If the SELV website doesn't reflect recent code changes, clear the cache, any associated offline cached files, and Index DB.
On firefox:
MAC
- From Firefox menu, select Preferences
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Click both of the Clear Now buttons
PC - WINDOWS
Tools/Options/Network
2. Delete files in index.db
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/Users/{USER}/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/{CURRENT PROFILE}/storage/persistent/{SITE TO CLEAR}
Windows:
- Close Firefox
- Go to your user's home folder:
- C:\Users\{USER_NAME}
- Show hidden folders if needed
- Goto menu item "Organize" -> Folder and search options
- Click on the View Tab
- Select "Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives under "Hidden Files and Folders"
- Goto menu item "Organize" -> Folder and search options
- Navigate to AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<random name>\IndexedDB\<site name> or AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
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- \<random name>\Storage\Persistent\IndexDB\<site name>
- For additional details see: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9846013/how-to-view-indexeddb-content-in-firefox
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- Open Firefox, Return to SELV
(after following this procedure for PC got a message "your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible." Firefox unable to load.)
On Chrome
On upper right click icon with three horizontal orange bars
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| Firefox | Chrome | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/28 Build | Distributions from pre-build were retained Could initiate distribution Data entry forms had old code
Action: Cleared cached web content online (did NOT check Override automatic cache management box. Result: distributions were retained. Still had old code
Action: Cleared cached web content online (DID check Override automatic cache management box. Result: distributions were retained. Still had old code
Action: Cleared cached web content online (DID check Override automatic cache management box) AND cleared offline web content. Result: distributions were retained. Still had old cod
Action: Cleared cached web content online (DID check Override automatic cache management box) AND cleared offline web content AND removed exception for offline data for SELV Result: distributions were retained. Still had old cod
Action: Clear History/Everything/Cache
| Distributions from pre-build were retains Could initiate distribution Data entry forms had old code
Result: distributions from pre-build were gone and latest code was available.
For testing next time: could i check less boxes and retain distributions while still updating code? | |
| 3/13 | On Windows, after deleting files in the C:\Users\{USER}\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{PROFILE} path, Firefox would not load. Had to uninstall and reinstall firefox. | ||