By pnlnl on

Hi there, i am facing some problems with the caching, i installed the boost module two days ago on my vps(apache2.0.55, php5.1.2), and everything went smoothly, the results are wonderful, but now i noticed a horrible side effect(possibly a bug), the frontpage has been cached since two days and it hasn't changed, i tried deleting the cached files from the vps then refreshing my browser but that didn't solve the problem, so i guess that page is cached locally on the pc and isn't being updated, so when i cleared the cache, my assumption turned out correct, so i think that this has to do with the http headers sent out by the boosted page.
so my question is how can i control those headers? how can i set a max life time for the cache?

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Hetta’s picture

Hetta commented

Have you tried the boost module's issue queue?

http://www.henriettes-herb.com

charlie_’s picture

charlie_ commented

There is a fast and easy approach to accomplishing this (assumes Apache as your web server).
I guess I should preface this by stating the the definitive answer can be found at the
Apache web site in the Apache 1.3x documentation, or the Apache 2.0 documentation, or the Apache 2.2 documentation.
That said, If you open the .htaccess file that came with your Drupal installation,
located in the root of your Drupal install. You will find the following lines:

 
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  # Enable expirations.
  ExpiresActive On
  # Cache all files for 2 weeks after access (A).
#  ExpiresDefault A1209600
  # Cache all files for 1/2 day after access (A).
#  ExpiresDefault A43200  # Do not cache dynamically generated pages.
  # Do not cache dynamically generated pages.
  ExpiresByType text/html A1
</IfModule>

If you have the (apache) mod_expires module enabled/installed (can also be done here),
you can set the (default) expiration times for any/every content type.
This gives you far more control than a Drupal Module can provide, and should be your
first choice in this case. You can get a far more detailed explanation at any of the links I provided
above.

Best wishes.

--Charlie