OT: web page updates

Apologies for the OT nature, but I know there are one or two wise heads that
lurk here...

Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?

Cheers.

"TrentSC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Apologies for the OT nature, but I know there are one or two wise heads
> that lurk here...
>
> Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?
>
> Cheers.
>
Would you like to know when a specific Web page was last updated? If you use
Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can easily determine when a page was
updated last.

1.
Navigate to the page you want to check.

2.
In the Address Bar, type: javascript:alert(document.lastModified)

3.
Press Enter.

> Apologies for the OT nature, but I know there are one or two wise heads that
> lurk here...
> Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?

At a push, you could always try archive.org - you might be able to
narrow it down to a particular month...

On 10/07/2007 06:14, SJP wrote:

> "TrentSC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>
>> Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?
>
> In the Address Bar, type: javascript:alert(document.lastModified)

there's no guarantee that the timestamp you get back corresponds to the
time the page was updated, it might be when it was generated, it might
be a fixed time, it might always be "now", or it might be jibberish.

> Would you like to know when a specific Web page was last updated? If you use
> Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can easily determine when a page was
> updated last.
> 1.
> Navigate to the page you want to check.
> 2.
> In the Address Bar, type: javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
> 3.
> Press Enter.

Nice tip ! :-)

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:56:40 +0100, "TrentSC"
<(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>Apologies for the OT nature, but I know there are one or two wise heads that
>lurk here...
>
>Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?
>
Email the site owner and ask.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:56:40 +0100, "TrentSC"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>
>>Apologies for the OT nature, but I know there are one or two wise heads
>>that
>>lurk here...
>>
>>Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?
>>
> Email the site owner and ask.

Any halfway decent webpage designer will have a "last updated" message
somewhere on the main page. Even my humble home page has got that.

For future reference, you could try www.changedetection.com which will
email you the next time the page changes.


Ivor

"Ivor Jones" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:56:40 +0100, "TrentSC"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>>
>>>Apologies for the OT nature, but I know there are one or two wise heads
>>>that
>>>lurk here...
>>>
>>>Is there any way to find out when a web page was last updated?
>>>
>> Email the site owner and ask.
>
> Any halfway decent webpage designer will have a "last updated" message
> somewhere on the main page. Even my humble home page has got that.
>
> For future reference, you could try www.changedetection.com which will
> email you the next time the page changes.

Oops the page for monitoring sites other than your own is
http://www.changedetection.com/monitor.html

Ivor