jquery/javascript - parsing url to see if you're on a certain page
<p>So say you have some navigation, and you don't/can't use server side code to choose which link is "current". How can you use the first part of the url (as in after the first slash but before any next slash) i.e. (example.com/dashboard/view/16) would return dashboard. Of course there's not always a second slash, it could be (example.com/dashboard). Also before a hash mark i.e. (example.com/dashboard#users) would return dashboard.</p>

<p>Is the best choice to just use location.href and try to write some functions to parse it? Or is there something already made/simpler?</p>
