Loading Screens

**mburt** · 07-29-2006, 09:12 PM

Hi
I've seen other websites that having a message displaying while the page is loading. I've always wondered how to do this, and I've been fooling with the idea for a while, but I still can't do it.

All help appreciated

Twey, jscheuer1?

**mburt** · 07-29-2006, 10:11 PM

any help??

**blm126** · 07-30-2006, 02:38 AM

Your page has to be loaded with AJAX or a similar solution(maybe flash?) first. Then you can worry about a loading message.

**mburt** · 07-30-2006, 02:41 AM

hehe.. This may sound odd... but i have never coded in AJAX!!

....there. look, i said it. So, a little more in depth on that, and it might help me.

**shachi** · 07-30-2006, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by mburt

but i have never coded in AJAX!!

mburt: AJAX is not a scripting/programming language, just a technique. If you want real progress bar(which actually shows percent loaded) then simple javascript is not going to help you. If this is not what you want then you can place animated gifs(http://ajaxload.info)).

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to ask. What are you trying to do mburt??

**mburt** · 07-30-2006, 07:26 PM

Well, what you said pretty well summed it up..

**mburt** · 07-30-2006, 07:30 PM

So... How do you think I could actually get a progress bar with the actual precentage of the page that is finished loading?

**shachi** · 07-30-2006, 07:37 PM

To tell you the truth, I have never attempted something like that and I have no idea.

But I have been attempting to make successful javascript preloaders. I'll let you know when I complete it.

You can however make progressbars in case of AJAX by expanding the width of div by a quarter for each readyState.

For e.g: 1: 25%;2: 50%;3: 75%;4: 100%