Re: Date of web pages? by spamlet
spamlet
Thu Mar 06 04:42:12 PST 2008
Yes, I've got that in my favourites, but haven't looked at it lately.
(Wikipedia and Google's 'define:' function seem to fulfil most of my
encyclopaedic needs these days.)
And, as our Bosch cooker has finally decided to stop heating up beyond 100
deg at all, I guess it's a timely reminder for me to have another look!
Cheers,
S
"rob^_^" <iecustomizer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "spamlet" <spam.morespam@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Right, that clears it up.
>>
>> It's a shame that we can get timing down to fractions of microseconds
>> these days, but seem to have no way of knowing if the bulk of what we
>> read on the web is still relevant though.
>>
>> Very considerate of you to take the time to explain.
>>
>> Thanks Rob
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> S
>>
>> "rob^_^" <iecustomizer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:933D5513-F804-4102-AFEE-A32E5028B243@microsoft.com...
>>> Yes, dynamic page are created in the servers memory when a client (you)
>>> request them from your browser. Developers can use javascript to set the
>>> ModifiedDate to a static value, but most don't.
>>>
>>> This all happens in the background and users can't alter it.
>>>
>>> There are settings in your Temporary Internet Files section of Internet
>>> Options that determines if IE will check for later versions. When you
>>> load a web page it is copied from the server to your Internet cache. IE
>>> compares the date of the file in your cache with the date on the server
>>> from where the page came from and decides if you have the latest copy.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> "spamlet" <spam.morespam@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:OAd$4HtfIHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thanks very much for the info Rob, but that still leaves me unclear as
>>>> to how I can actually check the dates when looking at a page?
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry if this sounds a little lame :-( but I'm not very up on how
>>>> this all works.
>>>>
>>>> Do you mean that the dates I am getting when I right click for
>>>> properties, that look like they must be my own download dates, are
>>>> actually created specially for me by the site's server when I download
>>>> them: but that when the pages are of the static kind, I should see an
>>>> older date?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> S
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "rob^_^" <iecustomizer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:82F802E2-61C0-4AF2-A2A1-9EC42B57A732@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Hi spamlet,
>>>>>
>>>>> Web pages are either static or active.
>>>>>
>>>>> Static web pages are saved to the hard disk of the web server and have
>>>>> a modified date the same as the file save date.
>>>>>
>>>>> Active server pages are created on the fly in the memory of the web
>>>>> server and are pushed out to the client with the modified date of the
>>>>> clock on the server.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards.
>>>>>
>>>>> "spamlet" <spam.morespam@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OrRLaOUfIHA.2000@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> A very basic question, but one that continues to bug me:
>>>>>> How can/why can't one tell the age of a web page, or even, apparently
>>>>>> assemble them in date order when searching?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When one right clicks for properties all one gets is the current
>>>>>> date, so how can one tell if a page is current and up to date?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> S
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>