[SOLVED] Automatic refresh?
- LinuxUserSince1991
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[SOLVED] Automatic refresh?
Is there a setting, or config files hack, that will cause FF to automatically refresh a specific page every X seconds?
UPDATE: I tried a suggestion from earlier in this thread, but it didn't work well so I kept looking. I found this Refresh Page extension and it works perfectly! It's doing exactly what I wanted, i.e., allowing me to specify one web page and have it automatically reload every X minutes. It can do multiple pages, but I just needed it for one. VERY easy to set up and it has some options, like notifications, that are nice, too.
UPDATE 2: And I have an even better one! This tab reloader works great, is very customizable, and for my purposes works extremely well.
UPDATE: I tried a suggestion from earlier in this thread, but it didn't work well so I kept looking. I found this Refresh Page extension and it works perfectly! It's doing exactly what I wanted, i.e., allowing me to specify one web page and have it automatically reload every X minutes. It can do multiple pages, but I just needed it for one. VERY easy to set up and it has some options, like notifications, that are nice, too.
UPDATE 2: And I have an even better one! This tab reloader works great, is very customizable, and for my purposes works extremely well.
Last edited by LinuxUserSince1991 on June 20th, 2023, 12:24 pm, edited 5 times in total.
- therube
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Re: Automatic refresh?
(In the old days, there used to be extensions that did that.
If something current still exists, no clue but you could search AMO.)
If something current still exists, no clue but you could search AMO.)
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: Automatic refresh?
Try creating a userscript for a particular page.
Tampermonkey
http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/683490
http://www.tampermonkey.net/
Refresh page every 15 minutes
http://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/397357 ... nutes/code
Tampermonkey
http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/683490
http://www.tampermonkey.net/
Refresh page every 15 minutes
http://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/397357 ... nutes/code
- MarkRH
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Re: Automatic refresh?
If it's a web page you have control over, there's some code you can add in the header that will refresh the page after x amount of seconds: In this case, it's 600 seconds or 10 minutes.
At least that works on one of my web pages.
Code: Select all
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="600">
</head>
Mark H.
My Firefox Config
My Firefox Config
- LinuxUserSince1991
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Re: Automatic refresh?
I posted a reply a couple of days ago, came back later and definitely saw it. Now it's gone. This happens to me a lot--but only on this site, no other forum where I post.
Best I can recall, I said that the info @morat had provided looked very helpful, but I didn't see anything indicating 15 minutes in that last script, just 900*1000, and I don't know what 900,000 has to do with 15 minutes! In order to write it for my purposes, refreshing every X *seconds* I'd have to know how time is represented.
@MarkRH, no these are not my own web pages, hence I cannot edit them.
Best I can recall, I said that the info @morat had provided looked very helpful, but I didn't see anything indicating 15 minutes in that last script, just 900*1000, and I don't know what 900,000 has to do with 15 minutes! In order to write it for my purposes, refreshing every X *seconds* I'd have to know how time is represented.
@MarkRH, no these are not my own web pages, hence I cannot edit them.
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Re: Automatic refresh?
900,000 milliseconds = 900 seconds = 15 minutesLinuxUserSince1991 wrote:I don't know what 900,000 has to do with 15 minutes!
Google 900000 milliseconds in minutes
http://www.google.com/search?q=900000+m ... in+minutes
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Re: Automatic refresh?
You can use a meta refresh in a local page to display a web page in an iframe element.
How to display web page inside iframe
http://www.tutorialrepublic.com/html-tu ... frames.php
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10">
<style>
iframe { width: 100%; height: 600px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<iframe src="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=3110002" name="myFrame"></iframe>
<p><a href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/" target="myFrame">Board index</a></p>
</body>
</html>
http://www.tutorialrepublic.com/html-tu ... frames.php
- LinuxUserSince1991
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Re: Automatic refresh?
OMFG...am I really that brain-dead?morat wrote:900,000 milliseconds = 900 seconds = 15 minutesLinuxUserSince1991 wrote:I don't know what 900,000 has to do with 15 minutes!
Google 900000 milliseconds in minutes
http://www.google.com/search?q=900000+m ... in+minutes
- dickvl
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Re: Automatic refresh?
Keep in mind that these days a lot of websites like all Mozilla pages have CSP rules that prohibit opening their pages in a frame.
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Re: [SOLVED] Automatic refresh?
UPDATE: Found something that works great! Please see my updated OP.
- dickvl
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Re: [SOLVED] Automatic refresh?
See also this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... -reloader/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... -reloader/
- LinuxUserSince1991
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Re: [SOLVED] Automatic refresh?
Thank you! After a few days of using the one I mentioned, I tried this--and like it a lot better! It's very customizable and it works great.dickvl wrote:See also this extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... -reloader/
There is an issue, though. Each time I attempt to modify its settings (by clicking on its icon), FF freezes up completely! I'm lucky if I get one or two options set, then FF desaturates (per my OS choice for unresponsive programs) to white/gray, my hard drive light goes berserk, and I have to close and restart FF. But if I right-click its icon and choose "Options" from its menu, this doesn't happen.
At any rate, I appreciate the suggestion as this extension is much better suited to my specific needs. Thanks again!