browser back button doesnt work in cached environment

Question

The back button just causes my page to refresh. Is there a way around this without disabling the cache?

Answer 1

Without more details it could be difficult to answer this question. Can you tell us what language(s) you are programming in? Maybe give an example of what it is you are doing?

Answer 2

java / jsp's and jetspeed2.

The page is a portal which contains a portlet which is basically made up of a jsp

Answer 3

Try adding this to your HTML header:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="PRAGMA" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">

Answer 4

jsut to add to this issue , the back button is working in firefox but not in IE6