being cached by adding

the following META tag to the document.


<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="0">


Preventing the document from being cached ensures that

a fresh copy of the document will always be retrieved

from the site, even during the user's current session,

regardless of how the user has set the browser's caching

options. This is useful is the content changes a lot."


There is another meta tag that goes something like

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh"> but I am not sure if it needs to be followed by

"content" or not.


Keep us posted on what you find works best for you if ya would.  Thanx.


~Daniel




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Date: Monday, January 04, 1999 8:46 PM

Subject: <OT> MetaTag to Expire cache (was: FLASH: caching in Flash)



>At 08:34 PM 1/4/99 -0800, you wrote:

>>Hence the need

>>for for meta tags that expire swf files

>

>Hi Daniel.

>

>Could you please give an example of a meta tag (full syntax, please) that

>accomplishes this? It would be particularly helpful while testing swf's on

>the web, and I've never used one in this way.  Thanks.

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>Marc Hoffman

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