If I do this in my rails application they will not see the progress bar until they are connected. What is the best way to move forward?
Thank you
Russell
Ajax notifier on home page.
- Rjr
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Sometimes when people connect to my site there is a delay of up to 30-50 seconds. i would like to have a javascipt or something progress bar on the home page to tell people they are connecting and need to wait.
If I do this in my rails application they will not see the progress bar until they are connected. What is the best way to move forward?
Thank you
Russell
If I do this in my rails application they will not see the progress bar until they are connected. What is the best way to move forward?
Thank you
Russell
- William
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Hi Russell - one way to do this would be to have an indicator gif image/description at the top of your page that disappears when the page is fully loaded. You can use an onLoad in the body tag to do something like $('indicator').style.display = 'none' which will be triggered after everything is fully loaded.
2008-03-21 01:20 PM
- Rjr
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Thank you William
I don think that would work.
Yes in my application I use a javascript loading image
when I am searchinmg the database
in the view
<div id="searching" style="display:none;"><%= image_tag("progerssbar_editnplace.gif") %></div>
<%= observe_form('session_search', :url =>{ :action => 'psession_count'} ,
:loading =>"Element.show('searching')",
:complete =>"Element.hide('searching')") %>
But I think for this type of thing to work I need to connect with my application.
The server performance has been wonderful recently but occasionally there is a bottle neck like 8 hours ago.
I believe this is due to a server thing as my home page is just a form.
With rails the index page giff will only show when the application is active.
I don think that would work.
Yes in my application I use a javascript loading image
when I am searchinmg the database
in the view
<div id="searching" style="display:none;"><%= image_tag("progerssbar_editnplace.gif") %></div>
<%= observe_form('session_search', :url =>{ :action => 'psession_count'} ,
:loading =>"Element.show('searching')",
:complete =>"Element.hide('searching')") %>
But I think for this type of thing to work I need to connect with my application.
The server performance has been wonderful recently but occasionally there is a bottle neck like 8 hours ago.
I believe this is due to a server thing as my home page is just a form.
With rails the index page giff will only show when the application is active.
2008-03-21 03:45 PM
- William
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If the initial page is taking a long time then the method I mentioned should work - but, yes, for your search you just need the standard progress indicator.