How to show other users activity count on site (browser) title that refreshes automatically in asp.net

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How can I show a users' activity count on site title that refreshes automatically like Facebook, LinkedIn, StackOverflow etc.

e.g. in linkedIn I usually see following title on browser to indicate one new activity updated on linkedIn wall.

(1) Imran Rizvi | Linkedin

I was searching for this question but did not find any solution.

I would if appreciate if anybody could let me know how to do this and with best practice.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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You will have to use timer like control which calls a javascript function after a fixed interval like javascript setInterval. In this function you have to send ajax call and get the updates and render the updates with javascript

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edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Apr 23 '12 at 07:22

Adil

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '12 at 07:33

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this should work:

<asp:UpdatePanel runat="server" ID="UpdatePanel1">
        <ContentTemplate>
            <asp:Timer runat="server" ID="Timer1" Interval="5000" OnTick="Timer1_Tick">
            </asp:Timer>
        </ContentTemplate>
    </asp:UpdatePanel>

 protected void Timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     //refresh page title
     Page.Title = "Title refreshed: " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();
 }

answered Apr 23 '12 at 07:33

Ashwini Verma

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Thanks, I got the idea. I think implementing this through web service would be good practice as it will not need to partial post back and run the whole page life cycle. – Imran Rizvi Apr 23 '12 at 08:37

How to show other users activity count on site (browser) title that refreshes automatically in asp.net

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