function tempAlert(msg,duration) { var el = document.createElement("div"); el.setAttribute("style","position:absolute;top:8%;right:8%;background-color:#FF6347;color:#FFE4B5;height:100px;width:300px;font-size:200%;text-align:center;line-height:100px;box-shadow:0px 0px 10px #FF7F50;border-radius: 15px 50px"); el.innerHTML = msg; setTimeout(function(){ el.parentNode.removeChild(el); },duration); document.body.appendChild(el); } async function test() { for(let i=0;i<5;i++){ console.log(i) tempAlert('The '+i+' page begins',4000) await sleep(5000) } } function sleep(ms) { return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms)) } test()