{"id":4760,"date":"2011-05-07T11:47:09","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T01:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=4760"},"modified":"2011-09-01T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T03:38:28","slug":"i-cant-see-my-website-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/?p=4760","title":{"rendered":"I can&#8217;t see my website changes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When\u00a0I make changes to\u00a0a website,\u00a0often I receive an email\u00a0back saying,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>\u201cI can\u2019t see the changes!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">That\u2019s because your browser is accessing information on your local disk rather than the new pages on the website&#8217;s server. You\u2019re looking at a <em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">cached<\/span><\/em> version of your website \u2013 the old page. The easiest method is to Refresh your active window by hitting the Refresh button at the top of your browser. Both the F5 key and CTRL + R work to reload the current web page too.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My Refresh button looks like this;<a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Bowser_Refresh_Button.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4764    aligncenter\" title=\"Bowser_Refresh_Button\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Bowser_Refresh_Button.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"43\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0If these methods don&#8217;t help,\u00a0then it&#8217;s time to\u00a0clean your cache.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good thing\u00a0because it forces you to clean up your system by clearing out temporary internet files (cache), cookies and browsing history which will make your browsing more efficient and faster.\u00a0Web pages will load faster and it frees up space on your computer&#8217;s hard drive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What is Cache?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cache is temporary storage on your hard disk where recently viewed web pages are held. It allows you to quickly load a previously visited page without having to reload the page and its images from the web server next time you visit the site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How to clear your cache: <\/strong>PC using Internet Explorer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u00a0In the Tool bar of your browser:<br \/>\n\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Click on TOOLS.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tools2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4781\" title=\"tools2\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tools2.jpg\" alt=\"Browser Tools\" width=\"211\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tools2.jpg 301w, http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/tools2-300x57.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\">Select\u00a0INTERNET OPTIONS in the dropdown list<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/internet-options.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4783 aligncenter\" title=\"internet options\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/internet-options.jpg\" alt=\"internet_options\" width=\"228\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/internet-options.jpg 326w, http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/internet-options-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\u2022\u00a0Select the GENERAL tab.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Select TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Select DELETE FILES.<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Click OK to remove the cache.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/delete-cache.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4792 aligncenter\" title=\"delete cache\" src=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/delete-cache.jpg\" alt=\"delete cache files\" width=\"273\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/delete-cache.jpg 390w, http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/delete-cache-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What are Cookies?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The main purpose of cookies is to identify users.\u00a0For example, you may have filled out a form on a website,\u00a0a cookie is made\u00a0so you can enter and leave the website without having to re-enter the same details over again. The information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same web site, your browser will send the cookie to the web server and the page will often present the form already filled in.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">And Browsing History, what&#8217;s that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A browser&#8217;s history is a log of all the sites that you have visited.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">How is a web browser&#8217;s cache different from its history?<\/span><br \/>\nThe cache is the <em>elements<\/em> in\u00a0a web\u00a0page, pictures, cookies, text.<\/p>\n<p>I clear my cache regularly to speed up my browsing and to ensure I&#8217;m looking at the most current version of my websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I make changes to a website, often I receive an email back saying,<br \/>\n\u201cI can\u2019t see the changes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because your browser is accessing information on your local disk rather than the new pages on the website\u2019s server<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193],"tags":[587,583,586,582,584,585],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4760"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5217,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4760\/revisions\/5217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bonzamobilecomputerrepairs.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}