How to force update of redirecting link

[wmdvanzyl]

If you have a page which is a "redirecting link" to another page on your site, how can you force that link to be updated? You can't go to page and hit ctrl-f5 as that just refreshes the target page. Purging the cache doesn't seem to help (perhaps you have a different experience).

I am choosing to use a redirect link instead of an internal link and the target url changed, but the link doesn't seem to want to update. So now i have a broken link.

Which mechanism is supposed to control this? Server-side cache or client-side cache?

[Rolf]

I really don't understand what the problem is But does this help?
http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/customizi ... oved-pages

[wmdvanzyl]

I really don't understand what the problem is But does this help?
http://docs.cmsmadesimple.org/customizi ... oved-pages

Hi Rolf. It'ns not really a problem that i need solving. I was just wondering "How do you force an redirecting link update" when changing target url.
I just waited a while and it finally changed. Cache clearing didn't help and i can't ctrl-f5

[velden]

It probably is browser-related and indeed very annoying.

Browsers tend to remember (cache) the redirection.

In Firefox I use this method:

Open history (ctrl-h), type (part of the) url in the search box. Right-click the specific website and choose 'Forgot About This Site'.

Maybe this helps you.

[chandra]

Which mechanism is supposed to control this? Server-side cache or client-side cache?

There are some modules they can manage redirecting links (e.g. ToolBox, MultiDomain)...