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Why can't I see the changes I made to my Website?

To see the changes that you made to your Website, please upload the new files using FTP. Then clear your browser's cache. Below are instructions for clearing the cache of both an Internet Explorer and a Netscape web browser.

Internet Explorer

1. Go to Tools.
2. Select Internet Options.
3. Click General Tab.
4. Click Delete Files... found in the Temporary Internet files section.
5. Finally refresh your page for the new changes to take effect.

To view a demo on how to clear your browser's cache via Internet Explorer, please click Clearing cache in Internet Explorer.

Netscape

1. Go to Edit.
2. Select Preferences and double-click on Advanced.
3. Click Cache.
4. Click both Clear Memory Cache and Clear Disk Cache.
5. Finally refresh your page for the new changes to take effect.

To view a demo on how to clear your browser's cache via Netscape, please click Clearing cache in Netscape.

AOL Browser
1. On the Settings menu on the AOL toolbar, click on Preferences.
2. In the Organization section of the Preferences window, click on Internet Properties (WWW).
3. In the Temporary Internet Files section, click on Delete Files.
4. Click OK.

To view a demo on how to clear your browser's cache via AOL, please click Clearing cache in AOL..

To ensure that your browser is not fetching cached HTML pages from your ISP, disable the ISP Proxy servers configuration:

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click on Tools Menu.
3. Click Internet Options Menu.
4. Click on the Connection tab.
5. Click on LAN Connection settings.
6. Uncheck "Automatically detect settings" if checked
7. Uncheck "Use automatic configuration script" if checked
8. Uncheck "Use a proxy server.."
9. Finally refresh your web page for the new changes to take effect.

Netscape
1. Go to Edit.
2. Preferences -> Double click on Advanced (On left hand side).
3. Click on Proxies.
4. Uncheck the Proxy settings.
5. Finally refresh your page for the new changes to take effect.

This document is FAQ219.


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