The use of /#/ in urls on flash sites?

[madfatter]

Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this because it could be related to ActionScript of Flex but I've noticed that a number of Flash sites have urls such as sitename.com/#/services/ which gives the ability to return to a specific area (in this case "services") of the site rather than staying on the homepage each time you go back to the page. As you navigate through the site the url changes to reflect where you are in the swf.

I was wondering if anyone can explain what's being done here or point me to some resources that discuss this?

Thanks for any information!

[lewi-p]

Hi,

The best & easiest way to impliment this on a website is to use the Gaia Flash Framework...I've used it a number of times and it's really handy for deep linking into Flash. It takes away all the hard work and builds the basic skeleton of the site, then all you have to do then is fill each page with content.

Check it out - http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/

lewi-p

[gamera]

swfaddress (http://www.asual.com/swfaddress/) is the library that provides deep linking for flash and ajax. gaia frameworks uses it.

[madfatter]

Thank you very much! Both of those resources are very helpful.