Anyone else experience this?

[Vox98]

Why is it when I upload a new swf to replace an older one, it takes hours to see it? Anyone else have this problem?

[TallGuyLittleCar]

in your browser or ftp program?

ftp: i don't know

browser:
are you clearing out your cache? Your browser will look to your hardrive for the file before it downloads it. You browser will then check its expiration.

You can set up your server to expire files faster.

[Vox98]

Originally posted by TallGuyLittleCar
in your browser or ftp program?

ftp: i don't know

browser:
are you clearing out your cache? Your browser will look to your hardrive for the file before it downloads it. You browser will then check its expiration.

You can set up your server to expire files faster.

Browser.

Yeah, Im clearing cache, history, temp files...still takes long!

How do I do that?

[denizen]

hey...if you are looking for a good FTP program try SmartFTP..

its pretty good

[asheep_uk]

I have never had that problem - it is usualy pictures that don't reload for me.

TE

[Vox98]

But, can you setup the server so it expires files faster?
I dont think that would be possible on a shared host, is it?

[denizen]

I've never heard of being able to adjust the exipire times of files....I run Apache though..

what type of web server are you running on. IIS might have something like this....

I suggest getting a good FTP program or using the Filemanager in Dreamweaver.

[TallGuyLittleCar]

when you say hours you really mean hours right. so if you dump your cache and temp files what do you get?

as far as the server, you would need it to be your own. You would also, most likely, need to know apache.

[Vox98]

I'll dump the cache and it still wont update.

[TallGuyLittleCar]

wait you dump the cache, delete all temp files, then go to the site and it shows the old movie. must be a proxy problem then.

[Vox98]

meaning my ISP? Can this be fixed? Now that I think about it, its not only with this host, but with others to.

[TallGuyLittleCar]

well you can host it on a different isp and check. if its still showing old stuff then you can use a different access provider (get a friend). to check.

[Vox98]

Wow, it finally reloaded!! Its been what....4 hours
geeez!

[Kaldertaut]

Are you at a company or at home when this happens cause if your behind lets say a proxy server alot of time the proxy server caches...

[Vox98]

Thats probably it. I am at home when this happens.

[aversion]

if you're looking for something that might be being cached add a query statement after the url, just a '?' and a random number, eg; yourdomain.com/your.swf?443

then the server will think you're passing data to the file(which you are) and it should look for the latest version of the file.

[spideyjunior]

hey aversion....u know ur stuff!
great job!
did u ever get my email bout the new forum?

[Visions of them]

I have that problem all the time I usually have to wait till the next day to see my Swf. files both MS explorer and netscape don't seem to completely delete all files when you clear the cache, they still remeber what was there last...very anoying