question regarding php, ajax and jquery

[svgmx5]

I realize that the subject of this post is broad..but i wasn't sure what to call it..

 

my question is this:

 

Is there any way to lead a page with out refreshing the site and use some sort of jquery effect?

 

What i mean is the following:

 

i have a page that contains all my projects..kinda like a portfolio... and for each project i have a thumbnail that when click it grabs the projectID from the my mysql db and loads the information of that project on the <div> tag below.

 

Now as you know, doing this normally with out any ajax or javascript simply reloads the whole page.

 

What i want is instead of reloading the whole page to just make a nice transition effect using JavaScript. I've done this before with inline objects using jquery show() and hide() but I've never really done it with a php app style.

 

i hope you guys understand what i'm trying to do..if not ask me

 

thanks

[F1Fan]

Well, you posted in the right place. Since you're already using jQuery, just use their Ajax module to load the data into the div, then in the call back function, call the show() function.