"Please wait 'til we load our page"

Jackage · 08-02-2011, 11:35 PM

Hello,

I have been looking for a code which loads my content and images as well as my javascript and style before my visitor enters my site. I have been on a website before (I cannot remember the link) and it has:

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Please wait til we take our own sweet time to load this page

with the content behind it, but slightly 'dimmed'. I think that this would be great for my site.

If anyone would help me with this I will greatly appreciate it!
Thanks.

bullant · 08-03-2011, 01:25 AM

One way to that is to put a layer with 100% height and opacity to some value less than full opacity (for the dimming effect) on top of the wrapper container containing all your page content.

Then in window.onload, remove the layer from the DOM so the page content is seen without any dimming.

teedoff · 08-03-2011, 01:29 AM

I have to ask....is your page load speed THAT slow? I mean I guess unless you have a big flash intro, you page should load fairly quickly no?

bullant · 08-03-2011, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by teedoff

I have to ask....is your page load speed THAT slow? I mean I guess unless you have a big flash intro, you page should load fairly quickly no?

It might be aimed at users on slow dial up connections.

Jackage · 08-03-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by teedoff

I have to ask....is your page load speed THAT slow? I mean I guess unless you have a big flash intro, you page should load fairly quickly no?

Nope, unfortunately I have a very annoying text overlay

http://www.codingforums.com/showthre...42#post1117642

and I thought as the overlay only lasts a few seconds I could use that to load the news feeds.

DanInMa · 08-03-2011, 04:41 PM

do you have this on a live/test site we can access? it might be better to just solve the primary issue instead of hiding it with a "preloader screen"

Jackage · 08-03-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by DanInMa

do you have this on a live/test site we can access? it might be better to just solve the primary issue instead of hiding it with a "preloader screen"

Yes, I do. This link is my localhost so it may not be running 24/7. I have quite a few test files which aren't important - This link should take you straight to it.

http://86.4.198.242/Web-Design/PlanetVolume/