[pmwiki-users] Automatic reloading of modified page

[christian.ridderstrom at gmail.com]

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 christian.ridderstrom at gmail.com wrote:

> >... Ajax request ...
> 
> I don't really know Ajax, but do we really need it when all we need to do
> is get a javascript to check the modification time of a page?

Just so it isn't forgotten... this page actually contains an example of 
doing exactly what is desired:

	http://www.pointless.org.uk/javascript_automatic_page_reloader.php

Not sure how/if it requires/uses AJAX though. As for modification date, it 
seems that needs to be supplied with the page header as "Last-Modified".

> I would however like to know if the idea is sound, and if I should add it 
> to PITS?

/Christian

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