Welcome Loading … Page with Jquery

Question

How can I implement a welcome screen for 5 seconds giving information like Loading application ... + some application infos...while the main page loads in background.

Answer 1

just for anyone in the future who finds this, i found a more elegant solution that works.

http://www.jnorton.co.uk/blog/jquery-check-if-all-content-has-been-loaded

here is how i used it:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $(window).load(function() {$("#welcome").fadeOut('fast'); })
});