Question

I am trying to use an external javascript provided by indeed.com but I can’t get it to reload when I change the ind_q variable or the ind_l. It WILL work in IE9 and Safari but will not work in Chrome or Firefox unless I put them in incognito mode. I have tried the suggestion of appending a random # to the end of the ex. script with “?” but no luck. Any clues as to why it would work in 2 browsers but not the others? Guessing it is some kind of cache issue but don’t know how to fix it. Also, if I change the ind_n variable (which is the # of results returned, it does change in all browsers)

These are the only variables I can change:

<script type='text/javascript'>
var ind_pub = '55555555555';
var ind_el = 'indJobContent';
var ind_pf = '';
var ind_q = 'job title';
var ind_l = '<?php echo $zip_code; ?>';
var ind_chnl = 'none';
var ind_n = 10;
var ind_d = 'http://www.indeed.com';
var ind_t = 20;
var ind_c = 10;
</script>

This is how I link to the Indeed script:

<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.indeed.com/ads/jobroll-widget-v2.js'>   </script>

Answer 1

If you want to force a new download of the script, it’s a hacky workaround, but try loading the script dynamically (via a script) and appending something to the end of the URL. e.g. …js?a=UNIQUE_NUMBER or …js#UNIQUE_NUMBER. It’s a hacky workaround, but could help