Thank you, I wasn't sure whether or not to use $.load or $.ajax...
load seemed easier, but I guess I discovered it was inconsistent.
I modified my code to work with $.ajax
On Mar 17, 3:01 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't use $.load. Use $.ajax (or $.get or $.post).
>
> $("#userlogin", "#container").everyTime(7500,function() {
> $.ajax({
> url: '/ajax/userlogin',
> type: 'POST',
> dataType: 'html',
> success: function(data) {
> if (data) {
> $(this).animate(...);
> }
> }
> });
>
> });
>
> This assumes that your everyTime function is working. I'm not sure
> what that is.
>
> On Mar 16, 6:39 pm, Brendan <bcorco...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure where to begin asking for help on this one, so I'll just
> > explain what I'm trying to do.
>
> > What I want to do is show a notification on the page when another user
> > logs in.
>
> > Say I am User A, and User B logs in, I want to see a notification that
> > User B has logged in.
>
> > Right now I have a somewhat working version of this...
>
> > $("#userlogin", "#container").everyTime(7500,function() {
>
> > $(this).load("/ajax/userlogin");
>
> > if($(this).text() != '') {
>
> > $(this).animate({
> > top: "0px"
> > }, 1000).animate({
> > margin: "auto"
> > }, 2500).animate({
> > top: "-50px"
> > }, 1000, function() { $(this).empty(); });
> > }
>
> > });
>
> > I am using the plugin that runs a function every specified interval...
> > so right now my logic is that every 7.5 seconds, I run an ajax call to
> > load in content from the ajax url... and if it is not blank, animate
> > the notification.
>
> > It sounds like it would already work, and it does sometimes... but
> > sometimes i STILL get a blank notification... even though that if
> > check for no content is there.
>
> > Any ideas on how I could make this more reliable or do it better?
