For developers who need to automate the process of checking for updates, JavaScript can be a powerful ally. While JavaScript runs on the client side and cannot directly read server file contents, it can use AJAX to request the file from the server. By fetching the entire file and comparing it with a stored version, you can determine if an SHTML page has been updated.
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: Use this for a path relative to the website root (e.g., virtual="/folder/file.shtml" ). view shtml updated
For reliable updated views:
Use curl to compare server responses before/after changes: For developers who need to automate the process
Instead of manually updating the "Last Modified" text every time you edit a page, you can let the server do the heavy lifting for you [3]. 💡 What is an .shtml File? Use code with caution
If you are using a proxy server (like Nginx), a Content Delivery Network (CDN) like Cloudflare, or a server-side caching module, the server might be serving a cached version of the assembled HTML rather than re-parsing the .shtml file. 3. Include File Caching