how facebook controls #! in url

Question

how can i controls #! in url suppose i have the following url

http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1106030301789

now how facebook controls that #! in url....

@meleyal That tag does not exist. I file this topic under [fragment-identifier], since the only other option, [hash], is hopelessly overloaded. — Josh Lee, Sep 17 '10 at 13:38
Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/browser-state — balupton, Sep 18 '10 at 11:35
possible duplicate of [What's the shebang (#!) in Facebook URLs for?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3009380/whats-the-shebang-in-facebook-urls-for) — Josh Lee, Oct 07 '10 at 07:05

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '10 at 12:41

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answered Sep 17 '10 at 12:41

Alex

meleyal · Answer 2 · 2010-09-17T13:08:58.707

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Take a look at sammy.js

$.sammy(function() {

  this.get('#/', function() {
    $('#main').text('Welcome!');
  });

});

route('#/Learn').bind(function(){ 
    Alert('Alert1'); 
});

There's also a standards way to do it with the new popstate event in html5

edited Sep 17 '10 at 13:08

answered Sep 17 '10 at 12:47

meleyal

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '10 at 12:41

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The short answer is: via Ajax

Ajax allows main page to dynamically load content without need to refresh page

answered Sep 17 '10 at 12:41

PiotrK

If the URL in the address bar is changing, it's not Ajax. – Rushyo Sep 17 '10 at 13:11
The URL is changed in the normal way, with links changing the anchor/hash. An event listener sees the change and calls the ajax. – meleyal Sep 17 '10 at 13:22

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