Admin Forum:Monobook cache issues

So I'm beginning to style monobook at w:c:tardis, and I'm having a hell of a time because the cache seems to be going crazy. It's sluggish, with changes only now coming through that were made about a day go. Different page loads after clearing my browser's cache yield different results, representing different points in my editing of the .css. But it doesn't seem to be necessarily progressing chronologically through the history of revisions. It just never says fixed, going backwards and forwards through, for instance, background colors and images that I've tried out.

I'm kinda frustrated right now, cause Wikia.css has never been so temperamental. It's always reflected changes within at most a minute or two. But this damned monobook just seems unable to stay fixed on any one particular revision.

We have never really styled monobook to any great degree at w:c:tarids, so I'm not sure whether what's going on is normal or not. Is it usual for changes to monobook.css to take significantly longer than changes to wikia.css to take effect? Is there anything I can do to flush the MediaWiki cache so I can see the effects of the latst revisions to monobook.css? 02:12: Wed 21 Sep 2011

After saving, you have to bypass your browser's cache to see the changes.

Internet Explorer: hold down the Ctrl key and click the Refresh or Reload button, or press Ctrl+F5. Firefox: hold down the Shift key while clicking Reload; alternatively press Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl-Shift-R. Opera users have to clear their caches through Tools→Preferences Konqueror and Safari users can just click the Reload button. Chrome: press Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5 Useful instructions are often ignored... — subtank  ( 7alk ) 04:34, September 21, 2011 (UTC)