Re: back button problem
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1999
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22610
interpreted = N
texte = >>>>I want to force users to perform more searches and prevent them from >>>>using the browsers back button to reach the results page, after they >>>>clicked on product to see the details... >>>>Is it possible somehow, that when the user clicks the back button, the >>>>previous page will expire? >>> >>>Yes, not fool-proof but almost. Set MIME headers for no-cache, and the >>>current time as expiry-date. >> >>IE ignores META tags, does it also ignore MIME headers? > >As I said, it's not fool-proof ;-) IE does not honor all MIME headers, >especially not those regardning caching, as one should wish. But with a >combination of expire and cache-headers even most versions work as expected.I've never tried to set my MIME headers, that's why I asked whether or not IE behaves properly if MIME headers are set as you suggest ...But I use all three META tags shown here, in ALL my webdna templates, and IE ignores them all: Therefore, unless IE actually responds properly to the no-cache instructions of MIME headers, then there's no sense messing with either MIME headers or META tags, at least as far as IE is concerned -- correct?Personally, I've never been able to get the most recent versions of IE to expire the pages it caches improperly no matter what I do. Is there some trick you know of that actually works consistently?Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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>>>>I want to force users to perform more searches and prevent them from >>>>using the browsers back button to reach the results page, after they >>>>clicked on product to see the details... >>>>Is it possible somehow, that when the user clicks the back button, the >>>>previous page will expire? >>> >>>Yes, not fool-proof but almost. Set MIME headers for no-cache, and the >>>current time as expiry-date. >> >>IE ignores META tags, does it also ignore MIME headers? > >As I said, it's not fool-proof ;-) IE does not honor all MIME headers, >especially not those regardning caching, as one should wish. But with a >combination of expire and cache-headers even most versions work as expected.I've never tried to set my MIME headers, that's why I asked whether or not IE behaves properly if MIME headers are set as you suggest ...But I use all three META tags shown here, in ALL my webdna templates, and IE ignores them all: Therefore, unless IE actually responds properly to the no-cache instructions of MIME headers, then there's no sense messing with either MIME headers or META tags, at least as far as IE is concerned -- correct?Personally, I've never been able to get the most recent versions of IE to expire the pages it caches improperly no matter what I do. Is there some trick you know of that actually works consistently?Sincerely, Ken Grome 808-737-6499 WebDNA Solutions mailto:ken@webdna.net http://www.webdna.net
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