I've been playing with AJAX a fair bit of late & love the way it enhances the user experience.
One area the (Wordpress) site that could still be improved is by using animated transition between pages. However there are a few things that worry me when considering AJAX.
This is what I am looking to achieve:
- Deep linking - I want to maintain Wordpress' great permalink structure so that pages are accessible to both search bots & users
- A cool effect such as these done by Codrops using CSS3
I've seen some people go for the approach of simply applying display: none
on the body
tag & then use jQuery to bring it to life. But this very much limits what can be achieved in terms of the visual appearance.
Is AJAX the solution here? If so how can it be used without being a detriment to a site's SEO? Or are is there an alternative that I am not considering.