Can web content overlay refresh when a user re-enters the page?

I have a page that has a web content overlay that id like to refresh when a user re-enters the page.
To be exact i have a photswipe gallery that works great butid like it to restart from the beginning when a user renters the page

There is no simple way to disable swiping to a new page. You could put an empty scrolling frame in, I suppose, but I don’t see how that would make the reader’s experience very good.
Bob

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[Error: Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay]"
Which is fair enough.
The problem is, i have gone through and changed all URLs that I can see, but there is one somewhere, that I just can't find.
Is there a way to get a list of all web content overlays in a particular file? otherwise i will need to recreate the whole page again, and it has some pretty complex interactions which i rather wouldn't do.
I also cannot ask the original doc creator to just change the links as i'm sure he'll have the same issues as me, at not being able to track down the erroneous link.
The problem I have with DPS is that its not very transparent. you'll have to click on everything, and into every group to see what actions are on it, which can be extremely time consuming and frustrating when complex interactions are included.
thanks in advance for any assistance

I’ve found watching the process helpful to narrow down the page.
Working off a duplicate of the file, delete one layer at a time until you figure out what layer the problem is on.
From there it’s a bit easier to narrow down.

Suppression of nav bars (chrome) in web-content overlays

We've started to experiment with creating interactive content within folios, using web content overlays and HTML5/AJAX.
Problem is the nav bars/chrome (whatever you want to call them) in Adobe Viewer pop up constantly, and unpredictably - for instance, the chrome will appear the *first* time an HTML button is clicked, but not on subsequent occasions. For other <div> elements that have onclick handlers attached, the nav always seems to appear.
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I have already come across these "solutions".
I am on v27 and have been since its release.
I have tried method number one. It partially works however it is buggy. When the overlay initially loads, it flashes the Twitter URL before showing the feed in the overlay frame on the article. Additionally, it sometimes flashes back and forth from the Twitter Feed's URL and displaying the feed itself. This, for me is not a wholly valid solution but it will do for now since the only thing that remotely works. I suspect the URL flash has alot to do with the network connectivity of the device one is viewing the feed on. However, to flash that URL before the feed loads makes the overlay appear buggy.
And the second method most definitely crashes ID ever single time I attempt to preview the overlay either on desktop or iPad. And I have tried this method on several different machines, thinking it was my copy of ID. It still crashes upon preview, so mehtod two is not a valid solution at all, unless there is something special that needs to be in the HTML file (besides the twitter widget) for it to not crash ID, that I am unaware of.
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This is probably a simple fix, but I haven't been able to find it and don't know HTML very well.
After loading a web content overlay, we would like to include a button that lets the user exit back out to the page they originated on.
Right now, we us a navto to go back to the specific page, but now the same overlay will be used on several pages of the folio, and we need the user to be able to go back to the exact page they came from.
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I'm not aware of an easy way to "close" an activated Web Content overlay. I suppose you could display the web content in the in-app browser using a Go To URL link. Users would tap a button, view the HTML contents in the in-app browsers, and then tap the Close button. But that might not work for your design. Another possibility is to put the overlay in an MSO state that includes a button that switches to a different state. Again, it depends on your design.
You can report feature requests here: www.adobe.com/go/wish

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You may program local HTML file, that will check connection and either will display the 'this page requires an internet connection' message or will redirect user to the server's page. Then point to it from "URL or File" field for the Web Content overlay, so it will be saved inside the folio and will be available if no internet connection.

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S

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Thanks Bob.
Okay, so here are the steps I'm taking:
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3. Go to InDesign
4. Paste embed code
This creates a web content area with the video embeded. So the user can click play on the video once it loads and can then click full screen on the video controls.
What I'm trying to do is have a button on my page which links to a full screen view of the YouTube video so when the page loads the video doesn't load but when the user clicks the button it would then load the YouTube video full screen. I'm looking for the same functionality that is possible were I to embed an mp4 straight into my document, hide it, and then create a button that plays the video in full screen mode.
Is the above possible?
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Why am I getting the flag Invalid URL for web content overlay when making scrolling panel in Indesig

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Hi Bob, thankyou very much for coming back on this. The flag is coming up towards the end of the preview process on desk top. I have made dozens if not hundreds on my two published apps on the app store, but have not done an update for nearly a year, in which time I have needed a refresher, and as usual went to Lynda. In this case I have followed to the letter your DPS course, which is great, and I found the process of making the scrolling panels somewhat easier than when I started 2-3years ago. Initially I was mystified that the flag talked about url and web content, but just put it down to something I had missed in recent improvements in CC.
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