jQuery Page Scroll

JS : Make a Scrolling Effect Webpage

What this tutorial covers

This demo contains a 9-video demo series that will teach you how to make a single web page with a jQuery page-scrolling easing effect. The software demonstration is done in Dreamweaver, but you could also follow along with any decent script editing program.

Level :: Beginner

Before Starting

If you are using Dreamweaver as in the video, you should go ahead and be sure to change some of your preferences. On a Mac, you will go to the menu item “Dreamweaver > Preferences”, and on Windows, you will go to “Edit > Preferences.” Please set them as illustrated below:

Code hints / Close tags / After Typing '>'
Set Autocompletion Rules
CSS Styles / Use shorthand for all when creating and editing
Setting the CSS writing and editing rules
Set default to HTML5
Setting the default document type
Preview in Browser / Preview Using Temporary File
Setting the browser testing options

 


Demo 01 :: Overview (2:44)

Covered in this video : Introduction to the final outcome goals.


Demo 02 :: Getting Started (11:58)

NOTE: If you already have a basic background in web authoring and know the very basics of the Dreamweaver interface, you can probably skip this video or skim through it.

Covered in this video :: 

  • Creating a root web folder
  • Managing a website in Dreamweaver (DW)
  • Getting the HTML and CSS pages set up in DW
  • Explaining the Design/Split/Code views in DW
  • Explanation of required HTML tags

Demo 03 :: Writing the basic HTML structure (14:02)

Covered in this video ::

  • Creating the navigation list
  • Creating the content area with ‘section’ and ‘article’ HTML5 tags
  • Creating comments in HTML with Dreamweaver tools

Demo 04 :: Linking and Navigation (14:49)

Covered in this video ::

  • Creating navigational links within same page
  • Creating IDs
  • Styling the ‘article’ tags to set height
  • ‘body’ margin and fonts
  • navigation ‘ul’ padding and list style

Demo 05 :: Styling the Navigation Bar (14:52)

Covered in this video ::

  • Fixing the position of navigation bar via styling
  • Explaining ‘fixed’ positioning and document flow
  • Styling navigation list items and anchor tags as buttons
  • Inline vs. block
  • Navigation hover styling (pseudo style)

Demo 06 :: Flow resolution and Adding jQuery (11:03)

Covered in this video ::

  • Adjusting document flow problem : making the ‘header’ content visible in each article
  • Adding jQuery functionality to page for easing effect

 


Demo 07 :: (13:28)

Covered in this video ::

  • Adding decorative background tiling images
  • Adding decorative background cover images (full screen)
  • Centering the content (‘section’)

If you are following along with these tutorials, you can download the zipped set of image files used for the remaining video demos.


Demo 08 :: (14:36)

Covered in this video ::

  • ‘rgba’ color styling with explanation
  • Box shadow styling
  • Adjusting the ‘article’ width to create gutters
  • Adding “Back to Top” image link
  • Problem with DW adding width/height HTML attributes to images
  • Wrapping image in a parent ‘p’ (paragraph) tag to target for styling
  • Adding a class to ‘p’ image parent to target styling

Demo 09 :: (14:08)

Covered in this video ::

  • Styling ‘back_to_top’ image to scale based on parent size
  • Setting minimum and maximum width to items
  • Discuss problems with hover states on mobile devices
  • Add borders to navigation buttons to prevent mobile user confusion

 


Links from the videos

Useful links used in these demo videos: