braindude
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pre-loading a HTML page
How would I 'pre-load' a HTML page without actually displaying the page? Or cant you? Any help would be appreciated...
Or you can place a div layer on top of your page and make that hidden when the document is done loading.
As BraveBrain said, use a div if you want to hide it for a while. Usually you just preload images since they are the heaviest part of the page. Ok, if you have a lot's of tables in your page, it takes some rendering time too. You could try preloading just the images and then render the page if speed is what your after.
Depending on the browser...
Seting up a <link> to the next page in the document head may trigger the browser to preload. I don't know of any browser other then very recent versions of Mozilla which acts on this at the moment.
e.g.
<head>
<title>Chapter 2: Blue Things</title>
<link rel="Next" href="Chapter3.html">
</head>
Seting up a <link> to the next page in the document head may trigger the browser to preload. I don't know of any browser other then very recent versions of Mozilla which acts on this at the moment.
e.g.
<head>
<title>Chapter 2: Blue Things</title>
<link rel="Next" href="Chapter3.html">
</head>
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ok..thanks for all the help everyone!
I hardly think I deserve the points for just passing on a link! But thanks anyway.
As long as it leads to a solution ;-)
If the user gets what they need from a link then that link is just as valuable as code that does the job. The best conclusion to any quetion is that the poster of the question gets the help they need; whatever the source.
Good work! :^)
Cd&
Good work! :^)
Cd&
Cheers Cd&. It was just something I'd referenced in a javascript essay from ages ago on my course, and it rung a bell when I read this so I dug it out.
Gareth
PS - did you used to be an expert on askme.com before they closed it down?
Gareth
PS - did you used to be an expert on askme.com before they closed it down?
Gareth,
Yes, Askme was one of the other sites where I answer Qs.
Cd&
Yes, Askme was one of the other sites where I answer Qs.
Cd&
ASKER
well like they said.. that link was just what I needed to answer my question.... thanks again!!
Cd&