Сlear the cache on the user side.

aspir

Hey. Helps clear the cache on the user side. I changed the style lines in css but nothing changes on the user side. Removing the cache from Joomla does not help. I read the tips on the forums, but did not understand how to apply them to Socialize Template v2 on the T3 Framework.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css">

change to <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css?version=1">
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/118884/how-to-force-the-browser-to-reload-cached-css-js-files

Ninja

aspir
Hi
If its cache in the Client browser its need to be cleaned. in Joomla you can open the Purge expired cache and check.
T3 too have the optimization and cache the files under T3-assets folder when you make new changes the files are update with new names.
You can add the suggested code in htaccess as well, the above method also work.

aspir

Ninja
Hey. Not exactly answered. Please describe exactly the paths in which files to make changes. Often, without directly opening the admin panel, I edit the files in the public_html / templates / socialize / local / css folder. But I cannot force users to clean the cache to apply the changes.
You said <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "/ style.css"> change to <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "/ style.css? Version = 1"> (? Version = 2,? Version = 3 and ...) works. And should I put it in /public_html/.htaccess? - but this form of writing is not suitable for this file.
Or should I change something in the files public_html / templates / socialize? Maybe in /public_html/templates/socialize/index.php something needs to be added so that the css files are re-downloaded then when I need it.
Please describe in more detail. Thanks.

Ninja

aspir
Hi
Local folder is nothing to related with client side, user browser cache the style sometime, if you clear your Joomla cache and purge the expired cache from Joomla. It will work.

aspir You said <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "/ style.css"> change to <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "/ style.css? Version = 1"> (? Version = 2,? Version = 3 and ...) works.

I did not said about this there is custom changes may or maynot work, you need to post on same page about their suggested changes as its not about Joomla site cache or T3.

Open Joomla admin > system > clear expired cache and and clear cache.

If you are using T3 you can open site root folder and clear the t3-assets file. CSS Compression must in template style options.

aspir

Ninja
Hey. It did not help:
Ninja Open Joomla admin > system > clear expired cache and and clear cache.
If you are using T3 you can open site root folder and clear the t3-assets file. CSS Compression must in template style options.

Users still see old CSS styles.
When I pasted the code into a file /myebsite.com/templates/socialize/tpls/social.php:

defined('_JEXEC') or die;
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="<?php echo $this->language; ?>" dir="<?php echo $this->direction; ?>"
class='<jdoc:include type="pageclass" />'>

<head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<jdoc:include type="head" />
<?php $this->loadBlock('head') ?>
<link href="/templates/socialize/local/css/themes/light-blue/off-canvas.css?v4" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

users immediately updated styles from off-canvas.css?v4
But it turns out that at first the style was read from the browser cache from off-canvas.css and then loaded off-canvas.css?v4 - this is visible when viewing the page code ctrl+U:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="ru-ru" dir="ltr"
	  class='com_community view-photos task-group itemid-161 j39 mm-hover'>
<head>
<!-- Put this script tag to the <head> of your page -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://vk.com/js/api/share.js?95" charset="windows-1251"></script>

	<base href="https://test.dryg.by/foto-i-video/photos-2" />
	<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
	<meta name="keywords" content="Фотографии, фото" />
	<meta name="description" content="Фотографии Клуба домашних животных и их хозяев." />
	<meta name="generator" content="Joomla! - Open Source Content Management" />
	<title>Клуб ДРУГ - Фото</title>
	<link href="/templates/socialize/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/local/css/themes/light-blue/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/components/com_community/assets/vendors/magnific-popup/magnific-popup.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/components/com_community/assets/release/css/override.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/html/com_community/assets/css/old.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/html/com_community/assets/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/components/com_community/assets/pickadate/themes/classic.combined.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/plugins/system/jce/css/content.css?27995299e857260a77d8477776654384" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/system/css/system.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/local/css/themes/light-blue/template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/local/css/themes/light-blue/megamenu.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/local/css/themes/light-blue/off-canvas.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/templates/socialize/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/plugins/system/t3/base-bs3/fonts/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="/plugins/system/jomsocialchatbar/assets/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="https://test.dryg.by/modules/mod_slogin/tmpl/default/slogin.min.css?v=1" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<link href="https://test.dryg.by/modules/mod_community_toolbar/assets/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
	<style type="text/css">
	/**strings 34-150*/
	    <link href="/templates/socialize/local/css/themes/light-blue/off-canvas.css?v4" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body class="t3-has-navbar">

It turns out that the browser reads the same CSS two times. What's not good.

It’s clear that styles get here: <?php $this->loadBlock('head') ?>
I found function loadBlock here /test.dryg.by/plugins/system/t3/includes/core/template.php
There are also functions for adding styles: function addCss

But I don’t know how to add versioning (?v4 and others if need). Can you help?
I can’t get users' cache clean, and browsers store it for a long time.

Ninja

aspir
Hi
The feature i shared of t3-assets only for T3 template and it works fine for me, no issue found. you need to check the Joomla cache is conservative. its not issue from template, if you turned on the system page cache plugin and allow browser to store cache its from there, rest the version is not suggested as its not something problem of the template.