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auto_refresh.js
// Ok, document.ready is jQuery - but you get the gist
$(document).ready(function() {
setTimeout(function() {
location.href = location.href;
}, 10000);
// 10000 == 10 seconds
// Change this if you want a different refresh period
});
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james-turner commented Mar 30, 2012

Not to be one to rain on your parade here, but auto-refreshing the page can be done WITHOUT javascript, using the http meta refresh tag in html markup...

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thechrisoshow commented Mar 30, 2012

Yep! I wrote an update to the blog post: http://thechrisoshow.com/2011/06/15/auto-refresh-a-webpage-with-javascript/

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james-turner commented Apr 2, 2012

Sadly I noticed it a bit too late :( my bad!

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thechrisoshow commented Apr 2, 2012

No probs - thanks for pointing it out anyhoo!

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