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OK, you guys got me going down the JQuery path, so now you have to help me!

Posted by Mop on Mac Pro (aka rburriel) Sep 6 '12, 14:44

I immediately was able to get a page to reload a DIV every few seconds at an interval. That's a good start. It references another page - a static document that I can modify manually at will - and it will show the contents of that document. It will show "DOG" one moment, and if I modify that file to read "CAT", then the dynamic page will show "CAT" the next second. But it will refresh the DIV, regardless of whether the referenced document changes or not. This becomes a problem if the dynamic component is an OBJECT with embedded video. I only want it to change if I the referenced document changes. That is, if you show "DOG", and the referenced document still says "DOG", then don't waste my time. But if the referenced document now says "CAT", then go to town. I'm having trouble comprehending the .change and JQuery state change and whether that's what I'm supposed to be investigating. As always, I work best with examples.

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read a last updated timestamp from somewhere (first line of that file or from a separate file) - zork Sep 6, 14:47 1
- Humor me while I think this out... - Mop on Mac Pro Sep 6, 15:04

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