Question

I’m trying to understand how to use the jQuery address plugin for handling deep linking with ajax.

But the documentation is very poor and I cant find any good tutorials explaining what is going on.

I think a good documentation with good examples is important with every plugin.

Could someone explain or give some useful links for explanation?

$.address.change(function(event) {  
    // do something depending on the event.value property, e.g.  
    // $('#content').load(event.value + '.xml');  
});  
$('a').click(function() {  
    $.address.value($(this).attr('href'));  
});  

I mean, what does $.address.value do? It says “Provides the current deep linking value.” What does it even mean? And what does it do with it?

Answer 1

The plugin seems to have moderate documentation, but if you’re looking for something a little more in depth that does the same sort of thing, I would check out jQuery BBQ: http://benalman.com/projects/jquery-bbq-plugin/

It’s $.param implementation is being put into jQuery 1.4 and its deparam implementation is currently the only thing that reads that new format. Also, the documentation is great.