Introduction
Hi all, today we are going to learn to create another thumbnail effect with fading and transparent caption. It's simple and obviously I have running out of ideas in jQuery tutorial because this is similar to jQuery Thumbnail with Zooming Image and Fading caption. If you have any suggestion about tutorial, please contact me
Before we begin, I have already made different effect for thumbnail, you can check it out:1. HTML
First of all, HTML. it's easy to understand, all your caption/description of the thumbnail should put inside the caption class.
<div class="item"> <a href="#"><img data-src="image.gif" alt="title" title="" width="125" height="125"/></a> <div class="caption"> <a href="">Title</a> <p>Description</p> </div> </div>
2. CSS
I have put comment on each important CSS. However, if you want to learn more about CSS, you can visit my following posts:
body { font-family:arial; } .item { width:125px; height:125px; border:4px solid #222; margin:5px 5px 5px 0; /* required to hide the image after resized */ overflow:hidden; /* for child absolute position */ position:relative; /* display div in line */ float:left; } .item .caption { width:125px; height:125px; background:#000; color:#fff; font-weight:bold; /* fix it at the bottom */ position:absolute; left:0; /* hide it by default */ display:none; /* opacity setting */ filter:alpha(opacity=80); /* ie */ -moz-opacity:0.8; /* old mozilla browser like netscape */ -khtml-opacity: 0.8; /* for really really old safari */ opacity: 0.8; /* css standard, currently it works in most modern browsers like firefox, */ } .item .caption a { text-decoration:none; color:#0cc7dd; font-size:16px; /* add spacing and make the whole row clickable*/ padding:5px; display:block; } .item .caption p { padding:5px; margin:0; font-size:10px; } img { border:0; /* allow javascript moves the img position*/ position:absolute; } .clear { clear:both; }
3. Javascript
I have declared two variables called move and zoom. Move variable is for the top and left value of the thumbnail, if you mouse over the image, the image will move according to the value you have set (i make it move to left, so after the zooming, it'll always display in center). And for the second variable - zoom, it's the value you need to set if you want to enable the zooming effect. Currently, it's set to 1.2 which will enlarge the image to 120%. Simple, and for the rest of the code I have added comments above it. If you have any question, please drop me a comment.
$(document).ready(function() { //move the image in pixel var move = -15; //zoom percentage, 1.2 =120% var zoom = 1.2; //On mouse over those thumbnail $('.item').hover(function() { //Set the width and height according to the zoom percentage width = $('.item').width() * zoom; height = $('.item').height() * zoom; //Move and zoom the image $(this).find('img').stop(false,true).animate({'width':width, 'height':height, 'top':move, 'left':move}, {duration:200}); //Display the caption $(this).find('div.caption').stop(false,true).fadeIn(200); }, function() { //Reset the image $(this).find('img').stop(false,true).animate({'width':$('.item').width(), 'height':$('.item').height(), 'top':'0', 'left':'0'}, {duration:100}); //Hide the caption $(this).find('div.caption').stop(false,true).fadeOut(200); }); });
Conclusion
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to make use of built-in syntax highlighter.thanks for the prompt reply, i appreciate it.
basically, i\'m trying to \"mimic\" idea from the following site: http://odopod.com/ - if you scroll down a bit, you can see the pink styled boxes, etc. when you mouse over the effect changes and so on.
basically what you\'ve done in a matter of speaking.
thanks again, i appreciate it.
is there a way to remove the \"zooming\" of the image?
thanks,
mike
Go to your Plugins & choose : Settings/tweetmeme to configure the button so that it points to your twitter user-name by changing the source which you retweet, E.g. \"RT @yourname \" so <---here, you will place your twitter user-name : \"RT @quenesswebblog\" its that simple K. BTW: most WP blogs have this feature not set appropriately, so you are not alone . Hope this helps :) Catch you in cyberspace :D
Mia 
tweetmeme_source = \'RT @quenesswebblog\';
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<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js\"></script>
If it doesnt come through- I will find another way to send u the code :)
M.
One question...
In IE7 (and in other IE I suppose) I\'m having not translucent background (filter:alpha(opacity=80) seem to be not working) so I thougt to add \".fadeTo(\"fast\", 0.3);\" to \"//Move and zoom the image\" lines.
All work fine but I have a problem with the syncronizations jeje... First, the Description appear, and when it finished, then the IMG fade to 0.3.
I try a lot, I\'m sure I\'m close...but I can get all the animations running at the same time, any suggestion ?
Thanks in advance,
thanks as always for share this masterpiece of jquery \"better - interfase\" !