Auto-refresh page once only after first load

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Auto-refresh page once only after first load

W8_4me

Hi all,

I have a web page which isn't working as planned in IE9 (no surprise here). A quick fix is to have the page auto-refresh itself once only after first loading (not continuously). I've tried a few things, like [icode]<body onload="window.location.reload()">[/icode] but this makes it spaz out and refresh repeatedly. Which is odd.

Please let me know if you have any ideas.

thank you

Logic_Ali

W8 4me;1232841 wrote:
I've tried a few things, like
<body onload="window.location.reload()">
but this makes it spaz out and refresh repeatedly. Which is odd.

What's odd about that? It's doing exactly what you asked. The real solution is to find the cause, however this will give you a single reload:

<script type='text/javascript'>

(function()
{
  if( window.localStorage )
  {
    if( !localStorage.getItem( 'firstLoad' ) )
    {
      localStorage[ 'firstLoad' ] = true;
      window.location.reload();
    }  

    else
      localStorage.removeItem( 'firstLoad' );
  }
})();

</script>

ReFreezed

Note that Ali's script may not work as intended if the user has disabled cookies/storage.

Parag_Gaikwad

        //Check if the current URL contains '#' 
        if(document.URL.indexOf("#")==-1)
        {
            // Set the URL to whatever it was plus "#".
            url = document.URL+"#";
            location = "#";

            //Reload the page
            location.reload(true);

        }
    });
</script>

Due to the if condition the page will reload only once.