How can I make the browser wait to display the page until it’s fully loaded?

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This is a very bad idea for all of the reasons given, and more. That said, here’s how you do it using jQuery:

<body>
<div id="msg" style="font-size:largest;">
<!-- you can set whatever style you want on this -->
Loading, please wait...
</div>
<div id="body" style="display:none;">
<!-- everything else -->
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#body').show();
    $('#msg').hide();
});
</script>
</body>

If the user has JavaScript disabled, they never see the page. If the page never finishes loading, they never see the page. If the page takes too long to load, they may assume something went wrong and just go elsewhere instead of *please wait…*ing.

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