Netscape cache

[Elm]

I'm using text-based drop-down menus on my site, and Netscape 4 keeps creating loads of small text files, one for each item in the menu. If I reload the page several times Netscape crashes. Is there a way to avoid this/have you seen it before.

 

[robherc]

I'm sorry, but I have no idea why this is happenning to you & I haven't seen it before.<br>
Without having seen your site, I can't do much help, but one thing I can tell you WILL stop Netscape from creating all of these text files in the cache is if you include this tag in your page header:<br>
&lt;META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"&gt;<br>
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The only draw-back to this tag is that it will prevent browsers from caching your page AT ALL, thus it will load slightly slower, but if it makes the difference between working & crashing Netscape, I guess going without a cache is better <br>
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Please let me know if I can be of more help (I could probably get a better idea of what's causeing you problem if I had the URL for your page)<br>
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<br>
-Robherc

 

[Elm]

I tried that, but it still created the files, deleting them only once the browser was shut down. I'm going to try to find a different way of doing the drop-down menus, because creating a hundred files per page is simply unacceptable.<br>
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If you know of a tried-and-true drop-down menu script (preferably one which allows for sub-menus) please let me know!<br>
<br>
Elm

 

[robherc]

Well, I'm not QUITE sure what you mean by a drop-down menu. Please give me your URL so I can more easily understand what you're trying to say. I can also do some much more efficient experimenting to fix your script if I have the original.<br>
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-Robherc<br>
E-mail: robherc@netzero.net<br>
ICQ#: 34916735

 

[Elm]

Unfortunately the site isn't live yet, so I can't show it to you. However, if you go to

http://www.microsoft.com

using IE 4, the top right hand navigation is the type of thing I'm attempting. It would be nice if I could have it working in Netscape too, though.

 

[robherc]

Well, thanks for the ie4 URL, but that's probably not of any use to me, I only have Netscape 4.51. I would suggest that anyone else transfer to Netscape as well as Netscape seems to be the one complying with the rules that Microsoft sets up. Netscape is DEFINATELY more compatible with a broader base of programming possibilities.<br>
Maybe if you could describe in detail what you are wanting, I could still be of help.<br>
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Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance.<br>
<br>
-Robherc

 

[Elm]

I found one that has possibilities. It's at

http://www.dansteinman.com/dynduo/menulist/menulist.html<br>

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Aside from a few cosmetic & UI differences, this is exactly what I'm looking for. With a bit of tweaking I think I can get it to work.<br>
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Thanks for you help, though, and if you know of others that might be better, please let me know!<br>
<br>
Elm