html type "refresh" using javascript

[tomhilton]

Hi, I know just about nothing about javascript, but am looking for a way to send a user back a couple pages after a five-second interval.

In html i use the meta "refresh" tag, but in this case, I need to send them back to their origin, which I dont know. How can I use the history.go(-2) method to send someone back, using a meta refresh style script?

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

[pardicity3]

So are you looking for a way to delay the script from running for a little bit of time? If that is what you are looking for, look into the settimeout() and setinterval() functions.

[joh6nn]

i'm pretty sure the only way you can do that is with javascript

[tomhilton]

Yes, I want to display the results of a pages' output for about 5 seconds before taking individual back to the page they were visiting from. I can use the refresh property of html to hold the output for the five seconds, but html doesnt have any functions that tell you where the visitor came from, so I cant use html to send them back. I know javascript has the history.back() and history.go() methods, just don't know how to invoke them as part of the settimeout method. Any ideas?

[redhead]

this should work:

<script type="text/javascript">
window.setTimeout("history.back(2)", 5000);
</script>

[tomhilton]

Hey!

Thanks so much! Your setTimeout script worked. I tried it with the history.back(2), and it took me back one page to the input form, then I tried history.go(-2) and it took me back two pages, to the originating website.

This is great. Appreciate your help.

[redhead]

anytime...