HTML Dynamic Webpage refreshing ?

gdrobson · 10-13-2003, 11:28 AM

Hi,

I am trying to create a webpage that displays events, and from time to time the webpage is updated. When it is updated I want it to automatically update all the clients viewing the webpage with a refresh, but only when it is updated.

I know I can add this into the header of the webpage "<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT=30>", and the clients will update every 30 seconds, but this is not efficient in my opinion.

All suggestions are welcome.

martina-cz · 10-13-2003, 11:43 AM

Maybe here > http://www.webmasterworld.com you'll get more answers

david_ross · 10-13-2003, 01:09 PM

Unfortuneately you can't do a server push like that from http. I can offer you 2 possible solutions though:
1) Create a small or invisible Iframe that will update every so often then update the other frame when a change is made.
2) Use a Java Applet that can have constant communication with the server.