Can't take my Front Page out of the cache!

[mexicolibre]

The component works great, but I simply can't take my front page out of the cache.  I've already tried putting "/" in the section for entering URL parts that may not be cached, but then it doesn't cache anything.  Any ideas? "/" is how the front page appears in the repository. 

[hiegl]

Did you also try using the string "frontpage"?

[mexicolibre]

just did per your recommendation, but doesn't work 
is that supposed to work?

[hiegl]

It depends on what you use as your frontpage. If you edit the top item in your main menu you can see the link to com_frontpage. Are you using some SEF extension? Could you give the URL of your site.

[mexicolibre]

I found it!
I'll answer here to myself in case it's useful to someone else: just enter the cache repository overview and click the green icon that says "may cache" - the green icon will be replaced with an X, and the frontpage (or any other url for that matter) won't be cached anymore 

[hiegl]

Nice! Never used this until now.

[M70]

I found it!
I'll answer here to myself in case it's useful to someone else: just enter the cache repository overview and click the green icon that says "may cache" - the green icon will be replaced with an X, and the frontpage (or any other url for that matter) won't be cached anymore 

I've tried that but I get this error:

Warning: publish_cache(/home/xxx/public_html/administrator/components/com_jrecache/tablesDSjrecache_repository.php) [function.publish-cache]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxx/public_html/administrator/components/com_jrecache/controls/repository.php on line 162

Warning: publish_cache() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/xxx/public_html/administrator/components/com_jrecache/tablesDSjrecache_repository.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxx/public_html/administrator/components/com_jrecache/controls/repository.php on line 162

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: db_jrecache_repository in /home/xxx/public_html/administrator/components/com_jrecache/controls/repository.php on line 163

Besides, disabling cache doesn't bring any changes to the frontpage.

[mexicolibre]

That seems more of an installation problem to me, especially the fact that the warning is about a "non-existent class" and inability to open a php file.  The process I described is a normal part of the admin interface that should work perfectly well, I simply "discovered" that it could solve my particular problem.

Besides, disabling cache doesn't bring any changes to the frontpage.

I wouldn't expect any change in the frontpage just because you disable the cache.  In my particular case I have a website that automatically aggregates news articles from other sites, without human intervention.  That means new articles are written directly into the DB without any frontend or backend action, which as I understand is necessary for JRE cache to realize that it must delete a certain cache file (the frontpage cache file for example) - that's the reason why my frontpage stayed constant even when there were new articles in the DB.  If you capture your articles manually then you don't need to disable cache of the front page if you keep JRE's default settings, because your very action of saving a new article will tell JRE to renew.
cheers

[M70]

I've added/written 2 articles that several hours later still doesn't show on the frontend.

[joomlatwork]

You can clear the cache manual (at the cache pannel) or you can activate the "Enable automatic cache deletion for the Backend Admin" in the configuration which removes the cache files when one actions is performed in the field below.

Regards,

Richard

[M70]

You can clear the cache manual (at the cache pannel) or you can activate the "Enable automatic cache deletion for the Backend Admin" in the configuration which removes the cache files when one actions is performed in the field below.

Regards,

Richard

I've done that. I've disabled the cache and I've also deleted the files. No luck.

[joomlatwork]

Problem is the publication date of the articles..... 

Regards,

Richard