Introduction
Content Sliding website is one of the famous and creative design techniques for portfolio website. One thing, please make sure you put the menu on every single page to avoid confusion/dizziness.
- You should put the navigation menu in every single page
- Or, fix the position of the menu
- Let your visitors know exactly what section they're reading, like highlight the selected menu item and have a clear title
In this tutorial, we will learn to scroll your web content vertically, horizontally and plus diagonally! Don't worry, we won't rely on javascript too much, we will use css/html for the layout and javascript only do the scrolling. And hey, it will still work even if your browser doesn't support javascript.
And, thanks to Ariel Flesler, his scrollTo plugin is simply amazing!
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1. HTML
Depend on which direction you want to scroll your website, each of them have slightly different layout. For the horizontal and vertical, they use the same layout, whereas for diagonal, you have to add extra div to create the "diagonal". It sounds like a dirty trick, but hey, it works! :)
I put <a name="name"></a>, just in case some of the browsers out there don't support javascript.
Scroll Horizontally & Vertically
<div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> | <a href="#item4" class="panel">4</a> | <a href="#item5" class="panel">5</a> </div> </div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item4" class="item"> <a name="item4"></a> <div class="content">item4 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item5" class="item"> <a name="item5"></a> <div class="content">item5 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <!-- first row --> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- second row --> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- third row --> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> | <a href="#item4" class="panel">4</a> | <a href="#item5" class="panel">5</a> </div> </div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item4" class="item"> <a name="item4"></a> <div class="content">item4 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item5" class="item"> <a name="item5"></a> <div class="content">item5 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <!-- first row --> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- second row --> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- third row --> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>
Scroll Diagonally
<div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> | <a href="#item4" class="panel">4</a> | <a href="#item5" class="panel">5</a> </div> </div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item4" class="item"> <a name="item4"></a> <div class="content">item4 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item5" class="item"> <a name="item5"></a> <div class="content">item5 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <!-- first row --> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- second row --> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- third row --> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> | <a href="#item4" class="panel">4</a> | <a href="#item5" class="panel">5</a> </div> </div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item4" class="item"> <a name="item4"></a> <div class="content">item4 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div id="item5" class="item"> <a name="item5"></a> <div class="content">item5 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="mask"> <!-- first row --> <div id="item1" class="item"> <a name="item1"></a> <div class="content">item1 <a href="#item1" class="panel">1</a> | <a href="#item2" class="panel">2</a> | <a href="#item3" class="panel">3</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- second row --> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item2" class="item"> <a name="item2"></a> <div class="content">item2 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="item"></div> <div class="clear"></div> <!-- third row --> <div class="item"></div> <div class="item"></div> <div id="item3" class="item"> <a name="item3"></a> <div class="content">item3 <a href="#item1" class="panel">back</a></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div>
2. CSS
The CSS is basically almost the same with the tabbed based content slider tutorial. I have illustrated how it works in that tutorial, so you might wanna check that out as well.
Scroll Horizontally & Diagonally
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- #mask : height=100%, width = 100% * total of items
- .item : height=100%, width = 100% / total of items
body {
height:100%;
width:100%;
margin:0;padding:0;
}
#wrapper {
width:100%;
height:100%;
position:absolute;
top:0;left:0;
background-color:#ccc;
overflow:hidden;
}
#mask {
width:500%;
height:100%;
background-color:#eee;
}
.item {
width:20%;
height:100%;
float:left;
background-color:#ddd;
}
.content {
width:400px;
height:300px;
top:20%;
margin:0 auto;
background-color:#aaa;
position:relative;
}
.selected {
background:#fff;
font-weight:700;
}
.clear {
clear:both;
}
Scroll Vertically
The width and height are opposite from scrolling horizontally. Calculations are:
- #mask : width=100%, height = 100% * total of items
- .item : width=100%, height = 100% / total of items
#mask {
width:100%;
height:500%;
background-color:#eee;
}
.item {
width:100%;
height:20%;
float:left;
background-color:#ddd;
}
3. Javascript
So, you must be thinking how complicated the javascript would be. You'll be surprise! its only a line of code to make the scrolling effect. Thanks to jquery.scrollTo Plugin. What we have to do is solve the layout using css/html, and the plugin will do the rest.
$(document).ready(function() {
//get all link with class panel
$('a.panel').click(function () {
//reset and highlight the clicked link
$('a.panel').removeClass('selected');
$(this).addClass('selected');
//grab the current item, to be used in resize function
current = $(this);
//scroll it to the destination
$('#wrapper').scrollTo($(this).attr('href'), 800);
//cancel the link default behavior
return false;
});
//resize all the items according to the new browser size
$(window).resize(function () {
//call the resizePanel function
resizePanel();
});
});
This resize function have 2 versions. One for vertical and another for both horizontal and diagonal. The only difference is the mask_height and mask_width.
Verticalfunction resizePanel() {
//get the browser width and height
width = $(window).width();
height = $(window).height();
//get the mask height: height * total of items
mask_height = height * $('.item').length;
//set the dimension
$('#wrapper, .item').css({width: width, height: height});
$('#mask').css({width: width, height: mask_height});
//if the item is displayed incorrectly, set it to the corrent pos
$('#wrapper').scrollTo($('a.selected').attr('href'), 0);
}
Horizontal & Diagonal
function resizePanel() {
//get the browser width and height
width = $(window).width();
height = $(window).height();
//get the mask width: width * total of items
mask_width = width * $('.item').length;
//set the dimension
$('#wrapper, .item').css({width: width, height: height});
$('#mask').css({width: mask_width, height: height});
//if the item is displayed incorrectly, set it to the corrent pos
$('#wrapper').scrollTo($('a.selected').attr('href'), 0);
}
Conclusion
That's it, simple and easy! I hope you all will enjoy it.
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Jump to Certain Item on Page Load
This is one of the most popular request. A lot of people want this content slider to display certain item on page load. It's simple, you need to use this:
$(document).ready(function () {
$('#wrapper').scrollTo('ITEM-ID-HERE', 0);
......
......
......
}
With that line of code, the slider will jump to the item on page load.
Comments will be moderated and
rel="nofollow"will be added to all links. You can wrap your coding with[code][/code]to make use of built-in syntax highlighter.when you looking at demo file, we can see only one div on your screen. is it possible to change the distance between divs
#mask : width=100%, height = 100% * total of items
.item : width=100%, height = 100% / total of items
Do you think i could have the selected item in the middle having the other item in both sides.
First, i want to appreciate you for this tutorial. I followed all steps, but i cant see scrolling effects in my website.
http://narinder.co.uk/?page_id=455
Can you pls help?
Thanks
It was fantastic. I'm planning to use it again in my portfolio. My question:
Can I integrate this with scrollTo's queue function? If yes, can you show me how? A reply would be greatly aprreciated! Thanks!
http://flesler.blogspot.com/2007/10/jqueryscrollto.html
You can change the first part of the jvascript, line 14:
$('#wrapper').scrollTo($(this).attr('href'), 800);
to
$('#wrapper').scrollTo($(this).attr('href'), 800, {queue:true});
Thank you so much!
http://www.queness.com/post/10440/keyboardjsadd-keyboard-shortcut-support-to-your-websites
I'm running into trouble after adding the "Jump to a page" line into the script. The code seems to break the window re-size protections and my pages bleed into one another on re-size. If I remove the "jump to a page" code, the window re-size behaves properly.
I am placing the problem code in the correct spot, ahead of the rest of the code. I've tried to move it elsewhere but the results are the same. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
-M
I am using vertical scrolling for my website, it's very useful. But can you please tell me how to use for different different height of every page, If you help me out for this matter really appreciate.
Thanks a lot.
#mask : width=100%, height = 100% * total of items
.item : width=100%, height = 100% / total of items
basically each item will be the same size as your browser width and height.
When you drag the browser window's side (top/left/bottom/right) just 1 pixel INWARDS (try to move it very slowly) you will see a bar with a background color appear at the right and bottom and staying on the screen. Drag the side of the window slowly inward just 1 pixels, the bars appear. Continue dragging inwards again 1 pixels, now they disappear. Drag more again, they will appear, etc, etc. It seems that those bars and the right and bottom would be the scroll bars (which are not visible). When the bars appear, and you let go of the mouse, the bars will stay on the screen (which is annoying).
Oddly, it's ok in IE 7/8 and Chrome 16, but very noticable in Firefox 10 and Opera 11.61. I wonder is this is a browser app implementation issue, of could this be fixed within the script/css? Thank you!
so that it begins to slide in from the left ? thank you for your time, -bill
One Question:
Id like to add 2 navigation buttons as fixed divs. One will be fixed to the left and one fixed to the right of the design. I would like these to be scroll left and scroll right functions ? so clicking the right button would scroll the content to item 2, then another click would scroll to item 3 etc....
Would it be possible to implement these buttons with the current javascript code ?
Any advice would be greatly received!
thanks again
For the scrolling, I have not implemented that feature but I can give you some idea. For the main nav, the selected item will get a class called "selected".
So, you need to write a javascript to find the two id that next to the current selected a tag. Eg, Assume you have 5 items, if item number 3 was selected, so the prev and next would be 2 and 4. So, when you click on the previous button, it will get 2, the prev item of current selected A tag.
I hope it makes sense.. :p
Well I have the navigation elements fixed in place. My current Jquery skill level is being able to adapt things to meet my needs as opposed to writing from scratch. I will give it a try as Im always looking to learn. If I get it right I'll post the method.
And if i struggle expect to hear back from me.. :P
thanks again
Good luck.