I'd like to drill on this a little further. First, let me point out that we have disabled the parser cache ($wgEnableParserCache = false;). I'd like to generalize and point out that the Mediawiki's wikitext has multiple codes/tags that can be used to yank external content into the wikitext of an article. My original example was for a site variable. Another good example is a template. I compared the behavior of the two inclusion techniques. When I update a template, all articles that include the template are rendered with the latest page. In contrast, when a system variable changes, the pages are not rendered with the latest content. Is there anyway to get the template's caching behavior with the variables? I really don't want to turn off browser-side caching in it's entirety as I'm sure it will kill performance. Thanks again, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Zigger Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 12:21 AM To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Variables in Wikitext & Browser Caching The "caching problem" is by design, for performance reasons. With the parser cache on and current, the same value will always be returned, unless "&action=purge" is appended to a query-style URL. With the parser cache off or expired, as you found, the browser can request a forced refresh e.g. via Ctrl-F5. Alternatively, browser-side caching can be disabled site-wide for all users ($wgCachePages), per logged-in-user (Special:Preferences), or as a user-preference default ($wgDefaultUserOptions['nocache']). For an example of using an extension to get dynamic content by time-tricking, see http://www.islandseeds.org/wiki/Test:Fortune and http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_con tent_to_MediaWiki.3F -- Zigger On 6/11/05, Wolfe, Jeff wrote: _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)Wikimedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l