You probably want to add a purge tab on the top of every article, and
if an article with dynamic content expires then a user may press
"purge".
It is very easy to add this tab. Just edit MediaWiki:Monobook.js, and add:
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// addPurge
addOnloadHook( function (){
var x = document.getElementById('ca-history');
if(!x) return;
if(x.children) x = x.children[0].href;
else x = x.childNodes[0].href;
addLink("p-cactions", x.replace(/=history/, "=purge"),
'purge',
'ca-purge', 'Purge the internal cache for this page', 0);
});
function addTab(url, name, id, title, key){
var tabs =
document.getElementById('p-cactions').getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
return addlilink(tabs, url, name, id, title, key);
}
function addLink(where, url, name, id, title, key, after){
//* where is the id of the toolbar where the button should be added;
// i.e. one of "p-cactions", "p-personal",
"p-navigation", or "p-tb".
//
//* url is the URL which will be called when the button is clicked.
// javascript: urls can be used to do more complex things.
//
//* name is what will appear as the name of the button.
//
//* id is the id of the button; it's best to define one.
// Use a prefix to make sure its unique. Optional.
//
//* title is the tooltip title that gives a longer description
// of the button; if you define a accesskey, mention it here. Optional.
//
//* key is the char you want for the accesskey. Optional.
//
//* after is the id of the button you want to follow this one. Optional.
//
var na = document.createElement('a');
na.href = url;
na.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name));
var li = document.createElement('li');
if(id) li.id = id;
li.appendChild(na);
var tabs = document.getElementById(where).getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
if(after) {
tabs.insertBefore(li,document.getElementById(after));
} else {
tabs.appendChild(li);
}
if(id) {
if(key && title) { ta[id] = [key, title]; }
else if(key) { ta[id] = [key, '']; }
else if(title) { ta[id] = ['', title];}
}
// re-render the title and accesskeys from existing code in wikibits.js
akeytt();
return li;
}
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On 9/4/06, Brion Vibber <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:
jdd wrote:
so, somewhere, the page is cached at edit time
Yes, rendered pages are aggressively cached. You should not rely on "dynamic
content" in wiki pages.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)
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