when was a site last modified? 1

[mscallisto]

Is there a way in either IE or Firefox to determine when a site was actually last modified or updated?

e.g. in FF ... Tools > Page Info more often then not seems to show the modified date as today's date, and whether or not that's correct, I don't know.

tia

Sam

 

[mscallisto]

my next question is; if this is not the correct forum to ask this question, where and how do I re-post without being scolded for cross posting?

Sam

 

[ChrisHirst]

There isn't.

Content from URIs that are delivered from a script, such as blogs, forums or any other CMS will always return a last modified header that is at the instant of delivery, which is perfectly correct, because it was just created, and therefore last modified at that moment.

Chris.

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[mscallisto]

Thanks ChrisHirst,

Somehow I believe "There isn't" is the correct answer.

However, what does the this tell me:

javascript:alert(document.lastModified)

seems to tell me something (sometimes)

TIA
Sam

 

[ChrisHirst]

Yep, that will tell you the last modified header information for the document at that location (URI). BUT ONLY if the document is a simple HTM(L) file that was read DIRECTLY off the server hard drive.

If there is any kind of scripting involved the last modified header will be set at exactly at the time you requested it according to the server clock locale. Which is why "There isn't" is the only accurate answer, whether it is what you expected or wanted to hear or not.

Chris.

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Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.
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[mscallisto]

Thank's kindly ChrisHirst

Sam