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Prefetch URLs

Prefetch URLs

To improve the speed of your system, you can specify URLs to preload.

To see the list of prefetch files of URLs to preload, go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings to change their order.

The following options are available:

Create New Prefetch URL

Add a new prefetch file. See To create a prefetch file:.

Edit

Edit the selected prefetch file. See To edit a prefetch file:.

Delete

Delete the selected prefetch file. See To delete a prefetch file or files:.

Download Prefetch Log

Select to download the prefetch log.

URL

The URLs to preload.

Depth

How many levels deep to preload.

Repeat Interval (Minutes)

How often, in minutes, to preload the URLs.

Next Run

When the URLs will be preloaded next.

To create a prefetch file:
  1. Go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs and select Create New Prefetch URL from the toolbar. The Create New Prefetch URL window opens.

  2. Configure the following settings:

    URL

    Enter the URLs to preload. Separate multiple URLS with a semicolon.

    Crawl Depth

    Enter how many levels deep to preload the URLs.

    Ignore robots.txt rules

    Enable to ignore the rules found in the robots.txt file.

    Run After

    Select when the URL is preloaded the first time.

    Repeat Interval

    Enter how often to preload the URLs and how many times to preload the URLs.

    User Agent

    The name of the computer program to use to preload the URLs.

    User

    The user name for the user agent.

    Password

    The password for the user agent.

  3. Click OK to create the new prefetch file.

To edit a prefetch file:
  1. Go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs.

  2. Select the file that you want to edit and then click Edit from the toolbar or double-click on the file in the table. The Edit Reverse Cache Prefetch window opens.

  3. Edit the information as required, then click OK to apply your changes.

To delete a prefetch file or files:
  1. Go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs.

  2. Select the file or files that you want to delete.

  3. Click Delete from the toolbar.

  4. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected file or files.

Prefetch URLs

To improve the speed of your system, you can specify URLs to preload.

To see the list of prefetch files of URLs to preload, go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs.

Hover over the leftmost edge of the column heading to display the Configure Table icon, which you can use to select the columns to display or to reset all the columns to their default settings. You can also drag column headings to change their order.

The following options are available:

Create New Prefetch URL

Add a new prefetch file. See To create a prefetch file:.

Edit

Edit the selected prefetch file. See To edit a prefetch file:.

Delete

Delete the selected prefetch file. See To delete a prefetch file or files:.

Download Prefetch Log

Select to download the prefetch log.

URL

The URLs to preload.

Depth

How many levels deep to preload.

Repeat Interval (Minutes)

How often, in minutes, to preload the URLs.

Next Run

When the URLs will be preloaded next.

To create a prefetch file:
  1. Go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs and select Create New Prefetch URL from the toolbar. The Create New Prefetch URL window opens.

  2. Configure the following settings:

    URL

    Enter the URLs to preload. Separate multiple URLS with a semicolon.

    Crawl Depth

    Enter how many levels deep to preload the URLs.

    Ignore robots.txt rules

    Enable to ignore the rules found in the robots.txt file.

    Run After

    Select when the URL is preloaded the first time.

    Repeat Interval

    Enter how often to preload the URLs and how many times to preload the URLs.

    User Agent

    The name of the computer program to use to preload the URLs.

    User

    The user name for the user agent.

    Password

    The password for the user agent.

  3. Click OK to create the new prefetch file.

To edit a prefetch file:
  1. Go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs.

  2. Select the file that you want to edit and then click Edit from the toolbar or double-click on the file in the table. The Edit Reverse Cache Prefetch window opens.

  3. Edit the information as required, then click OK to apply your changes.

To delete a prefetch file or files:
  1. Go to Web Cache > Prefetch URLs.

  2. Select the file or files that you want to delete.

  3. Click Delete from the toolbar.

  4. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box to delete the selected file or files.