How can I change the page URL without refreshing the page?

Question

How do I change the URL without refreshing the page?

I\'ve built a website with CodeIginer and I want to implement AJAX and JQuery in one of my pages. The problem is

Answer 1

Could use a hash (#) and put whatever you like afterwards.

Here's a site I built using this - and then I have JavaScript read the hash and call appropriate functions:

http://bannerhouse.com.au/#/popup=media&id=don

Side note:

This is useful for flash websites or flash content as well; you can use FlashVars to parse the hash value to the SWF and load an appropriate section/screen based on that.