Automatically show changes once set live...

[GrahamBedbrook]

Is there a way to get my Muse website to always show the updated version without refreshing the page? When I do an update and republish, it doesn't show my changes unless I refresh the page. I often get asked by clients why I haven't made the changes requested, and I tell them to refresh and they show. However THEIR users will not know to do this...

[Günter Heißenbüttel · Accepted solution]

This is not a Muse behaviour, it is the behaviour of your browser and its cache. If you don’t want this:

• Follow the steps, explained in my answer 5 in this thread https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2514716​ and additionally read this thread: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2408872
• Disable your browser cache or
• use this 3rd party widget: https://www.ividesign.ch/widgets/index.html#!/~/​ (Scroll down a little bit; it is the „Page Updater“ widget.)

[GrahamBedbrook]

If I look at the BBC website that doesn't need refreshing....?

[Günter Heißenbüttel]

Then do, what I have suggested.

Be aware, that PHP sites with a database backend offer more sophisticated possibilities as a static Muse site does.

[Nancy OShea]

Chrome is the most stuborn browser cache around.  When testing sites, I keep the developer console open (F12) and hit Network > Disable Cache.

If you have a Linux/Apache server, you can set the caching directives inside the server's .htaccess file.  Depending on your hosting plan, you may be able to do this from your server's C-Panel.  If not, you will need to download the .htaccess file from your server with Filezilla or similar FTP client and ediit the with a plain text editor.  Do not use Muse for this.   When done, save the file and upload it to your root server (the same location as your index.html page).

Below is an example of what I use in the .htaccess file.   Basically, most of what your site uses can remain cached for 1 year.  The exceptions are things that change more often such as CSS (1 month) and content (2 days)..

## EXPIRES CACHING ##

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

ExpiresActive On

ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType application/x-font-opentype "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access  1 year"

ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"

ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType text/javascript "access 1 year"

ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"

ExpiresDefault "access 2 days"

</IfModule>

## EXPIRES CACHING ##