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//show what url looks like on page load
$('#urlPL span').text(window.location.href);

//create a Backbone Router
var myRouter = new Backbone.Router();

//tell Backbone to start listening for changes in the URL
Backbone.history.start();

//create a help route using route method, route(route, name, callback-function)
myRouter.route('help','help',function(){
    console.log('The url hash just change to /#help');
});

//change url hash to "#help"
window.location.hash = 'help';

//show what url looks like after hash change, notice the #help
$('#url span').text(window.location.href);