[vox-tech] web page constantly reloading

Wed, 4 Dec 2002 16:17:44 -0800

There are typically two ways to cause the browser to reload a
page.  The first way is with a server response header:

Refresh: 5

>From what I remember this will cause the page to be reloaded
every five seconds.  The same effect can usually be accomplished
with a META tag in the page:

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT=5>

This tag would cause the server to add the Refresh tag to the
response headers.

You can also accomplish the same thing by adding this to the
body tag or by having some script or other executable content
on the page that will cause it to be refreshed.

<BODY onLoad=window.setTimeout("location.href='index.shtml'",1000)>

For a while Netscape was supporting leaving a HTTP 1.1 connection
open and after chunking out the document, it would chunk out the
same document again... This had the effect of pushing the page
out the client multiple times.  We looked at doing that for the
Rabbit, but decided against it because IE and other browsers did
not support that method.

Joel

On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 02:03:20PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> this page:
> 
> http://www.metal-sludge.com/MainPage.htm
> 
> constantly reloads.  once the page is done, opera reloads it again.  and
> again.  ad infinitum.
> 
> i'm pretty sure it's something i did with preferences, although it's
> been so long and i tinker so much that i can't even begin to guess what.
> 
> i don't have the same problem with any other browser (but i hardly ever
> use mozilla or galeon, so i don't tinker with them much).
> 
> i read this website *constantly*, and it would be nice for the reloading
> to stop.
> 
> anyone have any ideas what can be causing it?
> 
> pete
> 
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