Can Outside Navigation Be Done In Wordpress?

I really like this guys site, and I'm very curious if this type of outside navigation can be done in wordpress.

Like how it has transition animations from page to page, it never really loads a new page like in wordpress.

http://www.danielspatzek.com

If you think it can't be done, are there specific limitations you can point out as to why?

thanks so much for any help guys!

 

Sure, it can be done, it's probably made with fairly simple ajax-calls, and transition-animations. In modern browsers you could probably be doing quite a lot of this via pure CSS. It would involve a quite limited theme for WP, though (in other words, if this is all you're gonna do, why use WP at all?) - since you wouldn't be able to just add to it (well, maybe, but it would make navigation confusing and complicated).
But making something that works like the page you linked to, isn't too hard, WP or no WP.

 

ty so much for the help, yea I'm going to go a custom route I think, based on what you say and what I've researched.

 

Probably wiser. WP do have its benefits, but it's mostly if you're gonna publish new content continuously - ie, if not every day, at least every week, and keep a fairly common look to it. The admin-interface is fairly easy to come to grips with, and publishing and creating content is quite simple. However, with a limited set of pages, and more "fancy" animations and navigation, I would suggest just making the pages up from scratch - it will probably be an easier and quicker route, as long as you know what you're doing, at least, when it comes to HTML / CSS.

 

Thanks so much again Popsicle
Question, maybe you might have an idea. If the example site is really just using a 1 page design:
http://www.danielspatzek.com

How does he get it to rename the URL so it appears to be separate pages?

 

He pushes content to the url when something is clicked. It's a fairly common way to change the specific url when using ajax, so if you load the specific url, you get the content you expect instead of the default starting content. Have a look here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/History_API