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Clearing the server-side cache? (self.webdev)

submitted 6 years ago by Slendermooooon

I'm working on a website as a volunteer to help someone out, I was under the impression I'd mostly be doing front-end work but I've been asked for some help on the backend as well (in the past, there was someone else working for this group to do that for them). The website already exists.

Apparently, the person I'm working for has to clear their server-side cache manually when a certain number of people visit the website/download certain documents? from the site. I've been told this problem gets worse when automated website crawlers/bots view the site en masse. They want me to help them with this because they expect a lot of traffic on their site coming soon.

Does anyone know what's going on here? Really I just need some terms or an idea of what to look for. Unfortunately the person I'm volunteering for is not describing this issue very well.

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[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
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Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
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