# Loading screen help (newbie somewhat) **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [July 24, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loading-screen-help-newbie-somewhat/110191 "2007-07-24T02:09:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kaens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kaens)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/loading-screen-help-newbie-somewhat/110191/1 "2007-07-24T02:09:45Z")
So, I’m working on this Rails site, mostly doing Javascript bug fixing. The site’s a bit of a mess. Anyhow, the guy who owns the site wants a loading screen put in for the main page. The main page renders a whole bunch of widgets and relies heavily on some dhtmlgoodies scripts… I already know how to throw in a loading screen, the issue I’m having is how to integrate it with the rest of the Rails site in such a way that the contents of it are customizable by the admin. I figure that the easiest way to make it customizable will be to make a model, view, and controller for it and do the appropriate checks… This is mostly an issue of me being new to rails. I guess the flow should look something like this: User logs in: Loading screen displayed Rest of page renders in background Loading screen hidden Does rails have a easy way to accomplish this? Like I said, I can accomplish this outside of the context of rails, but that would make it quite annoying to add in the ability for the admin to modify it. . . and would break the continuity of the site, make it annoying for any developers coming in after me, etc. Any points in the appropriate direction would be appreciated - relevant sections of the Rails API, etc.