I have this ajax call which is a recurring call every 10 seconds. This works perfectly However, the Visits counter only updates 10 seconds after page load. Until then, it is empty. If I set it to 60 seconds, which is more practical I think, then the area is BLANK for 60 seconds and only then the data appears.
How can I modify this to get the value of Visits immediately on page load and then continuously refresh it every 10 seconds?
<script type="text/javascript">
var Visits = 0;
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#counter").flipCounter();
setInterval("ajaxd()",10000);
});
function ajaxd(){ // this function is called only after 10 seconds after page load
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
cache:false,
url: "getVisits.asp?dx=1, // returns a number
dataType: "text",
data: "",
success: function(data){
Visits= parseFloat(data).toFixed(2);
}
});
/// update value in <div>
$("#counter").flipCounter(
"startAnimation", // scroll counter from the current number to the specified number
{
start_number: 0, // the number we want to scroll from
end_number: Visits, // the number we want the counter to scroll to
numIntegralDigits: Visits.length-3, // number of places left of the decimal point to maintain
numFractionalDigits:2, // number of places right of the decimal point to maintain
easing: jQuery.easing.easeOutCubic, // this easing function to apply to the scroll.
duration: 3000 // number of ms animation should take to complete
});
}
FINALLY, this part where the counter is to appear:
<div id="counter" class="bb_box">
<input type="hidden" name="counter-value" value="00.00"/>
</div>