Chapter 7. Navigating Asynchronously

Websites are often set up so that all pages of the site share a common header and footer with only the content in between changing from page to page. Sometimes there is also one or more sidebars on the left and/or right side of the main content area that stay the same throughout the site as well. Why make our site visitors re-download the same header, footer, and sidebar content over and over again while they browse our site?

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Setting up a website to navigate asynchronously
  • Enhancing asynchronous navigation to make it more user friendly

Simple asynchronous navigation

In the early days of the Web, one solution to the repeated identical content download problem was ...

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