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A responsive product grid layout that comes with some UI details for inspiration. The product will rotate showing the backside of the item when the rotate button is clicked. Some examples of how tooltips can appear on hover or click are also included. Media queries can be used to resize the items in the grid or change the number of items in a row. Flexbox is used when supported.

The HTML

<div id="cbp-pgcontainer" class="cbp-pgcontainer">
	<ul class="cbp-pggrid">
		<li>
			<div class="cbp-pgcontent">
				<span class="cbp-pgrotate">Rotate Item</span>
				<div class="cbp-pgitem">
					<div class="cbp-pgitem-flip">
						<img src="images/1_front.png" />
						<img src="images/1_back.png" />
					</div>
				</div><!-- /cbp-pgitem -->
				<ul class="cbp-pgoptions">
					<li class="cbp-pgoptcompare">Compare</li>
					<li class="cbp-pgoptfav">Favorite</li>
					<li class="cbp-pgoptsize">								
						<span data-size="XL">XL</span>
						<div class="cbp-pgopttooltip">
							<span data-size="XL">XL</span>
							<span data-size="L">L</span>
							<span data-size="M">M</span>
							<span data-size="S">S</span>
						</div>
					</li>
					<li class="cbp-pgoptcolor">
						<span data-color="c1">Blue</span>
						<div class="cbp-pgopttooltip">
							<span data-color="c1">Blue</span>
							<span data-color="c2">Pink</span>
							<span data-color="c3">Orange</span>
							<span data-color="c4">Green</span>
						</div>
					</li>
					<li class="cbp-pgoptcart"></li>
				</ul><!-- cbp-pgoptions -->
			</div><!-- cbp-pgcontent -->
			<div class="cbp-pginfo">
				<h3>Save my trees</h3>
				<span class="cbp-pgprice">$29</span>
			</div>
		</li>
		<li>
			<!-- ... -->
		</li>
		<li>
			<!-- ... -->
		</li>
	</ul><!-- /cbp-pggrid -->
</div><!-- /cbp-pgcontainer -->

The CSS

@font-face {
	font-family: 'pgicons';
	src:url('../fonts/pgicons/pgicons.eot');
	src:url('../fonts/pgicons/pgicons.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
		url('../fonts/pgicons/pgicons.woff') format('woff'),
		url('../fonts/pgicons/pgicons.ttf') format('truetype'),
		url('../fonts/pgicons/pgicons.svg#pgicons') format('svg');
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: normal;
}

.cbp-pgcontainer {
	position: relative;
	width: 100%;
	padding: 0 30px 100px 30px;
}

.cbp-pgcontainer ul,
.cbp-pgcontainer li {
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0;
	list-style-type: none;
}

.cbp-pggrid {
	position: relative;
	text-align: center;
}
/* If flexbox is supported we'll use it to lay out the grid */
.flexbox .cbp-pggrid {
	display: -webkit-flex;
	display: -moz-flex;
	display: -ms-flex;
	display: flex;
	-webkit-flex-flow: row wrap;
	-moz-flex-flow: row wrap;
	-ms-flex-flow: row wrap;
	flex-flow: row wrap;
	-webkit-justify-content: center;
	-moz-justify-content: center;
	-ms-justify-content: center;
	-webkit-justify-content: center;
}

.cbp-pggrid > li {
	display: inline-block;
	vertical-align: top;
	position: relative;
	width: 33%;
	min-width: 340px;
	max-width: 555px;
	padding: 20px 2% 50px 2%;
	text-align: left;
}

.flexbox .cbp-pggrid > li {
	display: block;
}

.cbp-pgcontent {
	border: 3px solid #47a3da;
	position: relative;
}

.cbp-pgrotate {
	width: 36px;
	height: 36px;
	position: absolute;
	display: block;
	color: transparent;
	font-size: 0;
	z-index: 100;
	border-bottom: 3px solid #47a3da;
	border-left: 3px solid #47a3da;
	right: 0px;
	top: 0px;
	cursor: pointer;
	text-align: center;
}

.cbp-pgrotate:before {
	font-size: 18px;
	line-height: 32px;
	color: #47a3da;
}

.no-touch .cbp-pgrotate:hover,
.cbp-pgrotate.cbp-pgrotate-active {
	background: #47a3da;
}

.no-touch .cbp-pgrotate:hover:before,
.cbp-pgrotate.cbp-pgrotate-active:before {
	color: #fff;
}

/* The item with the images will have perspective */
.cbp-pgitem {
	width: 100%;
	position: relative;
	padding: 2em;
	-webkit-perspective: 1400px;
	-moz-perspective: 1000px;
	perspective: 1000px;
	-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
	-moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
	backface-visibility: hidden;
}

/* The flip container */
.cbp-pgitem-flip {
	-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
	-moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
	transform-style: preserve-3d;
	-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform .4s ease-out;
	-moz-transition: -moz-transform .4s ease-out;
	transition: transform .4s ease-out;
}

/* If you want to rotate on hover instead of click, you could use something like this: 
.cbp-pgrotate:hover + .cbp-pgitem .cbp-pgitem-flip
*/
.cbp-pgitem.cbp-pgitem-showback .cbp-pgitem-flip {
	-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
	-moz-transform: rotateY(180deg);
	transform: rotateY(180deg);
}

.cbp-pgitem-flip img {
	display: block;
	margin: 0 auto;
	max-width: 100%;
	max-height: 100%;
	-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
	-moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
	backface-visibility: hidden;
}

.cbp-pgitem img:first-child {
	position: relative;
}

/* The second image will be rotated so that we'd be looking at the back of it */
.cbp-pgitem img:nth-child(2) {
	position: absolute;
	top: 50%;
	left: 50%;
	-webkit-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) rotateY(-180deg);
	-moz-transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) rotateY(-180deg);
	transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) rotateY(-180deg);
}

/* Fallback for browsers that don't support 3d transforms */
.no-csstransforms3d .cbp-pgitem img:nth-child(2) {
	position: relative;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	display: none;
}

.no-csstransforms3d .cbp-pgitem.cbp-pgitem-showback img:first-child {
	display: none;
}

.no-csstransforms3d .cbp-pgitem.cbp-pgitem-showback img:nth-child(2) {
	display: block;
}

/* The options bar */
.cbp-pgoptions {
	height: 60px;
	width: 100%;
 	border-top: 3px solid #47a3da;;
}

.cbp-pgoptions > li {
	width: 20%;
	height: 100%;
	float: left;
	position: relative;
	display: block;
	cursor: pointer;
	color: transparent;
	font-size: 0;
	border-left: 3px solid #47a3da;
	-webkit-touch-callout: none;
	-webkit-user-select: none;
	-khtml-user-select: none;
	-moz-user-select: none;
	-ms-user-select: none;
	user-select: none;
}

.cbp-pgoptions > li:first-child {
	border-left: none;
} 

.no-touch .cbp-pgoptions li {
	color: #47a3da;
}

.no-touch .cbp-pgoptions li:hover,
.cbp-pgoptions li.cbp-pgoption-active {
	background: #47a3da;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li:before,
.cbp-pgoptions li > span {
	font-size: 22px;
	line-height: 60px;
	text-indent: 0;
	text-align: center;
	color: #47a3da;
}

.no-touch .cbp-pgoptions li:hover:before,
.no-touch .cbp-pgoptions li:hover > span,
.cbp-pgoptions li.cbp-pgoption-active > span  {
	color: #fff;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li.cbp-pgoptsize > span {
	font-size: 22px;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li > span {
	display: block;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li:before {
	position: absolute;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
}

/* Icons */
.cbp-pgoptcompare, 
.cbp-pgoptcart, 
.cbp-pgoptfav,
.cbp-pgrotate {
	font-family: 'pgicons';
	speak: none;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	text-transform: none;
	line-height: 1;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

.cbp-pgoptcompare:before {
	content: "\e001";
}

.cbp-pgoptfav:before {
	content: "\e003";
}

.cbp-pgoptfav.cbp-pgoptfav-selected:before {
	content: "\e002";
	color: #ee73b8;
}

.cbp-pgoptfav.cbp-pgoptfav-selected:hover:before {
	color: #f9c0e0;
}

.cbp-pgoptcart:before {
	content: "\e000";
}

.cbp-pgrotate:before {
	content: "\e004";
}

/* Tooltips */
.cbp-pgopttooltip {
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 180%;
	margin-bottom: 0px;
	background: #fff;
	padding: 25px;
	width: 100px;
	left: 50%;
	margin-left: -50px;
	border: 3px solid #47a3da;
	opacity: 0;
	z-index: 1000;
	visibility: hidden;
	pointer-events: none;
	-webkit-transition: visibility 0s 0.3s, opacity 0.3s, bottom 0.3s;
	-moz-transition: visibility 0s 0.3s, opacity 0.3s, bottom 0.3s;
	transition: visibility 0s 0.3s, opacity 0.3s, bottom 0.3s;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li:hover .cbp-pgopttooltip,
.cbp-pgoptions li.cbp-pgoption-active .cbp-pgopttooltip {
	visibility: visible;
	opacity: 1;
	-webkit-transition-delay: 0s;
	-moz-transition-delay: 0s;
	transition-delay: 0s;
	bottom: 100%;
	pointer-events: auto;
}

.cbp-pgopttooltip:after,
.cbp-pgopttooltip:before {
	top: 100%;
	border: solid transparent;
	content: " ";
	height: 0;
	width: 0;
	position: absolute;
	pointer-events: none;
}

.cbp-pgopttooltip:after {
	border-color: transparent;
	border-top-color: #fff;
	border-width: 10px;
	left: 50%;
	margin-left: -10px;
}

.cbp-pgopttooltip:before {
	border-color: transparent;
	border-top-color: #47a3da;
	border-width: 14px;
	left: 50%;
	margin-left: -14px;
}

/* Size tooltip */
.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip {
	margin-left: -50px;
}

.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip span {
	display: block;
	text-indent: 0;
	background: url(../images/tshirt.svg) no-repeat center center;
	background-size: 100%;
	margin: 0 auto 4px;
	text-align: center;
	font-size: 12px;
	font-weight: 700;
	color: #65b3e2;
}

.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip span:hover {
	color: #0968a1;
	-webkit-transform: scale(1.1);
	-moz-transform: scale(1.1);
	transform: scale(1.1);
}

.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip span[data-size="XL"] {
	width: 44px;
	height: 44px;
	line-height: 44px;
}

.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip span[data-size="L"] {
	width: 40px;
	height: 40px;
	line-height: 40px;
}

.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip span[data-size="M"] {
	width: 34px;
	height: 34px;
	line-height: 34px;
}

.cbp-pgoptsize .cbp-pgopttooltip span[data-size="S"] {
	width: 30px;
	height: 30px;
	line-height: 30px;
}

/* Color tooltip */
.cbp-pgoptcolor .cbp-pgopttooltip {
	padding: 5px;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li.cbp-pgoptcolor > span,
.cbp-pgoptcolor .cbp-pgopttooltip span {
	display: block;
	margin: 12px auto 0;
	text-indent: -900em;
}

.cbp-pgoptions li.cbp-pgoptcolor > span {
	width: 36px;
	height: 36px;
	border: 3px solid #fff;
}

.cbp-pgoptcolor .cbp-pgopttooltip span {
	float: left;
	margin: 4px;
	width: 34px;
	height: 34px;
}

.no-touch .cbp-pgoptcolor .cbp-pgopttooltip span:hover {
	-webkit-transform: scale(1.1);
	-moz-transform: scale(1.1);
	transform: scale(1.1);
}

.cbp-pgoptcolor span[data-color="c1"] {
	background: #72bbe9;
}

.cbp-pgoptcolor span[data-color="c2"] {
	background: #e577aa;
}

.cbp-pgoptcolor span[data-color="c3"] {
	background: #e5b178;
}

.cbp-pgoptcolor span[data-color="c4"] {
	background: #7abe93;
}

.cbp-pginfo {
	padding-top: 10px;
}

.cbp-pginfo:before,
.cbp-pginfo:after {
	content: " ";
	display: table;
}

.cbp-pginfo:after {
	clear: both;
}

.cbp-pginfo h3,
.cbp-pginfo span {
	float: left;
	width: 50%;
	font-size: 1.8em;
	padding: 10px 5px;
	margin: 0;
}

.cbp-pginfo h3 {
	font-weight: 300;
}

.cbp-pginfo span {
	font-weight: 700;
	text-align: right;
}
/* Media Queries */

@media screen and (max-width: 68.125em) {
	.cbp-pggrid > li {
		width: 48%;
	}
}

@media screen and (max-width: 46.125em) {
	.cbp-pggrid > li {
		width: 100%;
	}
}

The JavaScript

/**
 * cbpShop.js v1.0.0
 * http://www.codrops.com
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * 
 * Copyright 2013, Codrops
 * http://www.codrops.com
 */
;( function( window ) {
	
	'use strict';

	function cbpShop( el ) {
		this.el = el;
		this._init();
	}

	cbpShop.prototype = {
		_init : function() {
			var self = this;
			
			this.touch = Modernizr.touch;

			this.products = this.el.querySelectorAll( 'ul.cbp-pggrid > li' );
			Array.prototype.slice.call( this.products ).forEach( function( el, i ) {
				var content = el.querySelector( 'div.cbp-pgcontent' ),
					item = content.querySelector( 'div.cbp-pgitem' ),
					rotate = content.querySelector( 'span.cbp-pgrotate' );

				if( self.touch ) {

					rotate.addEventListener( 'touchstart', function() { self._rotateItem( this, item ); } );

					var options = content.querySelector( 'ul.cbp-pgoptions' ),
						size = options.querySelector( 'li.cbp-pgoptsize > span' ),
						color = options.querySelector( 'li.cbp-pgoptcolor > span' );
					
					size.addEventListener( 'touchstart', function() { self._showItemOptions( this ); } );
					color.addEventListener( 'touchstart', function() { self._showItemOptions( this ); } );
				}
				else {
					rotate.addEventListener( 'click', function() { self._rotateItem( this, item ); } );
				}
			} );
		},
		_rotateItem : function( trigger, item ) {
			if( item.getAttribute( 'data-open' ) === 'open' ) {
				item.setAttribute( 'data-open', '' );
				trigger.className = trigger.className.replace(/\b cbp-pgrotate-active\b/,'');
				item.className = item.className.replace(/\b cbp-pgitem-showback\b/,'');
			}
			else {
				item.setAttribute( 'data-open', 'open' );
				trigger.className += ' cbp-pgrotate-active';
				item.className += ' cbp-pgitem-showback';
			}
		},
		_showItemOptions : function( trigger ) {
			if( trigger.getAttribute( 'data-open' ) === 'open' ) {
				trigger.setAttribute( 'data-open', '' );
				trigger.parentNode.className = trigger.parentNode.className.replace(/\b cbp-pgoption-active\b/,'');
			}
			else {
				trigger.setAttribute( 'data-open', 'open' );
				trigger.parentNode.className += ' cbp-pgoption-active';
			}
		},
		/*
		other functions..
		*/
	}

	window.cbpShop = cbpShop;

} )( window );

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A simple, horizontal slide out menu with a grid-like thumbnail layout for the submenu. The menu slides out from the top when a main menu item is clicked and the sub-items fade in. When clicking on another item, the height of the submenu will adjust and the content will fade in and out while switching.

Some media query examples show how to make the menu responsive and change the view to a touch-friendly vertically stacked navigation.

The HTML

<nav class="cbp-hsmenu-wrapper" id="cbp-hsmenu-wrapper">
	<div class="cbp-hsinner">
		<ul class="cbp-hsmenu">
			<li>
				<a href="#">Lovely Spirits</a>
				<ul class="cbp-hssubmenu">
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/1.png" alt="img01"/><span>Delicate Wine</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/2.png" alt="img02"/><span>Fine Spirit</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/3.png" alt="img03"/><span>Heavenly Ale</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/4.png" alt="img04"/><span>Juicy Lemonade</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/5.png" alt="img05"/><span>Wise Whiskey</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/6.png" alt="img06"/><span>Sweet Rum</span></a></li>
				</ul>
			</li>
			<li>
				<a href="#">Delicious Beverages</a>
				<ul class="cbp-hssubmenu cbp-hssub-rows">
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/7.png" alt="img07"/><span>Lovely Slurp</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/8.png" alt="img08"/><span>Lemony Grappa</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/9.png" alt="img09"/><span>Eggy Liquor</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/10.png" alt="img10"/><span>Fresh Juice</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/1.png" alt="img01"/><span>Delicate Wine</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/2.png" alt="img02"/><span>Fine Spirit</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/3.png" alt="img03"/><span>Heavenly Ale</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/4.png" alt="img04"/><span>Juicy Lemonade</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/5.png" alt="img05"/><span>Wise Whiskey</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/6.png" alt="img06"/><span>Sweet Rum</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/1.png" alt="img01"/><span>Delicate Wine</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/2.png" alt="img02"/><span>Fine Spirit</span></a></li>
				</ul>
			</li>
			<li>
				<a href="#">Fine Liquors</a>
				<ul class="cbp-hssubmenu">
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/10.png" alt="img10"/><span>Fresh Juice</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/6.png" alt="img06"/><span>Sweet Rum</span></a></li>
					<li><a href="#"><img src="images/9.png" alt="img09"/><span>Eggy Liquor</span></a></li>
				</ul>
			</li>
			<li><a href="#">Our Mission</a></li>
			<li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
		</ul>
	</div>
</nav>

The CSS

@font-face {
	font-family: 'bpmenu';
	src:url('../fonts/bpmenu/bpmenu.eot');
	src:url('../fonts/bpmenu/bpmenu.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
		url('../fonts/bpmenu/bpmenu.woff') format('woff'),
		url('../fonts/bpmenu/bpmenu.ttf') format('truetype'),
		url('../fonts/bpmenu/bpmenu.svg#bpmenu') format('svg');
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: normal;
}

/* Main menu wrapper */
.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper {
	position: relative;
}

/* Common style for all lists */
.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper ul {
	list-style: none;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 auto;
}

/* 100% width bar for menu */
.cbp-hsinner {
	background: #47a3da;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 100;
}

/* Main menu style */
.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper .cbp-hsmenu {
	width: 90%;
	max-width: 69em;
	margin: 0 auto;
	padding: 0 1.875em;
}

.cbp-hsmenu > li {
	margin-left: 4em;
	display: inline-block;
}

.cbp-hsmenu > li:first-child {
	margin-left: 0;
}

/* Main menu link style */
.cbp-hsmenu > li > a {
	color: #fff;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	line-height: 3em;
	display: inline-block;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 10000;
	outline: none;
}

.no-touch .cbp-hsmenu > li > a:hover,
.no-touch .cbp-hsmenu > li > a:focus,
.cbp-hsmenu > li.cbp-hsitem-open > a {
	color: #02639d;
}

/* Add an arrow to the main menu link if it has a submenu (not the only child) */
.cbp-hsmenu > li > a:not(:only-child):before {
	display: inline-block;
	font-family: 'bpmenu';
	speak: none;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	text-transform: none;
	line-height: 1;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
	content: "\f107";
	font-size: 80%;
	margin-right: 0.3em;
	opacity: 0.4;
	vertical-align: middle;
}

.cbp-hsmenu > li.cbp-hsitem-open > a:not(:only-child):before {
	content: "\f106";
}

/* Add a triangle to currently open menu item link */
.cbp-hsmenu > li.cbp-hsitem-open > a:after {
	top: 100%;
	border: solid transparent;
	content: " ";
	height: 0;
	width: 0;
	position: absolute;
	pointer-events: none;
	border-color: transparent;
	border-top-color: #47a3da;
	border-width: 10px;
	left: 50%;
	margin-left: -10px;
}

/* Submenu style */
.cbp-hssubmenu {
	position: absolute;
	left: 0;
	top: 100%;
	width: 100%;
	z-index: 0;
	text-align: center; /* for aligning the sub items */
	visibility: hidden;
}

.cbp-hssubmenu:before, 
.cbp-hssubmenu:after { 
	content: " "; 
	display: table; 
}
.cbp-hssubmenu:after { 
	clear: both; 
}

/* Let's allow 6 item in a row */
.cbp-hssubmenu > li {
	width: 16.2%;
	display: inline-block;
	vertical-align: top;
	box-shadow: -28px 0 0 -27px #ddd, 0 -28px 0 -27px #ddd;
	opacity: 0;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 0.1s 0s;
	-moz-transition: opacity 0.1s 0s;
	transition: opacity 0.1s 0s;
}

/* First 6 items don't have upper box shadow */
.cbp-hssubmenu > li:nth-child(-n+6) {
	box-shadow: -28px 0 0 -27px #ddd;
} 

/* Every 7th item does not have a left box shadow */
.cbp-hssubmenu > li:nth-child(6n+1) {
	box-shadow:  0 -28px 0 -27px #ddd;
}

/* The first one does not have any box shadow */
.cbp-hssubmenu > li:first-child {
	box-shadow: none;
}

.cbp-hssubmenu > li a {
	display: block;
	text-align: center;
	color: #a2a2a2;
	outline: none;
	padding: 2em 1em 1em 1em;
}

.no-touch .cbp-hssubmenu > li a:hover,
.no-touch .cbp-hssubmenu > li a:focus {
	color: #888;
}

.cbp-hssubmenu > li a img {
	border: none;
	outline: none;
	display: inline-block;
	margin: 0;
	max-width: 100%;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 0.2s;
	-moz-transition: opacity 0.2s;
	transition: opacity 0.2s;
}

.no-touch .cbp-hssubmenu > li a:hover img {
	opacity: 0.5;
}

.cbp-hssubmenu > li a span {
	display: block;
	min-height: 3em;
	margin-top: 0.4em;
}

.cbp-hsmenu > li.cbp-hsitem-open .cbp-hssubmenu {
	z-index: 1000;
	visibility: visible;
}

.cbp-hsmenu > li.cbp-hsitem-open .cbp-hssubmenu > li {
	opacity: 1;
	-webkit-transition: opacity 0.5s 0.1s;
	-moz-transition: opacity 0.5s 0.1s;
	transition: opacity 0.5s 0.1s;
}

/* Helper div for animating the background */
.cbp-hsmenubg {
	background: #f7f7f7;
	position: absolute;
	width: 100%;
	top: 100%;
	left: 0;
	z-index: 0;
	height: 0px;
}

.no-touch .cbp-hsmenubg {
	-webkit-transition: height 0.3s;
	-moz-transition: height 0.3s;
	transition: height 0.3s;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 65em){
	.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper {
		font-size: 80%;
	}
}

@media screen and (max-width: 51.4375em){
	.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper {
		font-size: 100%;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper .cbp-hsmenu {
		padding: 0;
		max-width: none;
		width: 100%;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu > li {
		border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
		text-align: center;
		margin: 0 auto;
		display: block;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu > li:first-child {
		border-top: none;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu > li > a {
		display: block;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu > li > a:not(:only-child):before {
		line-height: 1.8;
		right: 0;
		position: absolute;
		font-size: 200%;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenubg {
		display: none;
	}

	.cbp-hssubmenu {
		background: #f7f7f7;
		position: relative;
		overflow: hidden;
		height: 0;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu > li.cbp-hsitem-open .cbp-hssubmenu {
		height: auto;
	}

	/* Let's only allow 3 item in a row now */
	.cbp-hssubmenu > li {
		width: 30%;
	}

	/* Reset box shadows for the 6 items in row case */
	.cbp-hssubmenu > li:nth-child(-n+6),
	.cbp-hssubmenu > li:nth-child(6n+1) {
		box-shadow: -28px 0 0 -27px #ddd, 0 -28px 0 -27px #ddd;
	}

	/* First 4 items don't have upper box shadow */
	.cbp-hssubmenu > li:nth-child(-n+3) {
		box-shadow: -28px 0 0 -27px #ddd;
	} 

	/* Every 5th item does not have a left box shadow */
	.cbp-hssubmenu > li:nth-child(3n+1) {
		box-shadow:  0 -28px 0 -27px #ddd;
	}

}

@media screen and (max-width: 25em){
	/* Let's only allow 1 item in a row now */
	.cbp-hssubmenu > li {
		width: 100%;
		display: block;
	}

	.cbp-hsmenu-wrapper .cbp-hssubmenu > li {
		box-shadow: 0 1px #cecece;
		text-align: left;
	}

	.cbp-hssubmenu > li a {
		text-align: left;
		line-height: 50px;
		padding: 0.4em 1em;
	}

	.cbp-hssubmenu > li a img {
		float: left;
		max-height: 50px;
	}

	.cbp-hssubmenu > li a span {
		min-height: 0;
		margin: 0;
	}
}

The JavaScript

/**
 * cbpHorizontalSlideOutMenu.js v1.0.0
 * http://www.codrops.com
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * 
 * Copyright 2013, Codrops
 * http://www.codrops.com
 */
;( function( window ) {
	
	'use strict';

	var document = window.document;

	function extend( a, b ) {
		for( var key in b ) { 
			if( b.hasOwnProperty( key ) ) {
				a[key] = b[key];
			}
		}
		return a;
	}

	function cbpHorizontalSlideOutMenu( el, options ) {	
		this.el = el;
		this.options = extend( this.defaults, options );
		this._init();
	}

	cbpHorizontalSlideOutMenu.prototype = {
		defaults : {},
		_init : function() {
			this.current = -1;
			this.touch = Modernizr.touch;
			this.menu = this.el.querySelector( '.cbp-hsmenu' );
			this.menuItems = this.el.querySelectorAll( '.cbp-hsmenu > li' );
			this.menuBg = document.createElement( 'div' );
			this.menuBg.className = 'cbp-hsmenubg';
			this.el.appendChild( this.menuBg );
			this._initEvents();
		},
		_openMenu : function( el, ev ) {
			
			var self = this,
				item = el.parentNode,
				items = Array.prototype.slice.call( this.menuItems ),
				submenu = item.querySelector( '.cbp-hssubmenu' ),
				closeCurrent = function( current ) {
					var current = current || self.menuItems[ self.current ];
					current.className = '';
					current.setAttribute( 'data-open', '' );	
				},
				closePanel = function() {
					self.current = -1;
					self.menuBg.style.height = '0px';
				};

			if( submenu ) {

				ev.preventDefault();

				if( item.getAttribute( 'data-open' ) === 'open' ) {
					closeCurrent( item );
					closePanel();
				}
				else {
					item.setAttribute( 'data-open', 'open' );
					if( self.current !== -1 ) {
						closeCurrent();
					}
					self.current = items.indexOf( item );
					item.className = 'cbp-hsitem-open';
					self.menuBg.style.height = submenu.offsetHeight + 'px';
				}
			}
			else {
				if( self.current !== -1 ) {
					closeCurrent();
					closePanel();
				}
			}

		},
		_initEvents : function() {
			
			var self = this;

			Array.prototype.slice.call( this.menuItems ).forEach( function( el, i ) {
				var trigger = el.querySelector( 'a' );
				if( self.touch ) {
					trigger.addEventListener( 'touchstart', function( ev ) { self._openMenu( this, ev ); } );
				}
				else {
					trigger.addEventListener( 'click', function( ev ) { self._openMenu( this, ev ); } );	
				}
			} );
			
			window.addEventListener( 'resize', function( ev ) { self._resizeHandler(); } );

		},
		// taken from https://github.com/desandro/vanilla-masonry/blob/master/masonry.js by David DeSandro
		// original debounce by John Hann
    	// http://unscriptable.com/index.php/2009/03/20/debouncing-javascript-methods/
		_resizeHandler : function() {
			var self = this;
			function delayed() {
				self._resize();
				self._resizeTimeout = null;
			}

			if ( this._resizeTimeout ) {
				clearTimeout( this._resizeTimeout );
			}

			this._resizeTimeout = setTimeout( delayed, 50 );
		},
		_resize : function() {
			if( this.current !== -1 ) {
				this.menuBg.style.height = this.menuItems[ this.current ].querySelector( '.cbp-hssubmenu' ).offsetHeight + 'px';
			}
		}
	}

	// add to global namespace
	window.cbpHorizontalSlideOutMenu = cbpHorizontalSlideOutMenu;

} )( window );

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Today we want to share an experimental “morphing” slideshow with you. The idea is to transition between different devices that show a screenshot of a responsive website or app by applying a “device class”. By using the same elements and pseudo-elements for all the devices, we can create an interesting morph effect. We will control the classes and the switching of the image with some JavaScript. We’ve also added an option for autoplaying the slideshow and for rotating some of the devices.

There are four devices which we will use to display different screenshots of responsive designs. Two of them, the tablet and the smartphone, can also be rotated. What we do is to interchange the classes depending on the device and since the device has transitions defined, we’ll see a morphing effect. Note that we also animate pseudo-elements here which might not be supported in all browsers (especially mobile browsers).

The rotation on the last two devices happens by adding another class which will rotate the device 90 degrees.

The images are changed by adding the new picture and fading out the previous one. This also creates a morphing effect where the image gets stretched or squeezed to accomodate the new size.

The better technology to choose for this kind of effect is undoubtedly SVG, but for practicality reasons we started this experiment with CSS and JS.

We hope you like and enjoy it and get inspired!

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Today we will create a colorful Retina-ready and responsive menu inspired by the colors of the Maliwan manufacturer of the Borderlands game. The menu automatically changes to one of three different layouts depending on the browser window size: a “desktop” inline version, a two columns tablet-optimized version and a mobile version with a menu link to display and hide the navigation for smaller screens. To make the menu fully retina-ready, we will use an icon font so that the icons of the menu won’t get pixelized on resize.

Preparing the icon font

Creating a custom icon font might look a bit complicated, but with tools like IcoMoon it’s just a matter of creating the icons and importing them into the tool. Icon fonts behave like any font, so you can easily change the color, adapt the size and it won’t get pixelized. Perfect for retina devices without having to use multiple assets for different screen resolutions.

The first thing we need to do is to create the icons for the menu. I use Illustrator, but any vector graphics editor like, for example Inkscape, will do. We need to create each icon and export them as a SVG file. To make sure the icon will work properly in every browser, we have to convert all lines into full objects, and merge all the objects into one big shape for each icon. Once all have been exported into nice SVG files, we can import them all into the IcoMoon App tool:

We can also enhance our font with icons from the big library that IcoMoon offers. Once we have all the icons we need, we click on the “Font” button at the bottom of the page to enter the detailed settings. On this page we can choose the encoding settings for the font, and also choose if we want to assign some letters for each icon, or prefer to use the Private Use Area of the font to make sure screen readers won’t be able to output them. I recommend using the default settings that work pretty well.

When we click on “Download” we get a ZIP file with 4 font formats (SVG, EOT, TTF and WOFF), the CSS styling and a demo page.

The first thing to do to be able to use the icons is to copy and paste the CSS IcoMoon provides to the top of our CSS file and make sure we also copy the font folder. There’s also a little “hack” to make the fonts look nicer on Chrome Windows you might want to check it out.

The HTML of the menu

Here is what the HTML for our navigation looks like:

<nav  id="menu" class="nav">	
	<ul>
		<li>
			<a  href="#" title="">
				<span  class="icon"> <i aria-hidden="true"  class="icon-home"></i></span><span>Home</span>
			</a>
		</li>
		<li>		
			<a href="#" title=""><span class="icon"> <i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-services"></i></span><span>Services</span></a>	
		</li>	
		<li>
			<a  href="#" title=""><span  class="icon"><i  aria-hidden="true" class="icon-portfolio"></i></span><span>Portfolio</span></a>
		</li>
		<li>
			<a  href="#" title=""><span  class="icon"><i  aria-hidden="true" class="icon-blog"></i></span><span>Blog</span></a>	
		</li>
		<li>
			<a  href="#" title=""><span  class="icon"><i  aria-hidden="true" class="icon-team"></i></span><span>The  team</span></a>	
		</li>
		<li>
			<a  href="#" title=""><span  class="icon"><i  aria-hidden="true" class="icon-contact"></i></span><span>Contact</span></a>
		</li>
	</ul>
</nav>

To use the icon font, we simply use the class “icon-iconname” inside an i element (a span will work as well). Also note that we added a no-js class to the body that will be changed to js with Modernizr. The idea is to be able to leave the menu open if the user has JavaScript disabled. We’ll also use Modernizr to detect touch support.

The CSS & JavaScript

Note that I won’t prefix the CSS3 properties here but you will find the prefixed version in the files.

The global CSS that gets applied to all screen sizes looks as follows:

/* Global CSS that are applied for all screen sizes */

.nav ul {
	max-width: 1240px;
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	font-size: 1.5em;
	font-weight: 300;
}

.nav li span {
	display: block;
}

.nav a {
	display: block;
	color: rgba(249, 249, 249, .9);
	text-decoration: none;
	transition: color .5s, background .5s, height .5s;
}

.nav i{
	/* Make the font smoother for Chrome */
	transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
}

/* Remove the blue Webkit background when element is tapped */

a, button {
	-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
}

We want a first little transition on the whole navigation that lowers the opacity of all the items, except the one that is being hovered. This is the code for that:

/* Hover effect for the whole navigation to make the hovered item stand out */

.no-touch .nav ul:hover a {
	color: rgba(249, 249, 249, .5);
}

.no-touch .nav ul:hover a:hover {
	color: rgba(249, 249, 249, 0.99);
}

Then we want to add some nice background colors to all of the items. The code below uses a nth-child technique to select the list items. This way, you can add as many list items as you want, the color code will repeat itself.

.nav li:nth-child(6n+1) {
	background: rgb(208, 101, 3);
}

.nav li:nth-child(6n+2) {
	background: rgb(233, 147, 26);
}

.nav li:nth-child(6n+3) {
	background: rgb(22, 145, 190);
}

.nav li:nth-child(6n+4) {
	background: rgb(22, 107, 162);
}

.nav li:nth-child(6n+5) {
	background: rgb(27, 54, 71);
}

.nav li:nth-child(6n+6) {
	background: rgb(21, 40, 54);
}

Using a min-width media query, we can target screens that are bigger than 800px (50em, with a body font size of 15px) to transform our list into a nice horizontal navigation:

@media (min-width: 50em) {

	/* Transforms the list into a horizontal navigation */
	.nav li {
		float: left;
		width: 16.66666666666667%;
		text-align: center;
		transition: border .5s;
	}

	.nav a {
		display: block;
		width: auto;
	}

We continue with the nth-child selecting technique, to add a 4px border with different colors to each of our menu items. We apply it on hover, but also on focus and active to make it work on touch devices and on keyboard access.

	/* hover, focused and active effects that add a little colored border to the different items */

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+1) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+1) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+1) a:focus {
		border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(174, 78, 1);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+2) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+2) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+2) a:focus {
		border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(191, 117, 20);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+3) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+3) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+3) a:focus {
		border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(12, 110, 149);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+4) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+4) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+4) a:focus {
		border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(10, 75, 117);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+5) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+5) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+5) a:focus {
		border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(16, 34, 44);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+6) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+6) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+6) a:focus {
		border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(9, 18, 25);
	}

Then we place the icons and the text:

	/* Placing the icon */
	
	.icon {
		padding-top: 1.4em;
	}

	.icon + span {
		margin-top: 2.1em;
		transition: margin .5s;
	}

We animate the height of the elements when they are hovered:

	/* Animating the height of the element*/
	.nav a {
		height: 9em;
	}

	.no-touch .nav a:hover ,
	.no-touch .nav a:active ,
	.no-touch .nav a:focus {
		height: 10em;
	}	

	/* Making the text follow the height animation */
	.no-touch .nav a:hover .icon + span {
		margin-top: 3.2em;
		transition: margin .5s;
	}

Then we position the icons and prepare them for the CSS transition:

	/* Positioning the icons and preparing for the animation*/
	.nav i {
		position: relative;
		display: inline-block;
		margin: 0 auto;
		padding: 0.4em;
		border-radius: 50%;
		font-size: 1.8em;
		box-shadow: 0 0 0 0.8em transparent;
		background: rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
		transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
		transition: box-shadow .6s ease-in-out;
	}	

To give the visuel effect we want, we transition a box shadow and change its size from 0.8em to 0, and its color from transparent to some color with a high opacity. This is also where we close our first media-query.

	
	/* Animate the box-shadow to create the effect */
	.no-touch .nav a:hover i,
	.no-touch .nav a:active i,
	.no-touch .nav a:focus i {		
		box-shadow: 0 0 0px 0px rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
		transition: box-shadow .4s ease-in-out;
	}
		
}

We set a second media query to make some little adjustments for screens between 800 and 980px:

@media (min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 61.250em) {

	/* Size and font adjustments to make it fit better */
	.nav ul {
		font-size: 1.2em;
	}

}

Now that we have finished the “desktop” version (with BIG quotation mark since more and more tablets now have 1024px and larger screens), we take care of the “global” CSS for screens that are smaller than 800px which equals to 49.938em here, using a max-width media query.

/* The "tablet" and "mobile" version */

@media (max-width: 49.938em) {		
	
	/* Instead of adding a border, we transition the background color */
	.no-touch .nav ul li:nth-child(6n+1) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav ul li:nth-child(6n+1) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav ul li:nth-child(6n+1) a:focus {
		background: rgb(227, 119, 20);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+2) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+2) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+2) a:focus {
		background: rgb(245, 160, 41);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+3) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+3) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+3) a:focus {
		background: rgb(44, 168, 219);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+4) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+4) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+4) a:focus {
		background: rgb(31, 120, 176);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+5) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+5) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+5) a:focus {
		background: rgb(39, 70, 90);
	}

	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+6) a:hover,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+6) a:active,
	.no-touch .nav li:nth-child(6n+6) a:focus {
		background: rgb(32, 54, 68);
	}

	.nav ul li {
		transition: background 0.5s;
	}	

}

For screen size between 520px (32.5em) and 799px (49.938em), we want to display our menu into a 2 columns and 3 rows layout. We add some padding to make the elements easy to “tap”, and display the icons on the left and the text on the right.

/* CSS for a 2x3 columns version */

@media (min-width: 32.5em) and (max-width: 49.938em) {
	
	/* Creating the 2 column layout using floating elements once again */
	.nav li {
		display: block;
		float: left;
		width: 50%;
	}
	
	/* Adding some padding to make the elements look nicer*/
	.nav a {
		padding: 0.8em;		
	}

	/* Displaying the icons on the left, and the text on the right side using inline-block */
	.nav li span, 
	.nav li span.icon {
		display: inline-block;
	}

	.nav li span.icon {
		width: 50%;
	}

	.nav li .icon + span {
		font-size: 1em;
	}

	.icon + span {
		position: relative;
		top: -0.2em;
	}

The animation for big screen is too complex to fit into smaller screens, so we adapt it to make it simpler and more discreet and simply animate the border. This is where we close our media query.

	
	/* Adapting the icons to animate the size and border of the rounded background in a more discreet way */
	.nav li i {
		display: inline-block;
		padding: 8% 9%;
		border: 4px solid transparent;
		border-radius: 50%;
		font-size: 1.5em;
		background: rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
		transition: border .5s;
	}

	/* Transition effect on the border color */
	.no-touch .nav li:hover i,
	.no-touch .nav li:active i,
	.no-touch .nav li:focus i {
		border: 4px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
	}

}

Again, for smaller screens we adapt the font-size and width.

	/* Adapting the font size and width for smaller screns*/
@media (min-width: 32.5em) and (max-width: 38.688em) {
	
	.nav li span.icon {
		width: 50%;
	}

	.nav li .icon + span {
		font-size: 0.9em;
	}
}

For very small screens, we hide the navigation and display a “menu” button the user can click if he wants to display the navigation. To do this, we rely on some lines of JavaScript:

	
//  The function to change the class
var changeClass = function (r,className1,className2) {
	var regex = new RegExp("(?:^|\\s+)" + className1 + "(?:\\s+|$)");
	if( regex.test(r.className) ) {
		r.className = r.className.replace(regex,' '+className2+' ');
    }
    else{
		r.className = r.className.replace(new RegExp("(?:^|\\s+)" + className2 + "(?:\\s+|$)"),' '+className1+' ');
    }
    return r.className;
};	

//  Creating our button for smaller screens
var menuElements = document.getElementById('menu');
menuElements.insertAdjacentHTML('afterBegin','<button type="button" id="menutoggle" class="navtoogle" aria-hidden="true"><i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-menu"> </i> Menu</button>');

//  Toggle the class on click to show / hide the menu
document.getElementById('menutoggle').onclick = function() {
	changeClass(this, 'navtoogle active', 'navtoogle');
}

In order to have a cleaner HTML, I chose to create the “menu” button and insert it in the DOM using JavaScript. The function changeClass helps us to toggle the class between active and no class when the users clicks on the button.

Now that we have all we need for the small screen version, we can style it with CSS. The following code styles the menu button:

/* Styling the toggle menu link and hiding it */
.nav .navtoogle{
	display: none;	
	width: 100%;
	padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.8em;
	font-family: 'Lato',Calibri,Arial,sans-serif;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-align: left;
	color: rgb(7, 16, 15);
	font-size: 1.2em;
	background: none;	
	border: none;
	border-bottom: 4px solid rgb(221, 221, 221);
	cursor: pointer;
}

.icon-menu {
	position: relative;
	top: 3px;
	line-height: 0;
	font-size: 1.6em;
}

By default, the menu button is hidden. We want to display it for screens smaller than 519px (32.438em):

@media (max-width: 32.438em) {

	/* Unhiding the styled menu link */
	.nav .navtoogle{
		margin: 0;
		display: block;
	}

We animate the height of the navigation when the button is clicked. To close the navigation, we give it a 0em height, to open it, we give it a 30em max-height. If JavaScript is not enabled, we don’t have any button, so we use the no-js class to always display the navigation.

	/* Animating the height of the navigation when the button is clicked */
	
	/* If JavaScript is disabled, the menu stays open */
	.no-js .nav ul {
		max-height: 30em;
		overflow: hidden;
	}

When JavaScript is enabled we hide the menu by default, and display it when the users clicks on the button which then gets the active class:

	/* When JavaScript is enabled, we hide the menu */
	.js .nav ul {
		max-height: 0em;
		overflow: hidden;
	}
	
	/* Displaying the menu when the user has clicked on the button */
	.js .nav .active + ul {		
		max-height: 30em;
		overflow: hidden;
		transition: max-height .4s;
	}

We adapt the layout for smaller screens, presenting the navigation in a list of items with the icon on the left and the text on the right side:

	/* Adapting the layout of the menu for smaller screens: icon on the left and text on the right */
	
	.nav li span {
		display: inline-block;
		height: 100%;
	}

	.nav a {
		padding: 0.5em;		
	}
	
	.icon + span {
		margin-left: 1em;
		font-size: 0.8em;
	}

We also add a 8px border on the left of each item with a nice color

	
	/* Adding a left border of 8 px with a different color for each menu item*/
	.nav li:nth-child(6n+1) {
		border-left: 8px solid rgb(174, 78, 1);
	}

	.nav li:nth-child(6n+2) {
		border-left: 8px solid rgb(191, 117, 20);
	}

	.nav li:nth-child(6n+3) {
		border-left: 8px solid rgb(13, 111, 150);
	}

	.nav li:nth-child(6n+4) {
		border-left: 8px solid rgb(10, 75, 117);
	}

	.nav li:nth-child(6n+5) {
		border-left: 8px solid rgb(16, 34, 44);
	}

	.nav li:nth-child(6n+6) {
		border-left: 8px solid rgb(9, 18, 25);
	}

The navigation looks nice when testing its small version on desktop. But on mobile devices the items might be hard to tap. Using Modernizr we can detect the touch capability of the device. If the device has touch capabilities, a touch class is added to the body. We can use this class to enhance the experience on touch devices and make the navigation items a little bit bigger so that the user can tap them more easily. And here we close our last media query.

	/* make the nav bigger on touch screens */
	.touch .nav a {
		padding: 0.8em;
	}
}

And that’s it, we’ve build a nice, touch-friendly and retina-ready navigation that works fine on desktop, tablet and mobile devices. Hope you liked it!

Image Credits: Featured image created with Minimal Apple Product Templates from WeGraphics.net

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Today we’d like to share a collection of creative page transitions with you. We’ve put together a couple of animations that could be applied to “pages” for creating interesting navigation effects when revealing a new page. While some effects are very simplistic, i.e. a simple slide movement, others make use of perspective and 3d transforms to create some depth and dynamics.

Please note that this is just for showcasing some interesting effects and for inspiration. It is not a slider or anything like that. We’ll just apply some classes to make the page transition visible, not for navigating.

The CSS animations are divided into different sets, depending on what they do.

For showcasing the page transitions, we’ve used the following structure:

<div id="pt-main" class="pt-perspective">
	<div class="pt-page pt-page-1">
		<h1><span>A collection of</span><strong>Page</strong> Transitions</h1>
	</div>
	<div class="pt-page pt-page-2"><!-- ... --></div>
	<!-- ... -->
</div>

The perspective container is relative and we add a perspective of 1200px to it. The following styles are needed for all animations to work:

.pt-perspective {
	position: relative;
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	perspective: 1200px;
	transform-style: preserve-3d;
}

.pt-page {
	width: 100%;
	height: 100%;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	visibility: hidden;
	overflow: hidden;
	backface-visibility: hidden;
	transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
}

.pt-page-current,
.no-js .pt-page {
	visibility: visible;
}

.no-js body {
	overflow: auto;
}

.pt-page-ontop {
	z-index: 999;
}

The .pt-page-ontop is used for some of the page transitions where we need one of the pages to stay on top of the other one.

An example for animation classes and keyframe animations are the following ones that scale the pages in different directions and fade them in or out:

/* scale and fade */

.pt-page-scaleDown {
	animation: scaleDown .7s ease both;
}

.pt-page-scaleUp {
	animation: scaleUp .7s ease both;
}

.pt-page-scaleUpDown {
	animation: scaleUpDown .5s ease both;
}

.pt-page-scaleDownUp {
	animation: scaleDownUp .5s ease both;
}

.pt-page-scaleDownCenter {
	animation: scaleDownCenter .4s ease-in both;
}

.pt-page-scaleUpCenter {
	animation: scaleUpCenter .4s ease-out both;
}

/************ keyframes ************/

/* scale and fade */

@keyframes scaleDown {
	to { opacity: 0; transform: scale(.8); }
}

@keyframes scaleUp {
	from { opacity: 0; transform: scale(.8); }
}

@keyframes scaleUpDown {
	from { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.2); }
}

@keyframes scaleDownUp {
	to { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.2); }
}

@keyframes scaleDownCenter {
	to { opacity: 0; transform: scale(.7); }
}

@keyframes scaleUpCenter {
	from { opacity: 0; transform: scale(.7); }
}

For the purpose of this demonstration we apply the respective animation classes to the current page and the incoming one. For example:

//...

case 17:
	outClass = 'pt-page-scaleDown';
	inClass = 'pt-page-moveFromRight pt-page-ontop';
	break;
case 18:
	outClass = 'pt-page-scaleDown';
	inClass = 'pt-page-moveFromLeft pt-page-ontop';
	break;
case 19:
	outClass = 'pt-page-scaleDown';
	inClass = 'pt-page-moveFromBottom pt-page-ontop';
	break;

// ...

Check out the demo where you can simply iterate through the whole set of page transitions using the first button. You can also choose a specific effect from the drop-down menu.

I hope you enjoy this and get inspired to build some exciting things!

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This is a simple responsive timeline with alternating colors for the labels. An icon font is used for the icons in the timeline waypoints and some example media queries show how to adjust the timeline for smaller screens. The main structure of the timeline is an unordered list.

The HTML

<ul class="cbp_tmtimeline">
	<li>
		<time class="cbp_tmtime" datetime="2013-04-10 18:30"><span>4/10/13</span> <span>18:30</span></time>
		<div class="cbp_tmicon cbp_tmicon-phone"></div>
		<div class="cbp_tmlabel">
			<h2>Ricebean black-eyed pea</h2>
			<p>Winter purslane...</p>
		</div>
	</li>
	<li>
		<time class="cbp_tmtime" datetime="2013-04-11T12:04"><span>4/11/13</span> <span>12:04</span></time>
		<div class="cbp_tmicon cbp_tmicon-screen"></div>
		<div class="cbp_tmlabel">
			<h2>Greens radish arugula</h2>
			<p>Caulie dandelion maize...</p>
		</div>
	</li>
	<li>
		<time class="cbp_tmtime" datetime="2013-04-13 05:36"><span>4/13/13</span> <span>05:36</span></time>
		<div class="cbp_tmicon cbp_tmicon-mail"></div>
		<div class="cbp_tmlabel">
			<h2>Sprout garlic kohlrabi</h2>
			<p>Parsnip lotus root...</p>
		</div>
	</li>
	<li>
		<time class="cbp_tmtime" datetime="2013-04-15 13:15"><span>4/15/13</span> <span>13:15</span></time>
		<div class="cbp_tmicon cbp_tmicon-phone"></div>
		<div class="cbp_tmlabel">
			<h2>Watercress ricebean</h2>
			<p>Peanut gourd nori...</p>
		</div>
	</li>
	<li>
		<time class="cbp_tmtime" datetime="2013-04-16 21:30"><span>4/16/13</span> <span>21:30</span></time>
		<div class="cbp_tmicon cbp_tmicon-earth"></div>
		<div class="cbp_tmlabel">
			<h2>Courgette daikon</h2>
			<p>Parsley amaranth tigernut...</p>
		</div>
	</li>
</ul>

The CSS

@font-face {
	font-family: 'ecoico';
	src:url('../fonts/timelineicons/ecoico.eot');
	src:url('../fonts/timelineicons/ecoico.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
		url('../fonts/timelineicons/ecoico.woff') format('woff'),
		url('../fonts/timelineicons/ecoico.ttf') format('truetype'),
		url('../fonts/timelineicons/ecoico.svg#ecoico') format('svg');
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: normal;
} /* Made with http://icomoon.io/ */

.cbp_tmtimeline {
	margin: 30px 0 0 0;
	padding: 0;
	list-style: none;
	position: relative;
} 

/* The line */
.cbp_tmtimeline:before {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	bottom: 0;
	width: 10px;
	background: #afdcf8;
	left: 20%;
	margin-left: -10px;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li {
	position: relative;
}

/* The date/time */
.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime {
	display: block;
	width: 25%;
	padding-right: 100px;
	position: absolute;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime span {
	display: block;
	text-align: right;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime span:first-child {
	font-size: 0.9em;
	color: #bdd0db;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime span:last-child {
	font-size: 2.9em;
	color: #3594cb;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li:nth-child(odd) .cbp_tmtime span:last-child {
	color: #6cbfee;
}

/* Right content */
.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmlabel {
	margin: 0 0 15px 25%;
	background: #3594cb;
	color: #fff;
	padding: 2em;
	font-size: 1.2em;
	font-weight: 300;
	line-height: 1.4;
	position: relative;
	border-radius: 5px;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li:nth-child(odd) .cbp_tmlabel {
	background: #6cbfee;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmlabel h2 { 
	margin-top: 0px;
	padding: 0 0 10px 0;
	border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.4);
}

/* The triangle */
.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmlabel:after {
	right: 100%;
	border: solid transparent;
	content: " ";
	height: 0;
	width: 0;
	position: absolute;
	pointer-events: none;
	border-right-color: #3594cb;
	border-width: 10px;
	top: 10px;
}

.cbp_tmtimeline > li:nth-child(odd) .cbp_tmlabel:after {
	border-right-color: #6cbfee;
}

/* The icons */
.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmicon {
	width: 40px;
	height: 40px;
	font-family: 'ecoico';
	speak: none;
	font-style: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-variant: normal;
	text-transform: none;
	font-size: 1.4em;
	line-height: 40px;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
	position: absolute;
	color: #fff;
	background: #46a4da;
	border-radius: 50%;
	box-shadow: 0 0 0 8px #afdcf8;
	text-align: center;
	left: 20%;
	top: 0;
	margin: 0 0 0 -25px;
}

.cbp_tmicon-phone:before {
	content: "\e000";
}

.cbp_tmicon-screen:before {
	content: "\e001";
}

.cbp_tmicon-mail:before {
	content: "\e002";
}

.cbp_tmicon-earth:before {
	content: "\e003";
}

/* Example Media Queries */
@media screen and (max-width: 65.375em) {

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime span:last-child {
		font-size: 1.5em;
	}
}

@media screen and (max-width: 47.2em) {
	.cbp_tmtimeline:before {
		display: none;
	}

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime {
		width: 100%;
		position: relative;
		padding: 0 0 20px 0;
	}

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmtime span {
		text-align: left;
	}

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmlabel {
		margin: 0 0 30px 0;
		padding: 1em;
		font-weight: 400;
		font-size: 95%;
	}

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmlabel:after {
		right: auto;
		left: 20px;
		border-right-color: transparent;
		border-bottom-color: #3594cb;
		top: -20px;
	}

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li:nth-child(odd) .cbp_tmlabel:after {
		border-right-color: transparent;
		border-bottom-color: #6cbfee;
	}

	.cbp_tmtimeline > li .cbp_tmicon {
		position: relative;
		float: right;
		left: auto;
		margin: -55px 5px 0 0px;
	}	
}

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A simple scrolling layout with fixed background images using background-attachment: fixed and a navigation. The page will scroll smoothly to the selected section.

The HTML

<div id="cbp-fbscroller" class="cbp-fbscroller">
	<nav>
		<a href="#fbsection1" class="cbp-fbcurrent">Section 1</a>
		<a href="#fbsection2">Section 2</a>
		<a href="#fbsection3">Section 3</a>
		<a href="#fbsection4">Section 4</a>
		<a href="#fbsection5">Section 5</a>
	</nav>
	<section id="fbsection1"></section>
	<section id="fbsection2"></section>
	<section id="fbsection3"></section>
	<section id="fbsection4"></section>
	<section id="fbsection5"></section>
</div>

The CSS

/* Set all parents to full height */
html, body, 
.container,
.cbp-fbscroller,
.cbp-fbscroller section { 
	height: 100%; 
}

/* The nav is fixed on the right side  and we center it by translating it 50% 
(we don't know it's height so we can't use the negative margin trick) */
.cbp-fbscroller > nav {
	position: fixed;
	z-index: 9999;
	right: 100px;
	top: 50%;
	-webkit-transform: translateY(-50%);
	-moz-transform: translateY(-50%);
	-ms-transform: translateY(-50%);
	transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.cbp-fbscroller > nav a {
	display: block;
	position: relative;
	color: transparent;
	height: 50px;
}

.cbp-fbscroller > nav a:after {
	content: '';
	position: absolute;
	width: 24px;
	height: 24px;
	border-radius: 50%;
	border: 4px solid #fff;
}

.cbp-fbscroller > nav a:hover:after {
	background: rgba(255,255,255,0.6);
}

.cbp-fbscroller > nav a.cbp-fbcurrent:after {
	background: #fff;
}

/* background-attachment does the trick */
.cbp-fbscroller section {
	position: relative;
	background-position: top center;
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-size: cover;
	background-attachment: fixed;
}

#fbsection1 {
	background-image: url(../images/1.jpg);
}

#fbsection2 {
	background-image: url(../images/2.jpg);
}

#fbsection3 {
	background-image: url(../images/3.jpg);
}

#fbsection4 {
	background-image: url(../images/4.jpg);
}

#fbsection5 {
	background-image: url(../images/5.jpg);
}

The JavaScript

/**
 * cbpFixedScrollLayout.js v1.0.0
 * http://www.codrops.com
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT license.
 * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 * 
 * Copyright 2013, Codrops
 * http://www.codrops.com
 */
var cbpFixedScrollLayout = (function() {

	// cache and initialize some values
	var config = {
		// the cbp-fbscroller´s sections
		$sections : $( '#cbp-fbscroller > section' ),
		// the navigation links
		$navlinks : $( '#cbp-fbscroller > nav:first > a' ),
		// index of current link / section
		currentLink : 0,
		// the body element
		$body : $( 'html, body' ),
		// the body animation speed
		animspeed : 650,
		// the body animation easing (jquery easing)
		animeasing : 'easeInOutExpo'
	};

	function init() {

		// click on a navigation link: the body is scrolled to the position of the respective section
		config.$navlinks.on( 'click', function() {
			scrollAnim( config.$sections.eq( $( this ).index() ).offset().top );
			return false;
		} );

		// 2 waypoints defined:
		// First one when we scroll down: the current navigation link gets updated. 
		// A `new section´ is reached when it occupies more than 70% of the viewport
		// Second one when we scroll up: the current navigation link gets updated. 
		// A `new section´ is reached when it occupies more than 70% of the viewport
		config.$sections.waypoint( function( direction ) {
			if( direction === 'down' ) { changeNav( $( this ) ); }
		}, { offset: '30%' } ).waypoint( function( direction ) {
			if( direction === 'up' ) { changeNav( $( this ) ); }
		}, { offset: '-30%' } );

		// on window resize: the body is scrolled to the position of the current section
		$( window ).on( 'debouncedresize', function() {
			scrollAnim( config.$sections.eq( config.currentLink ).offset().top );
		} );
		
	}

	// update the current navigation link
	function changeNav( $section ) {
		config.$navlinks.eq( config.currentLink ).removeClass( 'cbp-fbcurrent' );
		config.currentLink = $section.index( 'section' );
		config.$navlinks.eq( config.currentLink ).addClass( 'cbp-fbcurrent' );
	}

	// function to scroll / animate the body
	function scrollAnim( top ) {
		config.$body.stop().animate( { scrollTop : top }, config.animspeed, config.animeasing );
	}

	return { init : init };

})();

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When writing articles, blog posts, tutorials, magazine entries or anything else, you will often want to include some images, charts, photographs, or even videos and code snippets to illustrate your content.

That being said, you will most likely want to attach some kind of caption to these elements, and perhaps number them so your readers can keep track of your thoughts.

And that’s exactly what we are going to do in today’s tutorial: combining the usage of the <figure> element with CSS counters to make your inserted elements (especially images) sexy as hell!

The figure element

The <figure> element is intended to be used along with the <figcaption> element to mark up images, illustrations, photos, diagrams and code snippets among other things. Here is what the spec says about this element:

The figure element represents a unit of content, optionally with a caption, that is self-contained, that is typically referenced as a single unit from the main flow of the document, and that can be moved away from the main flow of the document without affecting the document’s meaning.

Here is the basic markup for a figure:

<figure>
	<img src="path/to/your/image.jpg" alt="" />
	<figcaption>Here is the legend for your image<figcaption>
</figure>

Here are a few notes regarding the figure element:

• The <figcaption> element is optional
• You can only have one <figcaption> element in a <figure> element
• You can embed as many other elements as you want in a <figure> element
• When dealing with an image, you can leave the alt attribute empty if you include a <figcaption> to prevent screen readers from reading twice the same content

For more information about the <figure> element, I recommend you this great article from HTML5Doctor. There is also this entry at Mozilla Developer Network and of course the official specification.

Examples

For example, if you want to show a snippet of code, you can do it this way with the <figure> element:

<figure>
	<code>body { background: white; }</code>
	<figcaption>Some illustrated code with figure<figcaption>
</figure>

Basically, instead of adding your images this way:

<img src="cute-kitty.jpg" alt="This is a cute kitty!" />

… you can do something like this:

<figure>
	<img src="cute-kitty.jpg" alt="" />
	<figcaption>This is a cute kitty!<figcaption>
<figure>

Browser support

The <figure> is part of the “new” HTML5 elements, which are not understood by a range of old browsers including Internet Explorer 8. Since you don’t want to make your layout explode because of this tutorial, I’d recommend you include a polyfill to support these elements.

The most known and used polyfill for HTML is html5shiv which you can embed directly from the Google CDN by adding this line into your files:

<!--[if IE lte 8]><script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script><![endif]-->

Note, how we use IE-specific conditional comments to prevent other browsers and IE versions greater than 8 from loading this script.

If you wish to know the story behind the html5shiv polyfill, please read this wonderful blog post from Paul Irish.

CSS Counters

CSS Counters have to be one of the most unknown CSS properties in the whole range of properties there is. It makes automatic numbering possible exclusively through CSS, without the help of neither HTML nor JavaScript.

This module relies on two properties and one value:

• counter-reset which is used to initialize and reset one or several counters
• counter-increment which is used to increment one or several counters
• counter() is a valid value for ::before and ::after pseudo-elements, accepting a counter name as parameter in order to display its value

Pretty straight forward, isn’t it? Basically, you initialize a counter with the name you want to the value you want (mostly 0) and you tell a given selector to increment this counter at each occurrence. This counter can then be displayed using CSS generated content and the style and location can be specified with the :before and :after pseudo-elements.

The most basic implementation of a CSS counter has to be this one:

/* 1. We initialize the counter */
body {
	counter-reset: myAwesomeCounter;
}

/* 2. We tell each occurrence of this element to increment the counter */
.myAwesomeElement {
	counter-increment: myAwesomeCounter;
}

/* 3. We display the value of the counter before the element */
.myAwesomeElement:before {
	content: counter(myAwesomeCounter);
}

Note: I lied when I said “2 properties and 1 value”, there is also a counters() value which is almost never used. Please refer to this entry at MDN for more information about it.

Example

Back to our case, shall we? We want to number our images so that they are prefixed by “Fig. 1 – …”, “Fig. 2 – …” and so on, right? Let’s do it simply.

.article {
	counter-reset: figures;
}

.figure {
	counter-increment: figures;
}

.figure figcaption:before {
	content: 'Fig. ' counter(figures) ' - ';
}

Those 3 lines of CSS are enough to number our figures automagically. Isn’t that awesome?

Wrapping everything

The basics

Now that we know how to use both the <figure> element and CSS Counters, it is time to make what we wanted to do: embellish our blog posts.

But before jumping into the code, wouldn’t it be cool if we could easily make floated or centered figures, just by adding a simple class? Sure, it would be. Let’s do this!

We will start by giving our figures some decent styles. Nothing too fancy, something simple and elegant enough to make a kind of frame to your images.

.figure {
	padding: 0.9em;
	border: 3px solid #f5bca8;
	background: #fff;
	margin: 0 auto 1em;
}

In order to horizontally center images and prevent them from breaking out of their container (the <figure> element), we need to add some rules to them (could as well be <video> or something else).

.figure img {
	margin: 0 auto;
	display: block;
	max-width: 100%;
}

Now the caption! We make it stand out a bit, change the typography and center it horizontally. But frankly the styling is up to you. Just remember a caption should be removed without too much hassle, so don’t write a wall of text.

.figure figcaption {
	font-weight: 700;
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 2px;
	font-size: 0.8em;
	padding: .5em;
	text-align: center;
	color: #fff;
	background: #f5bca8;
}

Numbering

Great, we still haven’t implemented the counter to number our figures. As we’ve seen in the previous section, it is very easy to do.

.article {
	counter-reset: figures;
}

.figure figcaption {
	counter-increment: figures;
}

.figure figcaption:before {
	content: 'Fig. ' counter(figures) ' - ';
}

If you don’t necessarily want to number your images, you can limit this to a given class on the parent element. Perhaps you’ll give your wrapper a .numbered-figures class so that it enables image numbering. Easy enough:

.numbered-figures 							{ counter-reset: figures; }
.numbered-figures .figure figcaption 		{ counter-increment: figures; }
.numbered-figures .figure figcaption:before { content: 'Fig. ' counter(figures) ' - '; }

Variations

We have the basics for our system, but we still haven’t set up a way to have floated figures across the page. We will then make two classes:

.figure-left {
	float: left;
	margin: 0 1em .5em 0;
	width: -webkit-min-content;
	width: -moz-min-content;
	width: min-content;
}

.figure-right {
	float: right;
	margin: 0 0 .5em 1em;
	width: -webkit-min-content;
	width: -moz-min-content;
	width: min-content;
}

For those of you who do not know min-content, it is a valid value for width, min-width, max-width, height, min-height and max-height among other properties include flexbox and grid layout.

In our case, we want the figure element to be as small as possible; basically, we want it to wrap around the image. Because <figure> is a block-level element, it stretches to the width of its parent (100%). We could set it to float: left or display: inline-block to make it collapse to the widest piece of content but if the caption happens to be wider than the image we have a problem.

We could hard code the width to the figure element depending on the image, but it is inflexible and non-responsive. That’s why we introduce the min-content value. To put it simple, it tells the <figure> element to reduce its width so that the image fits inside it perfectly even if the caption has to wrap.

This value is supported by Firefox 3+ with the -moz- prefix and Chrome 18+ with the -webkit- prefix. The unprefixed version is currently not supported by any browser but might be in the future so we leave it.

Non-supportive browsers behave as expected: no width is set, the floated <figure> element wraps around the widest element, either the image or the caption.

Note: there are other values similar to min-content like max-content, fit-content and available. Please refer to this entry at MDN or the working draft of CSS Intrinsic & Extrinsic Sizing Module Level 3for further information about these.

Last but not least, we need to change/remove the max-width value on images for floated figures. Either you want images to have their own size, and you need to set max-width to none, or you want to set a maximum width (which I recommend) and you define whatever you want:

.figure-right img,
.figure-left img {
	max-width: 300px; /* Adjust to suit your needs */
}

Small screens

To make sure floated figures don’t behave oddly on small screens, we need to override a couple of styles to make them full-width and horizontally centered. If you’re building your site using a mobile first approach, you’ll do it the other way but it doesn’t matter really.

@media (max-width: 767px) {
	.figure-left,
	.figure-right {
		float: none;
		margin: 0 0 1em 0;
		width: 100%;
	}

	.figure img {
		max-width: 100%;
	}
}

Usage

Using this is easy as a pie. Either you want an horizontally centered figure in which case you simply have to use the .figure class. Or — most likely — you want to float the figure either on the left or on the right in which case you have to use both the .figure class and a variation class (e.g .figure-left).

<figure class='figure'>
	<img src="path/to/your/image.jpg" alt="" />
	<figcaption>Here is the legend for your image<figcaption>
</figure>


<figure class='figure figure-left'>
	<img src="path/to/your/image.jpg" alt="" />
	<figcaption>Here is the legend for your image<figcaption>
</figure>


<figure class='figure figure-right'>
	<img src="path/to/your/image.jpg" alt="" />
	<figcaption>Here is the legend for your image<figcaption>
</figure>

Final words

That’s pretty much it guys, the only thing left to do is to implement this on your site. Please have a look at the associated demo to see what it looks like or see it live on my own site.

Thanks for reading and happy coding!

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