HTML5 cache manifest no cache for html file itself

Question

index.php:

cache.manifest

CACHE MANIFEST

CACHE:

/img.png
FALLBACK:
/ /offlin         


        

Answer 1

I have tried the iframe work around, and find it ripe with errors. Most browsers cache the data for the iframe where the page cannot get it.

Instead make the page's content load via AJAX. Basically have a blank html page with the manifest and javascript which pulls and adds its content from the server. This way only the blank html is cached, and content is always updated from the server.

Converting a page to this method can be very difficult, but it works. Making sure the appropriate javascript gets run at the correct time, probably requires some detangling. Moving around server code which won't be called when pulling from cache to the new ajax method.

Note: no need to pull conditional content from the server if the condition is in the query string, different query strings make a separate cache