Question

In my master page in the Page_Load method, I have this line:

Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.NoCache);

Basically, I don’t want to cache the page. I do want to cache the .js and .css files but when I reload the page, these files don’t get loaded from the browser cache but instead get reloaded.

What do I need to fix?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Add these lines in the html meta section

<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="EXPIRES" CONTENT="0">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" content="NO-CACHE">

in ASP page

// Stop Caching in IE
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(System.Web.HttpCacheability.NoCache);

// Stop Caching in Firefox
Response.Cache.SetNoStore();

This article can be usefull to resolve your issue

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11225/Disabling-browser-s-back-functionality-on-sign-out

P.S. If it didn’t help. You can use cheat like this: <%= here you should add some random number for example Ticks %> – add it for elements which shouldn’t be cached.
For example:

<link rel=stylesheet href="main.css?<%= ... %>">