As you go about making changes to your blog, you may notice that some changes require clearing the cache.

The cache (in your browser) is a little “memory” brain called the cache.  To help sites you visit load faster, the browser software (internet explorer,  google chrome, firefox,  safari,  etc).  Basically, having your browser cache images allows YOU to see content faster when you are web-browsing.

And this is a good thing!  (except when it’s not… read on).

So, if you are making changes to your blog and you change an image out you may go and take a quick peak to see what it looks like and scratch your head “why didn’t it change?”…  Only, you are SURE you did change it, so why on earth is the old image still showing?

Enter the cache… the browser is still “serving up” the old image that it remembered from your last visit.  You need to clear the memory and say “Hey there mister browser, there is something NEW here”.

How to clear the cache varies by browser but is generally located in the tools menu.  Go ahead and clear your cache and then refresh the page.  Now your new modifications should show up!

Sweet!

Want to make clearing the cache easy?  Look for plug-ins or extensions for your favorite browser.  I use firefox so I use this add-on:

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