Hi seattle-ga,
Good day and thanks for your question. A simple solution would be to
create a small html file (2 lines). Assuming you want to keep
refreshing the URL http://www.rediff.com, create a html file (for
example, page.html). The code would be :
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="5;url=page.html">
<iframe src="http://www.rediff.com" height=600 width=600>
content=5 means that refreshing will occur every 5 seconds
height and width can be adjusted accordingly.
Remember, you should change the url= parameter according to the name
of the html file. Suppose you save it as reload.html, then the
appropriate code would be :
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="5;url=reload.html">
<iframe src="http://www.rediff.com" height=600 width=600>
This works only on IE, and not Netscape.
I hope this answers your question. If you have any clarifications,
please don't hesitate to ask
Thank you for using this service and have a nice day
Warm regards,
aditya2k |
Request for Answer Clarification by
seattle-ga
on
01 Dec 2002 16:36 PST
Greetings aditya2k! I'm with you on this answer except for the
following: where do I create this file and where should it be saved?
Code is a bit beyond me, but I think I can do it with your help.
Thank you, seattle.
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Clarification of Answer by
aditya2k-ga
on
01 Dec 2002 17:48 PST
Hi,
you can create this file anywhere on your system (or on the net). Use
the Mac equivalent of notepad to create the file
Cheers,
aditya2k
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Request for Answer Clarification by
seattle-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 06:32 PST
Hello again aditya2k. Have spent some time trying to accomplish
this "html" file and so far, no joy. Believe the file would work
fine on a PC platform but on a MAC I need to get into something like
"Res Edit" to accomplish this and I'm afraid that's a bit out of my
comfort zone. Anyway, I would like to thank you and the others who
have posted comments.
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Clarification of Answer by
aditya2k-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 07:12 PST
Hi,
Don't give up so soon.
You can use any word processing software to create the html file.
I could do one thing... give me a list of webpages you want refreshed
and I can create the HTML files and tell you where you can download
them from.
Cheers,
aditya2k.
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Request for Answer Clarification by
seattle-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 14:50 PST
Hi aditya2k! Thanks for not giving up on me. The following URL is
a page I would like to have refreshed once every 5 minutes. If you
can give me the file necessary for this page, I'm sure I can modify it
as necessary for other URLs. Thank you!
http://www.sel.noaa.gov/SWN/
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Clarification of Answer by
aditya2k-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 16:35 PST
Hi seattle,
I've uploaded the HTML file. You can download it by right-clicking on
the following link and choosing the "Save Target As..." option
http://66.186.220.190/refresh.html
Please let me know if this works.
Cheers,
aditya2k
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Request for Answer Clarification by
seattle-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 17:41 PST
Hello aditya2k --- I think we are getting closer. Here is what
happened. I clicked on the URL you left in the clarification. The
Space Weather page opened up. I then saved the file to the desktop.
The file created on the desktop is named "refresh.html" and it has
the expected IE icon. I then closed IE to get back to a good
starting point. Double clicked on the "refresh.html" file and IE
opened up to the Space Weather page. Interesting --- I can tell that
there is a window within a window --- I see two scroll bars on the
right side next to each other. The URL that is showing in the
address box is the one I copied from the clarification. I'm now
watching the clock to see what happens when 5 mins. go by. Then ---
bing --- I can see that it tries to refresh but instead the screen
goes white and I get this error message: "The attempt to load
'Accessing URL: http://66.186.220.190/refresh.html' failed." In
trying to figure out why I can't manually refresh at this point,
discover that IE has gone into "Work Offline" mode. Please let me
know what you think.
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Clarification of Answer by
aditya2k-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 17:50 PST
Hi,
This could be a problem of the webserver being down (66.186.120.90).
You mentioned that you've saved the file on the desktop. Open the
desktop file.
Alternatively, don't go to that link and choose save from the file
menu. Right click the link which I've mentioned in the earlier
clarification and choose the "Save target As..." option. This will
save the html file as it is. Saving the file after going to the link
makes IE insert additional unnecessary tags which is probably the root
cause of the error
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Request for Answer Clarification by
seattle-ga
on
02 Dec 2002 18:27 PST
Hi again--- I'm sorry that in my last post I did not clarify this
point: When trying to RIGHT click on the link, I do not get a "Save
Target As..." option. The only options available are: Internet
Explorer Help; Open Link in New Window; Download Link to Disk; Copy
Link to Clipboard; Add Link to Favorites. As for the file on the
desktop --- it will open to the desired website but then dies when 5
minutes have elapsed. Your efforts have gone beyond what I
originally anticipated so don't feel bad about telling me it's a MAC
thing --- it probably is --- big smile!
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Clarification of Answer by
aditya2k-ga
on
14 Dec 2002 03:59 PST
Hi,
I've created a script at http://www.adityanet.com/ga/reload.html
All you have to do it enter the URL you want refreshed and click on
Submit. Then, it will refresh the page every 5 minutes
Aditya
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