Thank you for this! This is exactly what I needed. Thanks Jake.
Ryan
On Apr 7, 12:51 pm, "Jake McGraw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The following will pop up an alert dialog EVERY 20 (20000 milliseconds)
> seconds:
>
> window.setInterval(function(){alert('Hello!');},20000);
>
> The following will pop up an alert dialog ONCE, AFTER 20 (20000 ms) seconds:
>
> window.setTimeout(function(){alert('Hello!');},20000);
>
> To keep your site "updated" you would use setInterval, as it will be
> called continuously.
>
> - jake
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 11:53 AM, coughlinsmyalias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hey, I found this article here:
> > http://www.evolt.org/article/Using_setInterval_to_Make_a_JavaScript_L...
> > - to try to clear up my confusion with setInterval and setTimeout, but
> > still kind of confused, but this is what I got out of it so far:
>
> > setInterval: Does X every X ms
>
> > setTimeout: Delays X every X ms
>
> > Is that close or am I completely off? If someone has a more clear
> > example could you post it :)
>
> > Also, if I want to try to keep my site as "live" and "updated" as
> > possible, which would be better.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Ryan
