"preloading" a whole page with images etc.

They have: 11 posts

Joined: Nov 1999

Is there a way to make the browser load all of the webpage, including images, before it actually shows the page to the user?
I have a problem where IE sometimes forgets to show a table with images (that I have "CSS:d" to the bottom of the page) that is used for navigation. The table shows up when I reload the page, so I was hoping this would help...

Other solutions is of course appreciated too...

The pages only have to work in IE, because its not really a webpage, but educational material for the intranet... and we all have to use IE here. Because of this the pages is not on the web atm. but I can fix that if necessary...

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Ken Elliott's picture

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Joined: Jun 1999

Enclose your entire webpage in some extra tables. Then it will download the first table completely before showing anything.

Hope this helps
VulKen

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If your using IE4 then your best off adding some DHTML to your page. I made a similar effect for my first homepage.

Go to http://home.primus.com.au/lloydhass/portfolio/lloydweb/index.html and take the dynamic link.

What I did was put the entire contents of the body into a hidden span. Then just add an onLoad to the <body> tag and make the span visible. With IE4 you can also add blending transitions such as dissolving.

If you need help with the code just email me

[email protected]

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