Hi all,
How do I clear the image cache in Moodle please? I have altered a background image for a theme, and although the original image no longer exists in my Moodle instance, the original image is still being displayed. Image.php presents the cache. I understand why a cache may be required - but this is an occasion where it is a nuisance.
Kind regards,
Steve Cooke
(Edited by A. T. Wyatt - original submission Friday, 3 February 2012, 07:44 AM. Moved to themes forum on 4/24/12)
See reply to your cross posting.
perhaps you could link to that cross post for those of us who find this via google search
nm
for those who need it. go here: http://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Cache
Typo Alert!
(Edited by Mary Evans - original submission Sunday, 15 April 2012, 01:34 PM)
Theme designers use Theme Designer Mode found in Site Admin > Appearance > Themes > Theme settings page. When this is enabled you don't have to go hunting for 'Purge all cache' or 'Theme cache' as all the cache is clears on browser refresh, which is great while working on a theme. You can't really do that in a production site as it slows the site down too much, so go for the next best option which is Purge all caches.
Site Admin > Development > Purge all caches
It's good to know that if you enable Debugging in Site Admin > Development > Debugging, you actually get a link to Purge all caches, in the footer, by default.
Also...a trick I use, is to have Purge all caches "Bookmarked" in your Admin bookmarks.
Hope this helps
Cheers
Mary
As an addition to what Mary has said - I sometimes put the Purge All caches link in my custommenu while I'm working: Currently I'm doing a lot with a settings page which needs changes to the language file and I've found that this needs to be cleared with the purge all cache as even the theme designer mode doesn't clear that cache
Rich
Will turning off language string caching help with that?
Site admin > Language > Language settings
Yes it does Miriam - I found that after I'd been doing it for a day or two and then remembered that option from when I did the original flexi theme but my main point was just to add simply to Mary's options about where to find the Purge All Caches option and that I sometimes add the link to my custommenu.
Rich
I'm wondering if there is benefit to put the "Clear theme caches" button in all places in admin where it may be useful, for example in the themes page where you can add custom CSS.
-Derek
Moodle Tracker methinks is best place to suggest this.
