basically this is a link in the root xsl document that will take the user to a another xsl stylesheet that is loaded within a frame. I really only wanted to add an anchor to the link and have it recorded by jquery.history.

Any help would be much appreciated.

A short tutorial describing one method of deep linking in JavaScript and Ajax-driven pages….

http://www.overset.com/2008/06/18/jquery-history-plugin/

It actually looks like a very good method to use to preserve history and allow back-button use in a JS/Ajax application. And although it seems to use an iframe, it does seem to work fast and without a full page refresh. Although technically I think it’s still reloading the entire page that’s served inside the iframe, so it may not be ideal in some circumstances.

I’ll have to examine the code more closely, but it does look like an interesting plugin, thank you.

I’d like to add shed some light into the drawbacks presented in your tutorial , I’ve been using deep linking for quite some time now, i was stuck at first with these problems, but eventually found a plugin ( for jQuery ) called jQuery.history that would solve both drawbacks of your code ..

I know this is a jQuery plugin, but the functionality itself can be ported to a normal independent JS code to be used with your code.

You can check a website using the deep linking and history saving techniques at http://www.ayb-sd.org

Hope i helped!