If you suspect the web site is displaying
out-of-date information, please read on...
(if you would like further help with this, then please send an email to the address at the bottom of this
page).
A quick check to see if the web page you are viewing is
out-of-date is to press the Ctrl key and hold it
down while you press the F5 key. If the content changes this is an indication that your PC is
not picking up the latest information.
Reasons for out-of-date information
When you surf the internet, web pages that you visit are
saved on your PC in a temporary location (cache) to speed up access next
time you visit those pages. The PC checks if the page has been
updated since your last visit; if so then it reloads the updated page from the
internet, otherwise it uses the saved page.
Sometimes this checking mechanism goes wrong and your PC continues to use the saved
out-of-date copy instead of the latest; this is a known problem and affects
other web sites, not just this one. It may sort itself out
after a few days, but it's not guaranteed.
The above Ctrl & F5 technique only forces a reload
of the single
page you are currently viewing, so a more convenient solution is to force a reload of all
pages by deleting these 'temporary internet files'. You can
do this manually or automatically.
The actual method depends on the type and version of
Internet browser you are using.
The following examples assume you are
using Internet Explorer:-
Manual Solution

If you can see the Internet Explorer icon, right-click
it, then left-click Properties
(if you can't see the icon, then click Start, (Settings), Control Panel,
Internet Options)
Depending on the version of Internet Explorer, you
should see an Internet Options/Properties window something like this:-

Click General at top-left, then click Delete; this will
display a further window allowing you to select which items are to be
deleted:-

If you don't see the above windows, try looking around
for an option to Delete Temporary Internet Files; it may look like this:-

Either way, click Delete Files, then click Yes if asked
to confirm.
The delete process can take several minutes so be patient.
More information from Microsoft can be found here,
although it doesn't mention anything about the checking process not
working properly!
As this is a manual process, you may need to repeat this
at regular intervals; alternatively use the Automatic Solution below.
Automatic Solution
To avoid manually deleting these files on a regular
basis, you can configure your browser to automatically delete them
whenever you close it. This is a reasonable compromise as it will
then use the caching system during your session, but everything
will be refreshed & brought up-to-date when you start your next
session.
This may slow down your internet access to some degree, although
broadband users so far have reported no difference (and some even found
it was quicker!). If you find it a problem with your system, then simply reverse the
modification shown below.
To configure your system, display the Internet Options/Properties
window as shown in the manual solution above, but this time click Advanced, then scroll down and look
for a tick-box called
'Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed':-

Click the box to 'tick' it, and then click OK.
When you close Internet Explorer for the first time, there may be a
delay of several minutes while it deletes all the temporary files it has built up over
time, but subsequent close-downs will be much quicker.
Please contact us via the email address below if you are still having
problems. |