The Code

Copy and paste the code below where you would like for your latest twits to show.

<div id="twitter_update_list">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/yourtwitternamehere.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=Number of twits you want to show goes here"></script>
</div><!--end twitter_update_list-->

This is a quick and easy solution for those who are searching for ways to add twitter feed to their sites using pure code and not a plugin. I hope this worked well for you all as it did for me.

Demo

Folder Structure

In the folder of your for your image gallery you should have 3 folders and 2 files.

• Css -Contains the jquery css
• Images – Contains images
• Js – Contains the javascript
• index.html
• style

The HTML Structure

For the image gallery I simply wrapped the gallery in a div and added the images. Every 4 image has two different classed assigned to them. For example the first 4 images has a class name of thumb-small and for the other 4 images they have a class name of thumb-bottom.

<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-top" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-top" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-top" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-top" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-bottom" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-bottom" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-bottom" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>
<a href="images/skate1.jpg" title="You can write anything in here"><img class="thumb-bottom" src="images/skate1.jpg" alt="skateboarder" title="skateboarder"/></a>

The Css

For the Css you might wonder what -webkit, and -moz-transform is. Webkit is a Css3 tag that targets the safari web browser and moz-transform is a Css3 tag that targets the Mozilla Firefox web browser. In the css

1. -webkit-transform: – Used to rotate the images
2. -webkit-transition: – Used to zoom/ease in on the images

.thumb-top{
	clear:none;
	padding:10px 10px 30px 10px;
	height:200px;
	width:200px;
	background:#fff;
	-moz-transform:rotate(-4deg);
	-webkit-transform:rotate(-4deg);
	-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.1s ease-in; /* Tells webkit to make a transition of a transform */
	border:1px solid #ececec; /* This border merges with the colour of the shadow in supporting browsers
	but in non-supporting browsers the border acts as the edge of the image */
	margin-bottom:25px;
}

.thumb-bottom{
	clear:none;
	padding:10px 10px 30px 10px;
	height:200px;
	width:200px;
	background:#fff;
	-moz-transform:rotate(-4deg);
	-webkit-transform:rotate(-4deg);
	-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.1s ease-in; /* Tells webkit to make a transition of a transform */
	border:1px solid #ececec; /* This border merges with the colour of the shadow in supporting browsers
	but in non-supporting browsers the border acts as the edge of the image */
	margin-bottom:25px;
}

.thumb-top:hover{
	z-index:100;
	position:relative; /* Make the z-index work in Safari */
	-moz-transform:rotate(-8deg) scale(1.2);
	-webkit-transform:rotate(-8deg) scale(1.2);
}

.thumb-bottom:hover{
	z-index:100;
	position:relative; /* Make the z-index work in Safari */
	-moz-transform:rotate(4deg) scale(1.2);
	-webkit-transform:rotate(4deg) scale(1.2);
}

#gallery {
	margin-top:20px;
}

Inserting and activating jquery plugins

First things first when activating a jquery plugin is to simply make sure we call in the jquery script. Insert the code below into the head section of your document. The code below calls in jquery, then the two jquery plugins, and finally the plugin Css.

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jquery.lightbox-0.5.css" media="screen" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.lightbox-0.5.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.lightbox-0.5.js"></script>

Now we want to add the script below to the body of our HTML document right before the end of the body tag.

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".thumb-top,.thumb-bottom").fadeTo("slow", 0.3);
$(".thumb-top,.thumb-bottom").hover(function(){
$(this).fadeTo("slow", 1.0);
},function(){
$(this).fadeTo("slow", 0.3);
});
});

$(function() {
    $('#gallery a').lightBox();
});
</script>

For the code below I will try to explain it the best way I can so you can better understand it. I know not everyone is good with inserting Javascript plugins or changing functions.

The first function inside of the script tag targets the light box plugin. The light box plugin is when you click on an image and the image enlarges without being taken to the direct image location.

For this $(“.thumb-top,.thumb-bottom”).fadeTo(“slow”, 0.3); function it just tells jquery to fade to anything with the class of thumb-top or thumb-bottom. So whenever your mouse is not on the image it will be darken.

For this $(“.thumb-top,.thumb-bottom”).hover(function(){ function it just tells you on hover, or whenever you move over the image with your mouse that it will highlight the image.

For the $(‘#gallery a’).lightBox(); function it just asks you what id tag would you like for it to bring up whenever you click on something with the tag of a href. For example I have the images wrapped inside of the id gallery and every image has an a href assign to it so whenever you click on it jquery knows when to call for the second lightbox function.

Note: Rotation does not work in Internet explorer browsers do to lack of support of Css3.

After that you should now have your very own css3/jquery image gallery. I am no jquery expert but I try to help you guys understand it and a easy way instead of using words that you guys are not familiar with.

Credit

Credit goes to Csswizardry for the css3 image gallery.
Credit goes to Leandrovieira for the lightbox plugin.

How does it work

Whenever you click on a certain link, the page will scroll to that specific link. For example if were to have a long portfolio page and it took forever to reach the bottom I might want to add a link at the bottom of my website that says Back to top and when visitors click on that link the page would scroll to the top.

Script

Add code below to head section or to a separate javascript file. Tells the document to scroll

$(document).ready(function(){
	$(".scroll").click(function(event){
		//prevent the default action for the click event
		event.preventDefault();

		//get the full url - like mysitecom/index.htm#home
		var full_url = this.href;

		//split the url by # and get the anchor target name - home in mysitecom/index.htm#home
		var parts = full_url.split("#");
		var trgt = parts[1];

		//get the top offset of the target anchor
		var target_offset = $("#"+trgt).offset();
		var target_top = target_offset.top;

		//goto that anchor by setting the body scroll top to anchor top
		$('html, body').animate({scrollTop:target_top}, 500);
	});
});

HTML

Add the code below after your head section. I did not include the entire html but you can download it or view the demo.

<body>
<div id="top">
<h1>Thanks for coming to the top</h1>
</div><!--end top-->

<div id="middle">
<h1>Thanks for coming to the middle</h1>
</div><!--end middle-->

<div id="bottom">
<h1>Thanks for coming to the bottom</h1>
</div><!--end bottom-->

<p><a href="#top" class="scroll">Go Top</a></p>

<style>

#top{
height:500px;
background:maroon;
margin-bottom:20px;
}

#middle{
height:500px;
background:olive;
margin-bottom:20px;
}

#bottom{
height:500px;
background:teal;
margin-bottom:20px;
}
</style>
</body>

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