MOD REQ: Auto Refresh
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Forum Name: Web Wiz Forums Modifications
Forum Description: Mod's and Add-on's for Web Wiz Forums.
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Topic: MOD REQ: Auto Refresh
Posted By: Kacyndra
Subject: MOD REQ: Auto Refresh
Date Posted: 08 June 2006 at 8:19pm
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i would really like to have an auto refresh on the forum - every 10-15 seconds, maybe?
let me know what you think.
Thanks
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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 09 June 2006 at 12:31am
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You could just add a meta tag to do it but I always found forums that auto-refresh to be a pain. I typically open up a tab or browser instance for each page of the active topics and then work through them by upening up all the topics on a page in their own tabs/windows. Seems like auto refreshes on active topics pages happen before I've read the topic ages and always re-adjust what's on a given active topic page. My other complaint with auto refresh is that it always happens just as I'm about to click on something so I have to wait for the new page load. Prevents a smooth browsing experience. I think most of your users know how to refresh a page. You have to be careful when trying to "help" them by forcing a page behavior that conflicts with their browsing preferences. EDIT: Just occurred to me that you might be thinking of auto refreshing a thread page to catch the latest upates to the thread. Definately not a good idea as no one would ever be able to finish a post. ------------- 
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Posted By: Praveen
Date Posted: 12 June 2006 at 12:47pm
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I have a script but dpyers is correct.
Anyway, you have to put this script in the HEAD section.
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5">
for 5 seconds. ------------- 
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