My aim is to get the page to reload when a Bootstrap modal is closed. The user can close the modal by clicking on the close button or icon or by clicking away from the modal.
You can bind the event to reload page on click of close:
$('#myModal').on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
location.reload();
})
Demo
try this with your button:
onclick="javascript:window.location.reload()"
full button:
<button type="button" onclick="javascript:window.location.reload()" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
example: http://jsfiddle.net/Valtos/52VtD/2288/embedded/result/
$('#myModal').on('hidden', function () {
document.location.reload();
})
Demo