Ensure that JavaScript files or CSS files are refreshed for each new version
ASP.Net, JavaScript/Ajax, PHP, Ruby/Rails, XHTML/CSS Add commentsI found a nice article explaining how to ensure that the newest version of your javascript or css is always loaded and not using old cached versions. The example shows how to accomplish this in ASP.Net but this technique can easily be applied to any server side code.
<script type=”text/JavaScript ” src=”FileName.js?v=<%=AssemblyVersionNumber()%>”>
The attribute does nothing other than trick the browser into thinking that the .js file must be retrieved from server for new version instead of cached .
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October 30th, 2007 at 11:34 am
Doesn’t work in Windows Safari.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:40 am
Err… I take that back.