By Jennifer Kyrnin

One of the most frustrating things to happen when creating a Web page is when you can't seem to get it to load on your Web site. You find a typo, fix it and reupload, then when you view the page it's still there. Or perhaps, you do a major change to the site and you can't seem to see it when you upload.

The most common reason for this is that the page is in your Web browser cache. The browser cache is a tool of all Web browsers to help pages load more quickly. The first time you load a Web page, it is loaded straight from the Web server. Then, the browser saves a copy of the page and all the images in a file on your machine. The next time you go to that page, your browser opens the page from your hard drive rather than the server.

The browser typically checks the server once per session. What this means is that the first time you view your Web page during a session it will be saved on your computer. So, if you then find a typo and fix it the upload may not display correctly.

Load Your Page from the Server
In order to force your browser to load a Web page from the server rather than the cache, you should hold down the shift key (option on a Mac) while you click on the "Refresh" button.

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