javascript - how to automatically scroll down a html page?

Question

I'm trying to start each page after the homepage about 500px down, similar to this website: http://unionstationdenver.com/

You'll notice when viewing pages after the homepage, you're automatically scrolled down without notice but you can than scroll up to revel the featured slider again.

I've played with scrolledHeight but I dont think that is what I need????

Basically I have a featured section that is on top of all my content pages, but you shouldn't be able to see this section until you scroll up. Any help?

Answer 1

You can use .scrollIntoView() for this. It will bring a specific element into the viewport.

Example:

document.getElementById( 'bottom' ).scrollIntoView();

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/ThinkingStiff/DG8yR/

Script:

function top() {
    document.getElementById( 'top' ).scrollIntoView();    
};

function bottom() {
    document.getElementById( 'bottom' ).scrollIntoView();
    window.setTimeout( function () { top(); }, 2000 );
};

bottom();

HTML:

<div id="top">top</div>
<div id="bottom">bottom</div>

CSS:

#top {
    border: 1px solid black;
    height: 3000px;
}

#bottom {
    border: 1px solid red;
}