Is it possible to disable caching of javascript files in Tridion?

[Andreas Vestlund]

Hi everyone!

I am developing some extension for a client and my client is not happy
having to clear their cache to get the latest version of the deployed
extension. Do anyone of you know if there is a way to not cache the
javascript that is in the Editor extension?

What I have tried:
http://hungred.com/how-to/tutorial-stop-caching-jquery-javascript/ - I
have tried the random url and meta tags in aspx and it doesnt help. My
aspx is successfully not cached though.

http://www.iis.net/ConfigReference/system.webServer/caching?showTreeNavigation=true
- I have tried adding setting output caching to none on the virtual
folder of the Editor extension in IIS. This did not help... I also
tried adding:
<system.webServer>
<caching enabled="false" enableKernelCache="false" />
</system.webServer>

to my web.config (of the extension) without success.

After having tried web.config stuff in the local web.config I also
tried it in the config for the whole Tridion site. Adding a output
caching rule for .aspx with no caching resulted in my Editor extension
not being able to communicate with the Model extension.


Best Regards
Andreas Vestlund

[Jeff Wisor]

This will make Javascript easier to read:

“%TRIDION_HOME%\web\WebUI\WebRoot\Configuration\System.config”

a. Make JavaScript easier to read

i. Change

1. <filter for="Script" type="Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters.JScriptMinifier, Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters" enabled="always">

ii. To

1. <filter for="Script" type="Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters.JScriptMinifier, Tridion.Web.UI.Resources.Filters" enabled="never">

-----

Reduce browser cache duration of Tridion GUI elements

i. Change

1. <cache httpexpireduration="P10Y0M0DT0H0M0S"/>

ii. To

1. <cache httpexpireduration="P0Y0M0DT0H0M10S"/>

iii. This changes the duration of Tridion items in the browser from years to 10 seconds - you can set it as low as needed.

Thanks,

Jeff

[Andreas Vestlund]

Thanks a lot for your input Jeff! Will try this out :)

Best Regards
Andreas

> >http://hungred.com/how-to/tutorial-stop-caching-jquery-javascript/- I

> > have tried the random url and meta tags in aspx and it doesnt help. My
> > aspx is successfully not cached though.
>

> >http://www.iis.net/ConfigReference/system.webServer/caching?showTreeN...

[Frank van Puffelen]

In that same System.config file you will also find this element:

<server version="6.1.0.55920" modification="11">

Increasing the modification number will effectively force the GUI to
re-download every file. I find this is sometimes needed when I add a
new file to the project, not as much when I simply make changes to the
files.

Frank

On Jan 24, 7:30 am, Andreas Vestlund <vestlund.andr...@gmail.com>
wrote:

[Andreas Vestlund]

Thanks Frank! That looks better than trying to fiddle with disabling
cache programmatically. Increasing that number when deploying is a
good idea :)

Best Regards
Andreas

[Andreas Vestlund]

Thanks Frank! That looks better than trying to fiddle with disabling
cache programmatically. Increasing that number when deploying is a

good idea :)

Best Regards
Andreas

On Jan 24, 3:07 pm, Frank van Puffelen <fvanpuffe...@sdl.com> wrote:

[Peter Kjaer]

This is exactly the scenario that the @modification attribute is
designed for.
You will want to keep all of the caching as-is and just increase that
number whenever you deploy a new version of an extension.


On Jan 25, 9:17 am, Andreas Vestlund <vestlund.andr...@gmail.com>