Pre-Loading a page

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Hello All.
Anyone out there know how to get a second page to pre-load while people are on the main index.html? I want to set up a splash screen page and while that is in place, have the next page load in the background so that when people click on the "Enter" link, the page is there in an instant.

Thanks in advance

Andrew
 
Andrew,
You can't. It's possible to pre-load some graphics, but that's often
more trouble than it's worth. The pre-loading concept has pretty much been
killed in the last couple years as more and more users have better internet
connections and much higher bandwidth. Still, even if the page is completely
pre-loaded and downloaded it won't appear in an instant as the browser
actually takes some time to determine how to render the page.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

Andrew said:
Hello All.
Anyone out there know how to get a second page to pre-load while people
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are on the main index.html? I want to set up a splash screen page and while
that is in place, have the next page load in the background so that when
people click on the "Enter" link, the page is there in an instant.
 
Thanks Mark.
Not the news I wanted to hear, but atleast I can stop looking and trying to figure it out.
regards,
Andrew
 
You could use the page transition option available with IE. This
'blends' the new page into the old while the old one dissolves. It
doesn't preload but gives the impression the new page is already there.
Put the line:
<meta http-equiv="Page-Exit"
content="revealTrans(Duration=1.0,Transition=12)">
between the HEAD statements of your splash page.

Larry
Thanks Mark.
Not the news I wanted to hear, but atleast I can stop looking and trying to figure it out.
regards,
Andrew

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