I am trying to something simple -- make a jQuery script that will wait to show the entire page, including all DIVs, text, and images. While the page is loading, instead of showi
First do you mean everything in the between the body tags? The best way to do the spinning gift is to add a class that defines the gif as none repeat and centered. The remove the class when the page is ready to be shown.
$('body').addClass('loading')
$('body').removeClass('loading')
This is always the best technique because if you submit something then try to add the gif through a DOM addition some browsers will not do it because the page has been submitted.