Animate Curtains Opening with jQuery. Step 1 – What You’ll Need This tutorial would not be anything special without the graphics, so let’s make sure you’ve got those under control.
I’ve included the ones used in demo as part of the attached files, now would be a good time to download them if you intend to use them. Secondly, in addition to the standard jQuery file, we are also using the easing plugin. We have worked with this plugin in previous tutorials but in this case we will use it to provide a bounce effect when the rope is pulled. IE6 Disclaimer – A few of the project images use the PNG format in order to have cleaner transparency.
Step 2 – Setting Up the HTML Step 3 – Add the CSS Let’s pause for a minute and catch up with what we’ve just done. We made two div classes for the two curtains (.leftcurtain and .rightcurtain) which are locked to their designated sides. You’ll notice that we specified the width for each curtain, 50% and 51%. Step 4 – Open the Curtains with jQuery Step 5 – Cue Excitement, You’re Done Google+ What You Need To Know About Behavioral CSS - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement As we move forward with the Web and browsers become capable of rendering more advanced code, we gradually get closer to the goal of universal standards across all platforms and computers.
Not only will we have to spend less time making sure our box model looks right in IE6, but we create an atmosphere ripe for innovation and free of hacks and heavy front-end scripting. The Web is an extremely adaptive environment and is surrounded by a collaborative community with a wealth of knowledge to share. If we collectively want to be able to have rounded corners, we make it happen.
If we want to have multiple background images, we make it happen. Made for the Web CSS 3 properties like border-radius, box-shadow, and text-shadow are starting to gain momentum in WebKit (Safari, Chrome, etc.) and Gecko (Firefox) browsers. In this article, we will take those properties a step further and explore transformations, transitions, and animations. CSS Transformations transform();
Ganesh » Blog Archive » LavaLamp for jQuery lovers! Hover above and feel for yourself, the nifty effect of Lava Lamp. What you just experienced is nothing but the LavaLamp menu packaged as a plugin for the amazing jQuery javascript library. I personally believe that the effect rivals that of flash – Don’t you? Especially considering the fact that it is extremely light weight. Just so you know, it weighs just 700 bytes(minified)!
Often I have noticed, that the credits are usually granted towards the end. As User Interface developers, we know that one of the first widgets our visitors use is a “Menu”. I hope you agree that a typical HTML widget consists of 3 distinct components. A semantically correct HTML markupA CSS to skin the markupAn unobstrusive javascript that gives it a purpose Now lets follow the above steps and implement the LavaLamp menu for your site. Step 1: The HTML Since most UI developers believe that an unordered list(ul) represents the correct semantic structure for a Menu/Navbar, we will start by writing just that. Create Quick, Easy, and Fun Animations with PulpMotion. It’s not often I write up a review of some software on Apple Matters, leaving only the best dishes to be served.
I’ve come across a few kits in the past that have enabled me to create something or other, but most were too complex to really get in to, so I ended up ditching them. However, Aquafades PulpMotion is the complete opposite of the spectrum here and the end product is absolutely incredible. What is it? I hear you ask. PulpMotion, as described on the developer’s website, is a moving slideshow application for OS X, but the name really doesn’t do this any justice. How it’s done PulpMotion is broken down into several windows, with your animation themes at the top, current compositions to the left, your media/options to the right, and the timeline of your animation at the bottom, with the very middle screen being used as a preview window. With that, the process is incredibly simple. Themes Before you start your animation it’s best to select a theme from one of the very many available.