Browsers

If tips for your browser or platform are not included below, you still might be able to use this information for clues as to what to do in your browser.

Reloading Pages

Symptoms:

• The calendar seems to contain very old information.
• You expected to see a new issue of Duff in the Members Only area, but it is not there.
• You clicked the Refresh or Reload button, and your browser reloaded the home page instead of the page you were looking at.

Reasons:

(Skip this section if you don't care why the symptoms are occurring and you just want to know how to fix the problem.)

Depending on your browser settings, your browser might store older versions of pages you have viewed in its local temporary Internet files directory (Internet Explorer) or cache (Netscape). To save time over a slow modem, your browser might display those local versions instead of the more recent versions on the web site.

With some browsers, when you click the Refresh button, it might reload the main URL (www.fungusfed.org) instead of the page you are looking at. This is because each web page is really a combination of three pages: One is a "frame" that contains the buttons across the top and doesn't change. The second one is a frame that contains the main text of the page (e.g., the text you are reading now) and changes as you browse around the site. The third one is a "frameset" that holds the other two frames and doesn't change. In some browsers, when you click the Refresh button, the browser refreshes the frameset, but what you really want is to refresh just the frame that changes (see below).

Solution A:

Certain pages, such as the Calendar and the Members Only page, have a reload link that you can click.

Solution B:

To reload a specific page you are looking at (such as the Calendar or the Members Only page):

Netscape for Windows:
Right-click on the main body text of the page. In the context (pop-up) menu that appears, select Reload Frame.

Internet Explorer for Windows:
Right-click on the main body text of the page. In the context (pop-up) menu that appears, select Refresh.

Macintosh:
This problem has not been reported on Macintosh platforms.

Solution C:

Alternatively, you can adjust your browser settings to check for new versions of web pages automatically. If you are using a slow modem, this solution might slow down your Internet browsing, depending on the settings you choose.

To change your browser settings:

Netscape:
Select Preferences... from the Edit menu. Open the "Advanced" category. Set your cache options to compare the page in the cache to the page on the network according to a frequency that you think will work for you. For example, select "Once per session" or "Automatically". Click OK to save your new settings.

Internet Explorer:
Select Internet Options... from the Tools menu. In the "Temporary Internet files" section of the "General" tab, click Settings. Set the options to check for newer versions of stored pages according to a frequency that you think will work for you. For example, select "Every time you start Internet Explorer" or "Automatically". Click OK to save your new settings.