I couldn't get the above examples to work. I simply wanted to trigger a refresh of certain modified div areas when coming back to the page via the back button. The trick I used was to set a hidden input field (called a "dirty bit") to 1 as soon as the div areas changed from the original. The hidden input field actually retains its value when I click back, so onload I can check for this bit. If it's set, I refresh the page (or just refresh the divs). On the original load, however, the bit is not set, so I don't waste time loading the page twice.
<input type='hidden' id='dirty'>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
if ($('#dirty').val()) {
// ... reload the page or specific divs only
}
// when something modifies a div that needs to be refreshed, set dirty=1
$('#dirty').val('1');
});
</script>
And it would trigger properly whenever I clicked the back button.