how to refresh page only once?

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YoutubeSlanger

Junior Member

Nov 9, 2011

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• Feb 2, 2012

• #1

okay I need to make a page refresh only once after a set time. I cant find a script for this just scripts that refresh every x amount of time.

 

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microbe

Registered Member

Jan 25, 2012

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• Feb 3, 2012

• #2

Couldn't you just use a simple JS/meta refresh?

Code:

<script>
  ESPN_refresh=window.setTimeout(function(){window.location.href=window.location.href},900000);
</script>
<noscript>
  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="900" />
</noscript>

 

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YoutubeSlanger

Junior Member

Nov 9, 2011

184

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• Feb 3, 2012
• Thread Starter Thread Starter

• #3

microbe said:

Couldn't you just use a simple JS/meta refresh?

Code:

<script>
  ESPN_refresh=window.setTimeout(function(){window.location.href=window.location.href},900000);
</script>
<noscript>
  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="900" />
</noscript>

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you didnt read my post, I don't need it to refresh over and over again I need it to only fire off once and never again

 

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Craive

Newbie

Sep 29, 2010

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• Feb 4, 2012

• #4

Depending on you site, you could use a server side refresh where you use an if statement to keep it from refreshing. This way once the page is called it should refresh and send that variable through to keep it from refreshing again.

if($_GET['REFRESHVAR']<>1)
{
header( 'Location: http://www.yoursite.com/new_page.php?REFRESHVAR=1' ) ;}

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RidiculeMe

Newbie

Feb 4, 2012

34

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• Feb 4, 2012

• #5

Have you tried using imacro? It has a timer which you can set, then run the refresh command, which should only run once.

 

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pavis

Newbie

Jan 15, 2012

24

1

• Feb 4, 2012

• #6

what Ridicule me said is right. Have you tried it i macro, it works fine for me. just check out.

 

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roxaa

Newbie

Feb 5, 2012

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• Feb 6, 2012

• #7

There is also a nice Mozilla addon, which refreshes the page every x seconds.

 

procam

Senior Member

Jan 5, 2010

883

328

• Feb 6, 2012

• #8

If your using wordpress you could use Quick Page/Post Redirect plugin. But I don't think your using WP. I hope you find your answer.

 

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SpmHosting

Newbie

Feb 9, 2012

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #9

roxaa said:

There is also a nice Mozilla addon, which refreshes the page every x seconds.

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he wants the to be refreshed only once after it's loaded for the first time.

 

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Clinker

Newbie

Sep 29, 2011

31

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• Feb 14, 2012

• #10

If you don't have the option to fiddle with php, I've created a simple HTML example that works client side:

http://jsfiddle.net/WrPkd/7/

You just need jquery cookie and that's it;
you set the cookie RELOADED just after the first refresh and then you have to test its value; if RELOADED is set, the page is not refreshed.
I've binded this js function to a button, but you could easily trigger it when the page is loaded or after a given time.

Code:

$('#something').click(function() {
  if ($.cookie("RELOADED") == null){
   $.cookie("RELOADED",1);
   alert("I'm refreshing!");   
   location.reload();
  }else{
   alert("Don't refresh!");
  }
});

 

Last edited: Feb 14, 2012