QueryLoader2 – Preload your images with ease

Gaya Design is back in business and hitting hard with a redo of the 2009 script QueryLoader. I kept getting e-mails and comments about it and thought I had left it just hanging there for way too long. It had become very outdated. So here it is: version 2 of QueryLoader!

A direct link to the zipfile:
https://github.com/Gaya/QueryLoader2/zipball/master

View the example here:
http://gaya.github.io/scripts/queryLoader2/

Reason behind v2

QueryLoader2 is a better version of the old script posted in 2009. It serves the main purpose of preloading the images on your website by showing an overlay and a loading bar. It automatically fetches all your images and background images and preloads them before showing the webpage.

Compatibility

QueryLoader currently works in IE version 9+, Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

No dependencies, so no jQuery / Zepto / MooTools needed.

Example usage:

Include the queryloader2.min.js script in the head section of your webpage.

<script src="queryloader2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Create a QueryLoader2 object like this for example:

<script type="text/javascript">
    window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
        new QueryLoader2(document.querySelector("body"), {
            barColor: "#efefef",
            backgroundColor: "#111",
            percentage: true,
            barHeight: 1,
            minimumTime: 200,
            fadeOutTime: 1000
        });
    });
</script>

Use with NPM / Browserify

First install QueryLoader as a dependency in your project:

npm install queryloader2 --save-dev

Use it in a node / browserify project:

var QueryLoader2 = require("queryloader2");

var loader = new QueryLoader2(document.querySelector("body"), {
    barColor: "#efefef",
    backgroundColor: "#111",
    percentage: true,
    barHeight: 1,
    minimumTime: 200,
    fadeOutTime: 1000
});

jQuery usage

Include jQuery and queryloader2.min.js scripts in the header.

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="queryloader2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Call QueryLoader in $(document).ready() like this:

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("body").queryLoader2();
});

Install using Bower

bower install queryloader2

GitHub

As you might have noticed I put my code on GitHub. This makes it easier for me to manage my code and give you updates if you or me find any bugs.
You can also file issues with the script here and fork it to make changes / fix bugs. If you send me pull requests I will take a look as to what you have changed and commit it if it is an addition.