Hi fist of all thanks for looking rely appreciate it ,

I am using a small peice of javascript (bellow) on http://gamesvolcano.com game pages,

It basically delays the content from showing for a couple of seconds in my case the flash game, my problem is i want the jscript to say "game will load in 3 seconds" while the countdown is taking place, (similar to what you find on megaupload and rapid share before you get your download link,

 <div id="my_div"></div>

<script type="text/javascript">
(function(){
var element_id = 'my_div' ; //name of div or object that you want the link to appear in (Div is best)
var link_text = '<a href="http://www.robertgarford.com/">Hello<\/a>'; //link code
var time = 3; //time in seconds until display
setTimeout(function(){document.getElementById(element_id).innerHTML = link_text;},time*1000);
})();
</script>

Any help at all, Thanks

Ok, you are almost there:

1) function()
This create an anonymous function, it's usually used in asynchronous calls, to define directly what action should be done upon reception of datas.
In your case, you want a named function, declared by "function myName(){"

2) setTimeout
SetTimeout works by calling a defined action after a defined timeout. In that extent, you need to give a string to it, that it will call after the timeout. An anonymous function won't work here.

3) When you define named functions, you must call them, or make them called upon an event (click, load, mouseover...). In my code, I call it directly after defining the function.

4)Look out for syntax.
In the link_text variable, you have a <\/a> at the end. This is wrong and should be </a>. The slash won't interfere with other characters.

In that case, the script should rather be placed at the end of the page, and after the element to show.
Otherwise, on a slow pc, you could have the situation that the function try to set the innerHtml of an element that is still not loaded.

There is 1 implementation of what you want:

function countDown(){
  var element_id = 'my_div' ; //name of div or object that you want the link to appear in (Div is best)
  var link_text = '<a href="http://www.robertgarford.com/">Hello</a>'; //link code
  var time = 3; //time in seconds until display
  setTimeout('document.getElementById("'+element_id+'").innerHTML = '+link_text;},time*1000);
}

countDown();

Thanks thats tidies the script up for me but is it possible to adapt it so that it says "LOADING" during the 3 second count down?

I dont know very much at all about jscipt and i didnt write that simple code so please bear with me

Thanks for your help tripy

Why not simply write "loading" in the div, before you update it's content ?
Otherwise, simply do a innerHtml before the setTimeout

document.getElementById(element_id).innerHTML ='Loading...';

Thanks , im not to good at jscript but if there there is any small design work you need doing in return give me a shout

Thanks again

You're welcome.
And trust me, I won't forget that offer (But I won't overuse it neither)