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MFBQ

Most Frequent Blogger Questions



I don't know more than I know--sometimes I know even less!
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If some portion of this blog is unreadable in Firefox, Internet Explorer, or whatever, tell it to go to hell then try another browser!!!

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EMERGENCY STEPS

Kick-starting The Blog
1. Refresh (F5) or Ctrl-F5
2. Clear cache (delete temporary Internet files) and cookies in Tools-Internet Options.
3. Add a question mark to the end of your blog's internet address in the address box and see if it will show the latest update. (Can also be done with other people's url's in the address window.)
4. Republish (if in classic Blogger)
5. Reboot
6. Log out and log back in again (may change to an untroubled server)
7. Change browser (IE, Firefox, others)

---Not necessary to do all of these at once!---

Blogger may make problems for some computers about accepting cookies, especially when you are using the new versions of Internet Explorer or Firefox browsers. Difficulties with accepting scripts may be caused by security systems, antivirus programs, firewalls, and some add-ons. Check all your settings.

You may need to change your browser settings, or to list www.blogger.com and blogger.com as "trusted sites" in your Internet Options-Security so that scripting can occur.

USEFUL BLOGGER HELP FILE

http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41971&topic=8914

[For Newbies or anyone else who gets lost in the rain in Juarez.]

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Clear Cache

Refresh/ Clear Cache/ Restart/ Delete Temporary Files/

You may need to clear your cache (delete temporary files and cookies), or Refresh, or restart your computer. Try the Refresh button (F5 or the double-arrow icon up above) or Ctrl-F5 first, then consider the cache. Sometimes our computer will hold an old memory of our blog and won't spit it out! See if you can shake it loose.

The preceding may work wonders (sometimes) for links or icons that have disappeared from your screen.

Of course, your trouble may just be a Blogger Quirk due to your server being disrupted or worked on. You have my pity, but that's not worth much.

For those of you unaquainted with the cache or the "Temporary Internet Files", go to the Tools tab up above and click it. At the bottom of that revealed menu will be "Internet Options". On that menu you will find where to click to Delete Cookies or Delete Temporary Internet files (which is the cache). I know, it's double lingo for the same stuff!

It never hurts to restart your browser or even to change your browser (temporarily) just to see if it is easier with the particular problem that you have.


For more information on how and why to clear your cache, see:

Windows IE Clear Cache

and

CLEAR CACHE IN FIREFOX AND OTHER BROWSERS.

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 3, 2006 at 9:34 PM

    Firefox! It's firefox.

    This is a great site! It's nice to have some general posts to redirect newbies to, for solutions.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 3, 2006 at 9:45 PM

    I'm from Texas (not far from you) and never been to New Jersey! Lucky me?

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  3. AnonymousJuly 20, 2006 at 7:14 PM

    I use Firefox. I cerated a 16MB ramdisk, goes by the name of Z:, and told Firefox to cache there.

    The cache is cleared at re-boot time each morning; and since I read newspaper and other articles on line, it makes sense for me.

    The Z: drive doubles as a handy "desktop blotter".

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  4. AnonymousOctober 12, 2007 at 11:01 PM

    For firefox a "forced refresh" is done using Shift+Ctrl+R (equivalent to Ctrl+F5 or Shift+Ctrl+F5 in IE).

    This effectively requests for the latest instance of the webpage along the network, bypassing even ISP proxies.

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  5. AnonymousOctober 13, 2007 at 10:04 AM

    Thanks for the heads up. I don't use Firefox very heavily, so I am often light on the info about it.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    Thanks for the tip!!

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