Is there a way couch can help me create a non refreshing area of a web page, but still have the url change to a new page? I've been investigating this for a while, and it seems you need to do something server side to achive it. This would be used in the context of a photo gallery - a thumbnail panel never having to refresh or change it's scroll position is the desired end result.

[cheesypoof]

Do you have any example websites or screenshots where something similar can be seen?

Are you talking about fixed positioning?
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position#Fixed_positioning
http://learnlayout.com/position-example.html

I think this is a fairly good example, but it breaks the browser back button:

http://www.chasejarvis.com/#mi=2&pt=1&p ... 6&a=0&at=0

you can scroll and pick new shots, the url changes and the thumbnails are not updated.

[cheesypoof]

The effect on that website is accomplished with Flash.

Something similar can certainly be done with JavaScript though. Here are a few examples:
http://buildinternet.com/project/supersized/
http://galleria.io/
http://glisse.victorcoulon.fr/

Nevertheless, much of this is a front end matter and doesn't involve Couch. Once your pages are ready, I'm sure if you need assistance we can help you integrate Couch.