I'm having a problem about the blinking of the page for my auto-refresh of the page function. Is there a way to make my this blinking of the said page begone? Here's my code:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function refreshPage() { location.reload(); }
    $(document).ready(function () {
       setInterval('refreshPage()', 5000);
    });
</script>

Thanks.

I'm having a problem about the blinking of the page for my auto-refresh of the page function. Is there a way to make my this blinking of the said page begone? Here's my code:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function refreshPage() { location.reload(); }
    $(document).ready(function () {
       setInterval('refreshPage()', 5000);
    });
</script>

Thanks.

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Share Improve this question Follow edited Sep 16, 2013 at 9:51 Sahil Mittal 20.8k1212 gold badges6868 silver badges9191 bronze badges asked Sep 16, 2013 at 9:19 Mr.Bobo HahaMr.Bobo Haha 14111 gold badge22 silver badges1616 bronze badges 3

• You can open your page in an iframe and then reload that iframe. – Gupta.Swap Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 9:22
• iframe?? how can i achieve that sir... – Mr.Bobo Haha Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 9:25
• 1 Ok, I think i misunderstood your question. If you are trying to add server updates as facebook, then try using some server push technologies like APE(ape-project) – Gupta.Swap Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 9:29

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You probably don't want to refresh the entire page. E.g. logo, menu would stay, while a content somewhere will refresh. I would mark this content with e.g. a div:

<div id="content">
    <!-- stuff in here is to be periodically refreshed -->
</div>

Then, I would add a server-side URL to create just that refreshable content. This depends of course on your server-side technology, but it is probably trivial. Say this URL is http://yourserver/path/to/page/content.

Then with jQuery:

$(document).ready(function () {
    setInterval(function() {
        $("#content").load("http://yourserver/path/to/page/content");
    }, 5000);
});

This is the principle of operation, you may adjust the details. See $.load. This will greatly eliminate the blink.