Javascript Page Preloading

Is it possible? ive seen it done with images, but can you do it with a whole page? If you can please post how to do it below.

Thanks,
Tom

what do you mean it loads the whole page before it shows it? if so then i would like to know too :)

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Originally Posted by JimboJosh

what do you mean it loads the whole page before it shows it? if so then i would like to know too :)

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Yes, where you go to 1 page and there is a javascript code on that page which loads the other page, so when you visit that page, it loads almost instantly. :)

1. rename your sites homepage to home.php
2. make index.php a redirect page page
3. insert a hidden div into the redirection page which contains your sites code
4. make it redirect to your site in say 5 seconds?

Its an idea! :P

Um, you can do it with an AJAX updater in scriptaculous.

Just include the scriptaculous files, then add this to your head sect.

HTML Code:

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<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function load(url)
{
document.getElementById("Div ID to load into").innerHTML = "Loading...";
new Ajax.Updater('Div ID to load into',url);
}
//-->
</script>

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Then use the javascript:load('URL to page'); as your links to a page.

So not a preloader, but more of an instant loader? EG, when you visit the site for the first time it would take a tad longer to load the other files, then when you navigate them they pop straight up?

If that's what you mean I'll dig deep and hopefully produce something.