This is a fork of http://github.com/asual/jquery-address. Check there for the latest official version, as I can't promise that my code will be reliable ;)

The jQuery Address plugin provides powerful deep linking capabilities and allows the creation of unique virtual addresses that can point to a website section or an application state. It enables a number of important capabilities including:

• Bookmarking in a browser or social website
• Sending links via email or instant messenger
• Finding specific content using the major search engines
• Utilizing browser history and reload buttons

A basic implementation in pure JavaScript can look like this:

$.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'));  
});  

The plugin also provides a jQuery function which can be directly used in the following way:

$('a').address();  

The above snippet can be extended with an additional function that processes the link value:

$('a').address(function() {  
    return $(this).attr('href').replace(/^#/, '');  
});  

By default the plugin automatically adds the appropriate JavaScript event handler to every link that has a rel attribute in the following format:

<a href="/https://github.com/deep-link" rel="address:/deep-link">Deep link</a> 

• New queryString, parameter and path setters.
• New autoUpdate and crawling modes.
• New Ajax crawling sample.
• New Accordion sample.
• Improved onhashchange support.
• Switched samples to HTML5.
• Switched to the Closure compiler.
• JSLint compatibility.
• Simple test suite.
• Support for jQuery 1.4.2.

• New internalChange and externalChange events.
• New Events sample.
• Improved IE support.
• Frameset support.

Initial release.