Do it using plain JavaScript
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
<title>Index</title>
<style type="text/css">
.modal {
position: fixed;
top: 0;
left: 0;
background-color: black;
z-index: 99;
opacity: 0.8;
filter: alpha(opacity=80);
-moz-opacity: 0.8;
min-height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.loading {
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 10pt;
border: 5px solid #67CFF5;
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
display: none;
position: fixed;
background-color: White;
z-index: 999;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="loading" align="center">
Loading. Please wait.<br />
<br />
<img src="https://www.aspsnippets.com/demos/loader.gif" alt="" />
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var modal, loading;
function ShowProgress() {
modal = document.createElement("DIV");
modal.className = "modal";
document.body.appendChild(modal);
loading = document.getElementsByClassName("loading")[0];
loading.style.display = "block";
var top = Math.max(window.innerHeight / 2 - loading.offsetHeight / 2, 0);
var left = Math.max(window.innerWidth / 2 - loading.offsetWidth / 2, 0);
loading.style.top = top + "px";
loading.style.left = left + "px";
};
ShowProgress();
</script>
<!-- Keep the Page Content Here.-->
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function () {
setTimeout(function () {
document.body.removeChild(modal);
loading.style.display = "none";
}, 2000);
};
</script>
</body>
</html>
Demo