[FX.php List] Displaying Status Animated GIF

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Joel,

Thanks for the link back to that 2005 thread.

To be honest, appears to be more than I care to bite off at the 
moment.  It'll be on my wishlist.

jonathan


At 11:09 AM -0700 10/20/06, Joel Shapiro wrote:
>This is what I've done, Jonathan.  Put the loading .gif on the 
>submit page, replacing the submit button with the gif using a 
>hidden/unhidden <div>.  You can look for the thread on this list, 
>entitled "Visual cue when processing a long, multi-record edit 
>request?" started on 10/12/05.  I had originally wanted to have the 
>whole page hide and only display the animated gif, but I found that 
>when a <div> spans a taller area than can be visible on one screen, 
>the hide doesn't work.  But using it to just replace the submit 
>button works very well, both technically and visually for the user.
>
>HTH,
>-Joel
>
>
>On Oct 20, 2006, at 10:48 AM, Alex Gates wrote:
>
>>So how about putting the loading .gif on the current page and let it
>>display as the target page is loading?
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
>>Schwartz
>>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 12:42 PM
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>>Subject: RE: [FX.php List] Displaying Status Animated GIF
>>
>>Thanks Alex,
>>
>>This didn't quite work as desired.  I get the same results as
>>before...the current page is displayed until the target page is
>>ready....and then the animated graphic flashes for just a moment.
>>This, as opposed to the having the target page loaded immediately and
>>display the animated gif until the page is completely drawn.
>>
>>I imagine that is has something to do with the order of processing:
>>FMP vs PHP vs HTML.
>>
>>J
>>
>>At 11:10 AM -0500 10/20/06, Alex Gates wrote:
>>>Hi Jonathan-
>>>
>>>Here is a link to a javascript tutorial that may do what you are
>>looking
>>>for -
>>>http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorial/Javascript-Wait-While-Loading-Page
>>-
>>>Display-Image/13151
>>>
>>>The grapgic they use in their example is pretty ugly - - but it works
>>>with any animated .gif
>>>In fact, this site will let you customize an animated gif and download
>>>it... free... http://www.ajaxload.info/
>>>
>>>This method above will hide/unhide a div when the browser is
>>loading....
>>>
>>>The only drawback (I'm sure it can be modified though) is that it will
>>>show the animation any time the page loads... not just after you hit a
>>>submit button...
>>>
>>>I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else is doing something like
>>>this...
>>>
>>>Alex P. Gates
>>>G&R Publishing Co.
>>>507 Industrial Street
>>>Waverly, IA 50677
>>>Ph: 319-352-5391 x 319
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>>>[mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan
>>>Schwartz
>>>Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:58 AM
>>>To: FX.php Discussion List
>>>Subject: [FX.php List] Displaying Status Animated GIF
>>>
>>>Is anyone using a "Loading" page before displaying a page that might
>>>take some time to display results?   I'm seeing impatient users click
>>>the submit button several times rather than waiting.  The "loading"
>>>page would simply display one of those animated GIF thingees until
>>>the target page was ready.
>>>
>>>I have tried several approaches, but the loading page doesn't
>>>display...just the original starting page, along with the URL showing
>>>the the target page address...until the target page finally displays
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Jonathan
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