Page Loading Screen Document Preloader Tutorial

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Adam Khoury
Learn how to apply a loading screen overlay to your web pages and documents using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. I will just demonstrate something simple that you guys can expand upon if interested. You can choose to add animated preloader graphics, but make sure they are extremely fast loading so they show up instantly. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> div#load_screen{ background: #000; opacity: 1; position: fixed; z-index:10; top: 0px; width: 100%; height: 1600px; } div#load_screen > div#loading{ color:#FFF; width:120px; height:24px; margin: 300px auto; } </style> <script> window.addEventListener("load", function(){ var load_screen = document.getElementById("load_screen"); document.body.removeChild(load_screen); }); </script> </head> <body> <div id="load_screen"><div id="loading">loading document</div></div> <!-- Your normal document content lives here --> </body> </html>