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Meta and Refresh

We're only here for 30 seconds because of the use of the <refresh> attribute in the meta tag. By using the following markup, we can force the browser to reload another page:

<head>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30; url=Demo.html#Back">

The <content="30> attribute instructs the browser to remain on this page for 30 seconds before going somewhere else. The URL tells the browser which page to reload next.

Of course, the amount of time it takes to actually refresh the page depends on other factors such as network congestion and the particular browser you use to view the page.

This is a useful tool which is placed in the <head> tag.

Page by Howard Rosenbaum
Find me at hrosenba@indiana.edu http://www.slis.indiana.edu/hrosenba/www/Demo/Demo11.html