Site created with blogdown not automatically refreshing post-FTP upload

Question

I've been using blogdown for a while now, but have an issue where I've created a website. I've generated the public folder using the Build menu. I then upload the contents of the public folder via FTP to my web server.

However, when I go to the site, it doesn't seem to get "triggered" as a new site. So my browser relies on its old cache and none of the links/pages update. I have to press "Refresh" manually for the site to load.

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong myself, but would appreciate any help people can give. I checked with my hosting provider. They run on Plesk and just emptied out the cache on the server's side for me. Doesn't make a difference, as my Mac still shows the old version unless I manually refresh a page. env is set to production if that makes a difference?

Any help would be much appreciated.

• Emptied server cache
• Deleted all old files via FTP
• Uploaded a fresh copy of the website