How can I create a "first-load" event in html or Javascript?

javascript html events dom-events visited

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Solution 1

Localstorage is probably the way to go. Here is a bit of info on it: http://diveintohtml5.info/storage.html

Basically it allows you to store small amounts of data on the user's machine (up to 5mb in most browsers). So all you need to do is set a flag in there letting you know that the user has already visited, and if that flag isn't present on page load, show the message.

// Run function on load, could also run on dom ready
window.onload = function() {
    // Check if localStorage is available (IE8+) and make sure that the visited flag is not already set.
    if(typeof window.localStorage !== "undefined" && !localStorage.getItem('visited')) {
         // Set visited flag in local storage
         localStorage.setItem('visited', true);
         // Alert the user
         alert("Hello my friend. This is your first visit.");   
    }
}

This should work in all browsers where local storage is available. See caniuse.com for reference. http://caniuse.com/#search=localstorage

Solution 2

You have a couple of options: storing a cookie on the client or utilizing the local storage of html5. Either of these could be checked on page load.

Here is a link for getting started with HTML5 web storage:

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_webstorage.asp

Solution 3

you can do it for chrome in following way

<html>
<head> 
<title>First visit event</title>    
<script> 
function do_something() {
    if(typeof(localStorage.setVisit)=='undefind' || localStorage.setVisit==''){
        localStorage.setVisit='yes';
        alert("Hello my friend. This is your first visit.");
    }
} 
</script>

</head>

<body onload="do_something()"> </body>

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UserMat

Updated on February 21, 2020

Comments

UserMat about 4 years

I'm starter. I have an idea. I want to implement an event like this. Is it possible?

<html>
<head>
<title>First visit event</title>

<script>
function do_something()
{
    alert("Hello my friend. This is your first visit.");
}
</script>

</head>

<body firstVisitEvent="do_something()">
</body>