That makes me wonder if an "Expire" meta tag would help solve this problem. In other words if we put this code in the of the "Sorry..." redirect page:

or


This and other cache possibilities described at this link: The Open Web Application Security Project

(I should have read Steve's entire post... he just said that. Oh well).


[ Edited by sunsnapper on 2002/6/13 23:46:02 ]

I'm getting ready to polish the theme for my site, and while there are things I like about phpkaox, I love the use of keyword font sizes in the blue thunder theme.

So, with that in mind, I have been digging into some CSS resources that shed some light on some cross-browser issues and give advice and tests on how to optimize your CSS code.

I thought I would share the links with you:
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/sizematters/
A List Apart: Size Matters -- Overview of accessibility advantages with font-size keywords versus px

http://www.webreview.com/style/
Cross-browser compatible CSS

http://www.utexas.edu/learn/css/
Very easy to read explanation of style sheets... from simple to advanced

http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/ualberta/Services/css.html
A nice, quick sample/test page

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1
W3C CSS1 specification

http://www.csszengarden.com/
Dramatic example of the power of separating presentation from content... and some inspiring designs.

I have the same result with my custom block using IE 5.5 and a phpkaox derivative. I find that when I go to my URL by typing it in, the background color for my custom block does not appear. However, if I browse my site and click into my home page (or, as you did, hit the back button), the background color shows up fine.

This was happening in RC2 for me, as well, so I don't think it's an RC3-specific issue. My guess had been that it's either a flaw in CSS rendering of IE, OR the CSS file for the theme was doing something that IE could only understand when it was in the mood.

I can't think of anything that XOOPS would be doing to impact the issue. However, I am digging into CSS to polish my theme... so perhaps something will turn up in the process.

Summary:
-This happens in both IE 5.5 and IE 6
-This happens in the phpkaox theme as well as yours
-This happens in RC2 and RC3

As I dig into CSS, some useful sites I've found are in this thread.




[ Edited by sunsnapper on 2002/6/9 22:03:03 ]