What pages should not be cached?

What pages should not be cached?

Files that should not be cached include:

• User-specific data such as account information that is different for each visitor.
• Any sensitive data, such as banking or credit card information.

Should I enable page cache?

Page Cache For certain kinds of sites like eCommerce stores or discussion forums, dynamic rendering is ideal. However, for blogs, news sites, and other sites that don’t require dynamic content, adding a page caching layer can improve performance and reduce server load. Enable page caching in W3TC.

How do you prevent caching problems?

1. Setting a short cache time. By asking the Web browser to only cache the file for a very short length of time, you can usually avoid the problem.
2. Controlling which files are affected.
3. Your script may already do this for you.
4. Try to avoid “no-cache”
5. FastCGI and subdirectories.
6. You can’t control everything.

Why are some pages not cached?

If the page is non-indexable or blocked from crawling, it won’t be cached. Alternatively, if a page is new, it might take a little while for the cache to become available. If it’s not able to be cached, it’s still visible online.

What does never cache this page mean?

no-cache does not mean don’t cache. It means always ask the server first if new content is available, and if so, download it and use the latest content.

How to prevent browser from caching form fields?

– Stack Overflow Closed 3 years ago. I have a textbox in a form field that gets populated by the user. However currently (in Firefox 10) the user can navigate away from the page, then come back, and the input will be populated with its previous value. I think this creates for a confusing user experience, and would like to prevent it.

How to prevent caching of web pages in Internet Explorer?

This article describes the use of HTTP headers to control the caching of Web pages in Internet Explorer. You can use Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) to easily mark highly volatile or sensitive pages using the following script at the extreme beginning of the specific Active Server Pages (ASP) pages:

Why is caching important in a web browser?

Caching is a useful and surprisingly complex feature of web browsers. In this article, we’ll explain how the browser uses its cache to load pages faster, which factors determine cache duration, and how we can bypass the cache when necessary. Why is Caching Important?

When to use no-cache to prevent caching?

Pragma: no-cache prevents caching only when used over a secure connection. A Pragma: no-cache META tag is treated identically to Expires: -1 if used in a non-secure page. The page will be cached but marked as immediately expired.