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[djtaylor Friend djtaylorJoin date: August 2011Posts: 146Downloads:0Uploads:35 Thanks: 26 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#175089

Hi JA Guys
for some reason when i have updated the site for example favicon’s and some other changes, it randomly goes back to the old favicon
and some other old stuff comes back and replaces what i have had changed? then later on it will go back to the new changes and so on keeps repeating its very strange and annoying for me, i clean cache and JAT3 Cache to but i dont know why this is happening
its not cookies as i delete them on both browsers please help. thanks

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#444156

can anyone help me with this please im stuck?

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#444159

Which files are you making your changes in?

Sometimes people mistakenly change files in the t3-assets folder. Each time the cache is cleared they wil loose these changes. ALl changes need to be made in the correct locations which can be found by turning off css optimization in the template manager.

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1. djtaylor

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#444166

ok what settings should i put for these:

Css & Javascript Compress:
Optimize CSS
Optimize JS
Optimize Folder

i have tried again and its still not updating to show the correct changes?

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#444167

If you set css optimization to “No” then you will be able to see using Firebug the correct files to edit.

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1. djtaylor

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#444353

ok thats done still randomly changes is it to do something with?

Cache Settings:
Cache *
Cache Handler
Cache Time *

here is the setting i have up

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#444359

But wat exactly is changing? Can you post images and a link to your site?

[djtaylor Friend djtaylorJoin date: August 2011Posts: 146Downloads:0Uploads:35 Thanks: 26 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#444389

it goes from this
to this
then back to the first pic and back to 2nd pick just constantly changes randomly sometimes

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#444391

Which browser are you using?

[djtaylor Friend djtaylorJoin date: August 2011Posts: 146Downloads:0Uploads:35 Thanks: 26 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#444394

ie, google chrome and firefox i test all when makeing but the pics are from ie

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#444396

I have tried to replicate this but somehow cannot. I will ask some of the other mode to take a look.

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#444399

sir you’ve got joomla cache @ its most severe level , I suspect gzip also on top of the cache optimizations.
I’d be willing to bet its changing every 16min.
you should NOT use joomla cache and gzip and ja cache all @ the same time
because I see your losing some css styling I suspect you’ve modified files in /t3-assetts as well, which is incorrect.
turn off the joomla caches and gzip, and then turn off ja-cache for a while ( optimizations @ none ) and see if it stabilizes
I bet it will

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1. djtaylor

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#444403

ok yes your right sir, its set to 15 mins i have now turned cache off,
and it has made the page show correctly on IE now
what is gzip and how do i turn of, and what setting should i have everything in the Template Manager
for example

System Settings:
Enable Development Mode
Cache Mode
Cache Exclude
Enable Template Information
Css & Javascript Compress
Optimize CSS
Optimize JS
Optimize Folder

and how do i turn of ja cache?

thanks for your great help

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#444446

The problem is you were caching the cache.
while your are working on the site development mode is very nice as it temporarily disables JA cache.
you’ll want to read the wiki for most of these settings in order to truly optimize things.
cache mode should be self explanatory
exclude also

template info is ?tp=1 , again see wiki
compressing / optimizing css and js can lead to quicker load times… I would do alot of reading / learning on this. as turning it on can prevent things from working ( like ajax ) but not having it on can lead to a crazy amount of calls.
This is all part of learning to be a webmaster.

cache mode turns on / turns off cache.

for now I would have it either to none or linked and nothing more.
if your still changing things you want it on none.
once your completely done with frequent changes then set it.

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1. djtaylor

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#444466

Ok thanks for your great help sir my lesson is learnt and you have saved me a lot of time trying to come to a solution why this was happening 🙂

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