updating from a # url to a / to improve naming

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I am looking to update part of my website to have more friendly URLs.

Currently I am using #tags at the end of the URL which means the page doesn't refresh when say I go from example.com/trucks to example.com/trucks#1234_235_23

But I want to transfer that to be

example.com/tracks/large/standard/VXR-Maloo

But this needs to work in IE7 and 8 and also needs to not refresh the page after I go to example.com/trucks.

I was thinking of a history API but this will not work for IE7/8 so does anyone have any suggestions?

The back end is on a java platform.

This needs to be done server-side. You can do it with rewrite rules (.htaccess or web.config) or with url rewriting in a server-side language. — Reinstate Monica Cellio, Feb 12 '14 at 23:18
Actually, I take it all back. Times they are a changing! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3338642/updating-address-bar-with-new-url-without-hash-or-reloading-the-page — Reinstate Monica Cellio, Feb 12 '14 at 23:22
He just said he wants an IE7/8 solution, which isn't compatible with HTML5 history APIs http://caniuse.com/history — Interrobang, Feb 12 '14 at 23:25
As far as I'm aware, this isn't possible client-side without the history API. — Reinstate Monica Cellio, Feb 12 '14 at 23:32
Sorry it's not what you wanted Dan. Just force your users to upgrade :p — Reinstate Monica Cellio, Feb 12 '14 at 23:36

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 12 '14 at 23:32

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There is not a method to do this that will work across all browsers.

Consider falling back to a hash-based implementation only on old browsers that don't support History APIs. You can do this with a module such as History.js.

answered Feb 12 '14 at 23:32

Interrobang

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