--- title: The Importance of a CSS Preloader and How to Implement One description: A CSS preloader is an animated graphic that appears on a webpage while the content is still loading. It provides feedback to the user that the page is working... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-importance-of-a-css-preloader-and-how-to-implement-one-sysz65ice twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Importance of a CSS Preloader and How to Implement One | daily.dev og:description: A CSS preloader is an animated graphic that appears on a webpage while the content is still loading. It provides feedback to the user that the page is working... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-importance-of-a-css-preloader-and-how-to-implement-one-sysz65ice og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Sysz65iCE.png og:image:alt: The Importance of a CSS Preloader and How to Implement One og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Importance of a CSS Preloader and How to Implement One **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@supernova3339](https://daily.dev/supernova3339) · 4 min read · 23 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A CSS preloader is an animated graphic that appears on a webpage while the content is still loading. It provides feedback to the user that the page is working in the background and lets them know that their patience is appreciated. With the code above, you almost have a kick-ass preloader that will provide a better user experience to your visitors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bkpecho** · 2 upvotes > Great read! The CSS preloader adds a touch of professionalism to any website. Thanks for the helpful implementation tips 🙌 **@supernova3339** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for the feedback and upvotes! Happy that the daily.dev community likes my content :) > > What do you want me to post next? **@pavlicko** · 0 upvotes > the preloader code works fine, but I think Google just wants your page content to load quickly. > > I'd be interested in seeing how these pages perform in lighthouse. --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-importance-of-a-css-preloader-and-how-to-implement-one-sysz65ice) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Importance of a CSS Preloader and How to Implement One","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-importance-of-a-css-preloader-and-how-to-implement-one-sysz65ice","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-importance-of-a-css-preloader-and-how-to-implement-one-sysz65ice"},"datePublished":"2023-06-06T16:53:01.718Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"A CSS preloader is an animated graphic that appears on a webpage while the content is still loading. 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The CSS preloader adds a touch of professionalism to any website. Thanks for the helpful implementation tips 🙌","datePublished":"2023-06-07T00:29:13.016Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Sysz65iCE#c-Bs7FkFxdM","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Bryan King Pecho","url":"https://daily.dev/bkpecho","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/v1684336157/avatars/avatar_uhOGKzTxnUzObATwbpnZL.jpg"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks for the feedback and upvotes! Happy that the daily.dev community likes my content :)\nWhat do you want me to post next?","datePublished":"2023-06-13T05:04:57.450Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Sysz65iCE#c-qb4ppSCvS","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"SuperDev","url":"https://daily.dev/supernova3339","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63515814?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"the preloader code works fine, but I think Google just wants your page content to load quickly.\nI’d be interested in seeing how these pages perform in lighthouse.","datePublished":"2023-06-09T20:03:01.683Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Sysz65iCE#c-l3dDtMmkR","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"David Pavlicko","url":"https://daily.dev/pavlicko","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5881821?v=4"}}]} ```