can you eliminate the pause on homemade modules?

Worker Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Posts: 135

I created a lot of modules strictly to insert a link such as this

Code:

<?php 


echo " 


<SCR!PT LANGUAGE=\"JavaScript\"> 


top.location.replace ('topics.html?file=index&op=all') 


</SCR!PT> 


" 


?>

When I use this I get a pretty long pause and an all white screen before it actually goes to the link... is there any way to stop that so that the pages transitions smoothly into the next?

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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:44 pm

thanks, but I don't think that's it... normal module links do not do this.

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:51 pm

Have you tried ?

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ThePiston wrote:

I created a lot of modules strictly to insert a link such as this

Code:

<?php 


echo " 


<SCR!PT LANGUAGE=\"JavaScript\"> 


top.location.replace ('topics.html?file=index&op=all') 


</SCR!PT> 


" 


?>

When I use this I get a pretty long pause and an all white screen before it actually goes to the link... is there any way to stop that so that the pages transitions smoothly into the next?

The better and prefered way is to use the php header() command.

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:41 am

Raven, do you mean like the normal header? like this?

Code:

include("header.php");

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:00 am

no but in your case it would be like..

Code:

<?php


header("topics.html?file=index&op=all");


?>

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:20 am

Actually it would be

Code:

header("Location:  topics.html?file=index&op=all");

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:24 am

That actually didn't work. I tried these

Code:

<?php 


header("Location:  Topics&file=index&op=all");


?>

and

Code:

<?php 


header("Location:  topics.html?file=index&op=all");


?>

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:26 am

Unless you have GT'd that link it won't work. I was simply using your code. Try

Code:

<?php


header("Location:  top.htmlics&file=index&op=all");


?>

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:28 am

All i have in this module is this index.php file, I'm getting a 404 not found error

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:27 am

ok, it works a lot better if I use the entire URL like this

Code:

<?php


header("Location:  http://www.mywebsite.com/modules.php?name=Topics&file=index&op=all");


?>

also, simpy putting "include("header.php");" also keeps most of the page viewable while the new URL comes up.