Start and stop reloading a page with Javascript
<p>I am trying to reload a page every X amount of seconds with Javascript, I need to be able to hit a button to stop it and start it though</p>

<p>So when you go to the page it will just start refreshing every 5 seconds, then you can hit a stop button.  Once stopped you can hit a start button to get it going again.</p>

<p>I am not sure how I can do this, can someone help, so far all I got is this..</p>

<pre><code>&lt;script&gt;

function timedRefresh(timeoutPeriod) {
    setTimeout("location.reload(true);",timeoutPeriod);
}
timedRefresh(5000);

&lt;/script&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>Just need a way to stop it and start it up again</p>
