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Create a JavaScript Refresh Link

Written by David Walsh on December 19, 2007 · 2 Comments

Until the advent of AJAX, to view an updated version of a page, you'd have to refresh the page. A page refresh link still has its place today for website that update frequently but don't offer AJAX or META refresh capabilities.

The Code

Click here to refresh the page

There you have it! Using the history object allows a simple refresh!

Comments

  1. Dee August 25, 2009

    Thanks. Very simple abd it works. (((HUGS)))

  2. Dee August 25, 2009

    Thanks. Very simple and it works. (((HUGS)))

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