Reloading Page

[Wizard13335]

How do you direct a visiter to another page after a set amount of time? I've seen it somewhere, but I've forgotten. Its either JavaScript or a meta tag.

[ddadmin]

Well, something like the below will do:

<script type="text/javascript">
setTimeout("window.location='http://google.com'", 3000)
</script>

The above will cause the user to be redirected to Google in 3 seconds (3000 miliseconds).

[Wizard13335]

Ok thanks!

[Wizard13335]

I was also wondering, is there anything specific you have to enter in JavaScript to make something happen in a time measured in miliseconds? Cause in that script there isn't, but i don't know if that is a pre-made script or not. (as in, preset in the javascript language, like html code)

[ddadmin]

Hmm not sure what you're asking, though setTimeout() is a prebuilt function of JavaScript that uses miliseconds as the units to wait before executing a code. So 3000 is 3000 miliseconds. Scroll to the bottom of this page for more info on the setTimeout function: http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/window.shtml

[Wizard13335]

Thanks!

[Twey]

Meta tag's a better idea.
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;newpage.htm"/>
in the head. 5 is the number of seconds to wait, newpage.htm is the page to go to. This is more reliable than Javascript.

[Wizard13335]

Hmm, I tried the META tag in IE 6, and it just keeps refreshing the page.

[jscheuer1]

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=newpage.htm">

[Wizard13335]

Thanks! It works great now!