There's actually a jQuery plugin for what you're doing...it's called jHeartbeat. It periodically pings the server to keep a connection alive, but I'm sure it could also perform other actions.
-----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Angelo Zanetti Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 10:59 AM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: [jQuery] show new image in gallery Hi all This is more of a general question but is linked to JQuery. Here is the scenario: I have an image gallery and while users are viewing the gallery a new image is added. I want to be able to dynamically show the new image to the user if they are on the last page. So basically my thoughts on how it will work are as follows: every few seconds an XMLHttpRequest will be made to the server to check if there are any new images (that functionality doesnt need to be discussed here). If there is a new image the response will indicate that. Now how would I show the image in the gallery? Say its a table and there is an open <td> for example? Im sure I can place a <div> in the <td> and an <img> in the div and populate that with the src but Im not sure if the image will display? Is there something wrong with my logic? or is there another way to do this? I have been going through: http://ajaxpatterns.org/Periodic_Refresh I'd appreciate any comments and help. Thanks in advance. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Angelo Zanetti Systems developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Telephone:* +27 (021) 552 9799 *Mobile:* +27 (0) 72 441 3355 *Fax:* +27 (0) 86 681 5885 * Web:* http://www.zlogic.co.za *E-Mail:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
