# What do I do if a web site looks different?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128 "2017-09-24T00:11:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128/1 "2017-09-24T00:11:54Z")

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If I get a draft version or my view is corrupted, how do I fix that? I tried on Mozilla and it was a normal view. But on explorer you just see it without graphics nearly.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128/2 "2017-09-24T00:12:51Z")

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Hit the F5 button on your keyboard. That should perform a refresh.

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128/3 "2017-09-24T04:56:53Z")

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that didn’t do anything

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**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128/4 "2017-09-24T16:53:15Z")

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Try CTRL+F5, a “hard refresh.” That forces the browser to re-download all of the code associated with the page.

Also, Internet Explorer is not up to date, it is not capable of rendering all of the latest tricks and bells and whistles. Could be that.

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**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-if-a-web-site-looks-different/797128/5 "2017-09-25T23:43:03Z")

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> [@GESancMan](#):
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> Try CTRL+F5, a “hard refresh.” That forces the browser to re-download all of the code associated with the page.
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> Also, Internet Explorer is not up to date, it is not capable of rendering all of the latest tricks and bells and whistles. Could be that.

It worked. Thanks.