Auto Refresh?

Lump · 03-05-2004 10:30am #1

I was just wondering is there any way that I can make IE auto refresh a page every ten minutes or so. Basically my computer is on all day, most of the time I'm downloading or it just sits idle. However I thought if I could get some way of auto refreshing http://makethisyourhomepage.com/ie/ well then It'd be doing some good. Over a twelve hour period I'm sure I could refresh a few hundred times. I have no cap on my adsl as I'm in the uk so it makes no difference to me.

So Basically, is there a way IE will auto refresh?

John

voxpop · 03-05-2004 10:34am

you could use some macro software like http://www.macroexpress.com/ (goggling around might get something better ). Basically you record a series of mouse movements/clicks (clicking on refresh ) and it will replay them - then you just need to schedule the macro to run whenever you want

shotamoose · 03-05-2004 10:50am

Originally posted by Lump
So Basically, is there a way IE will auto refresh?

Dunno, but Mozilla Firefox will, no problem. And it's much better in so many other ways. Go on, switch, you know you want to!

daveirl · 03-05-2004 10:56am

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hostyle · 03-05-2004 11:02am

Make a HTML page on your local PC using frames set at *, 100%. Load your site in the frame set at 100%. Have the hidden frame use javascript to refresh the shown page at a set interval.

byte · 03-05-2004 6:51pm

I am looking for something like that too, as when I idle on boards for a while and return, threads are marked as "Read".

BTW, does anyone know how long you can idle on boards before it marks threads Read?

LegacyUser · 03-05-2004 8:17pm

//Lump is such a bad name. It reminds me of testicular cancer. //

Lump · 03-05-2004 11:25pm

Why thank you.

John

PiE · 03-05-2004 11:46pm

Originally posted by shotamoose
Dunno, but Mozilla Firefox will, no problem. And it's much better in so many other ways. Go on, switch, you know you want to!

Where's that option in Firefox? I was looking for it a while ago with no success,

Opera does it easily, just right click the page and select the auto-refresh time.

Edit: Er...didn't read the bit about wanting IE to do it, but you should switch anyway

ai ing · 03-05-2004 11:51pm

In firefox you just right click on the tab in the tab bar and select auto reload and then chose how often to do it.

PiE · 03-05-2004 11:55pm

Odd, it's not an option on my tabs.

Fortunately, I just found an extension that does it. How I missed it when I was looking the last time, I don't know.

Reload Every

Oriel · 04-05-2004 12:16am

Lump, simple.
Just put:

<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh"
CONTENT="3;URL=<mypage.html>">
</head>

as the html head for the page. Stops having to mess about with all the marco bollocks.

In the example above, the "3" is three seconds, so ya might want to look at increasing that a wee bit...

S.

hostyle · 04-05-2004 8:24am

Sinecure: he doesnt run the site ...

Lump · 04-05-2004 8:28am

Indeed, I dont run the site. Surely there's an "easy" way to do it. Instead of pricking around.

John

Lump · 06-05-2004 11:43pm

I take that as a no then. Jeeze, you try to do something nice

John

Oriel · 07-05-2004 2:37am

FFS what on earth is "refreshing" your IE going to do?

Lump · 07-05-2004 7:34am

Well every time you open that page, it generates funds for some third world group.

John

hostyle · 07-05-2004 9:23am

I already posted a way to do it. I left the implementation as an exercise for the requester. Seeing as you couldn't be bothered, here you go.

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="600">

<frameset cols="*,100%">
<frame src="about:blank">
<frame src="http://makethisyourhomepage.com/ie/">
</frameset>

Save as "thank_you_hostyle.html" on your hard-drive. Load that into your browser. The current value of 600 represents 10 minutes. Change that value if you want a slower / faster refresh.

Superman · 07-05-2004 9:33am

well get a pecking duck like homer for the F5 button.

Or make an auto refreshing page and make a frame in the middle the other sites location

where can you get those duck tho?

Superman · 07-05-2004 9:34am

sorry the frame thing was already covered !

I guess, Great minds...

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