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parcel texture > update content

Dominique Laville
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07-05-2008 08:35
hello,

how can i update my web content on a parcel texture when my web page automatically updates ?

I can't find any related option on About Land > Media Tab.

thanks
Dominique Laville
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07-06-2008 10:31
uhm, no one has any suggestion ? thanks
Claari Shepherd
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07-06-2008 11:12
Could be we aren't fully understanding the question....
See if any of this information is helpful though...

https://support.secondlife.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4417
Dominique Laville
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07-06-2008 11:20
I'm using a parcel texture to display a web page on my object.
The web page is dynamic, the web content changes.

My texture displays only the original page, it doesn't update. If I disconnect a reconnect with the client instead the content of my texture is updated.

If I stop and press play on the media control popup, the texture is update.

How can I update the texture automatically ?

thanks
Chosen Few
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07-06-2008 13:52
Try puting a meta refresh tag on your Web page. http://webdesign.about.com/od/metataglibraries/a/aa080300a.htm

I don't know if SL's browser will respond to it or not, but that's generally how pages with simple dynamic content are done. It'll only take a minute to add the tag, see if it works, and remove it if it doesn't.

Another option might be to script your media object to change to another URL for a second every so often, and then change right back. In theory, that could potentially force the view to refresh for everyone on the parcel at the same time. But it also might not make any difference at all. I've never tried anything like that, so I can't say for sure.
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Dominique Laville
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07-06-2008 14:26
yeah, the refresh tag works good! thanks
DrDoug Pennell
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07-07-2008 18:49
From: Dominique Laville
yeah, the refresh tag works good! thanks


Seriously this works? I've been using a shared Google doc as a fake HTML-on-a-prim approach but my students have to stop and restart their media every time I change the document.

This would be fabulous if this refresh tag thing worked so they didn't have to do that.

Time to see if Ii can get this thing to work!!!

Thanks,

Doug