refreshI do lots of changes with the design and coding of my sites (I have many of them). So a designer after doing some changes would like to see “how are the changes looking like.” But as many of you must be knowing that a browser saves the website data into the computer cache for fast site loading when you visit the site again. So if you have made any changes, it would not appear by simple Refresh. It will not work even after Ctrl+R command as it is nothing but shortcut of refresh.

To see the changes, you have to clear the cache. Or you can use the following shortcut to do a Hard OR Forced Refresh :

  • Shift+Ctrl+R :cool:
  • Shift+F5
  • Press Shift+Refresh button
  • You can also “disable cache” in the Web Developer Firefox Extension. It isn’t as efficient as a keyboard shortcut but it goes in a batch of tests with this great extension !
  • You can delete the temporary internet files by going to the “Tools and options” Menu

This command will clear the cache and you will see the new changes made.  This works good on Firefox, don’t know if it works for other browsers like Internet Explorer IE, Safari, Google Chrome and so on.

And finally, if this also doesn’t work or if you don’t want to clear your cache, then you can use any of the free internet proxy to browse your site. Proxy don’t save site caches. Some of the great free proxy sites are ”

  • http://ekey.us
  • http://megaproxy.com
  • http://guardster.com

If you know any more or easy ways, let me know. ;)

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