Small font displayed when composting post

Despite not bothering to clear cache/cookies last night it's working fine this morning without me doing anything (and tagging is also now working again, unlike last night)

 

I did nothing either, and it`s all normal again. Well, what we class as "normal" on here.

 

The files in your Cache have a time limit on them, so generally your Browser will download a fresh copy "regardless" after that time limit expires [i.e. the new version it downloads will probably be the same as the old one was, but if not you then have the latest version]. So sleeping-on-it will cure the problem

It is possible for the website [that you are getting the page(s) from] to set a "far future" date on a file, and then your Browser won't download a fresh copy until then. This saves time by preventing your browser downloading the same file again-and-again; Google provides a service to us techies to store files that are commonly used in websites so that we can take advantage of the fact that your browser probably already downloaded the "Google Version" of that file when you visited some other website, and thus it will already be in your cache, so the first time you visit "My Site" the page will load more quickly than if your browser had to download all the "stuff" if needed from my site. (Google's servers are quicker than "My Site" too, so that helps)

The way we work around this, on our sites, is to set far-future dates on all files, and then if we change anything (an image for example, or a techie program component that your Browser has to include) we rename it - so instead of MyFile.XXX we call it MyFile_V2.xxx - as your browser has never seen that file before, on "MySite", it downloads it afresh and puts it in the cache (forever - as we will have set a far-future date on it)

If you clear cache you lose the benefit of all the files that have been downloaded, so all sites will be slower until they have re-cached their commonly used files. Thus, if you can, better to only clear-cache for the specific website you are having a problem with.

 

Please can anyone guide me to the cookie clearout function for my IE, I have Windows 7 Home ,
thank you,
Jenny

 

I know it was explained on another thread how to find out but I've forgotten how I did it.I'm Windows 7 Home Premium and I think IE8

 

Thankyou JWK. I have done that,
Jenny

 

Every time I read this thread I think the title says "small font displayed when composting post" and thinking "why would anyone try to compost a post"

 

You're not the only one who's read it like that! (and I wrote the title).