The Geo Cache system will cache data, and module output, in cache files. Using the cache system will greatly reduce the amount of data that is retrieved from the database, resulting in faster page loads and less strain on the database server.

• If you make changes in the admin and they do not seem to take effect, try clearing the cache. Changes made in the html modules, page templates, css/font and text admin tools are especially affected if the cache is on. Turning off caching while you are changing elements in the admin tool is a necessity to immediately see those changes.
• The cache is created as it is needed. For instance, a template won't be cached until a page that uses the template is viewed on the client side for the first time.
• The amount of time something is cached for depends on the nature of that thing. For example, the "featured listings" module display is cached for 5 minutes it is always changing, but the "category navigation" modules are cached for a full 30 minutes.
• More controls to fine tune how the cache system works is planned for future release, as is needed to meet demand, but for now you can only turn on or off the cache system. If you are brave enough, you can try editing the settings file _geocache/_cacheSettings.php, but doing so is not supported.

This section lists information about the file caching system. If you have it turned on, it will list the number items that have been cached so far.

Removes all cache items

Removes any cache items that caches the "end product" of what is displayed on the end user's computer.

Removes any cache items that caches things based on raw data that is stored in the database.

Turning on the cache system should significantly speed up high-traffic sites, since it eliminates the need to retrieve certain data from the database, instead being able to retrieve the information from the cache files.

Turning on activates the cache system.

If you turn the cache system on, but when the page refreshes it goes back to off, you may need to CHMOD 777 the directory _geoCache/ in order to use the cache system.

More "advanced" settings to control how the cache system work are planned for future releases. At this time, however, the only available setting is to turn the cached system on or off.

The amount of time something is cached for depends on the nature of what is being cached. Below you will find the list of different modules, and how long the "display contents" of each module is cached for.

Forever: Note that Forever doesn't really mean forever, just until the next time a setting that affects the cached item is changed in the admin, or the next time the cache is turned off or cleared in the admin.

Template Designers: See that last cached item? That means if you are using cache, turn it off while working on your custom template design, or you will be wondering why the system refuses to use your new file instead of the one in the default template set.