# Can I use a preloader / loading page if my site is NOT Flash?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-preloader-loading-page-if-my-site-is-not-flash/15698>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 17, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-preloader-loading-page-if-my-site-is-not-flash/15698 "2003-03-17T07:58:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![CameraGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@CameraGuy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/CameraGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-preloader-loading-page-if-my-site-is-not-flash/15698/1 "2003-03-17T07:58:20Z")

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Hello!

I’m soooo new in the world of Flash…

For the moment I have added a lot of flash movies into my main non-flash website. Especially in the homepage, which takes a bit to load. So I thought that a preloader would be nice.

But, from what I read so far, preloaders work when the ENTIRE site is flash (right?). What can I do to have a nice preloader movie while my home page loads up (with all the individual flash movies, images, etc.)?

Many thanks for your help!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-preloader-loading-page-if-my-site-is-not-flash/15698/2 "2003-03-17T08:13:34Z")

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You can put a preloader on each individual file on your site, so they will preload individually.

And as for preloading images you can use a javascript preloader… you can find one or two or three at [http://www.dynamicdrive.com/](http://www.dynamicdrive.com/) somewhere.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-preloader-loading-page-if-my-site-is-not-flash/15698/3 "2003-03-17T08:19:13Z")

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from the sounds of it you could probably stand to break your site up a bit and bring in/load content only as needed … then like Beta said (^^^) …

…a lot of smallish pauses for loading are much more endurable than a long one of those

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-use-a-preloader-loading-page-if-my-site-is-not-flash/15698/4 "2003-03-17T19:03:32Z")

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Thanks guys!

I’ll have a look at this site and I’ll take think about what you suggested!