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<\/a>Card-flipping uses the CSS3 transform property, which is supported by Internet Explorer 10, Firefox and Opera (2D only). Safari and Chrome use the alternative -webkit-transform property whilst Internet Explorer 9 has its own alternative -ms-transform which is 2D only.<\/p>\n
This solution is going to be based on the techniques described in this\u00a0CSS3 3D Transform Card Flip Gallery tutorial<\/a> by Kevin Liew.<\/p>\n Have a look at the demo<\/a> to get a better idea of what we are going to be producing.<\/p>\n I’m not going to go into how it works as Kevin’s already done that; I’m just going to focus on how to integrate the approach into your WordPress site in four steps.<\/p>\n There’s a download<\/a> at the bottom of the article which contains a child theme based on the TwentyTwelve theme.<\/p>\n As always, the customisations are going to be added to a child theme. If you don’t know how to set up a child theme then read this article<\/a> in the WordPress Codex.<\/p>\n When you created your child theme you would have created a style.css file. Open it up and copy and paste in the following CSS<\/p>\n The only consideration here is in the very first declaration, .thumb<\/em>, where the width<\/em> and height<\/em> of the image is set – you’ll want to set these to whatever is appropriate for your site.<\/p>\n Also, the margins (right and bottom) are set to 5px, providing a fairly narrow gap between the images. You might want to enlarge this or remove it completely if you want the images to sit right up against each other.<\/p>\n This solution requires jQuery<\/em> to handle the toggling of the classes and Modernizr<\/a>\u00a0 to check the capabilities of the browser and whether to card-flip or scroll. Check to see if your theme uses either of these libraries already.<\/p>\n To add these libraries to your pages, open or create a functions.php<\/em>\u00a0file in your child theme and add the following code:<\/p>\n We are pulling the libraries from CDNJS<\/a> just to make it easier.<\/p>\n Now we need to insert the custom Javscript into the page:<\/p>\n The add_cardflip_js<\/em> function will only add this Javascript if the current URL is for the homepage, a category listing or an archive listing. You can remove the if statement and if you prefer the Javascript to appear in all front-end pages.<\/p>\n As you can see, there is a check for CSS3 transform capabability and if not supported then the script will implement a scroll-up effect.<\/p>\n The last step is to ensure that the required HTML is output for the listing pages. To do this we only need to alter one template, content.php<\/em>, to output the card-flip HTML if the home page, a category listing or an archive page is being generated.<\/p>\n Copy content.php from the parent theme to the child theme. Open it and add\u00a0this code immediately before the “<article>” tag:<\/p>\n Close the if<\/em> statement by adding the following to the bottom of the template:<\/p>\n Your child theme should now consist of three files: content.php, functions.php and style.css. Activate this child theme and jump to the site and you’ll find that your homepage, category and archives listings are now post-listing-card-flipping wonderwalls.<\/p>\n Next time we’ll look at the Colorizer, a more subtle technique for presenting all featured images in monochrome and then turning them to color on mouseover.<\/p>\n Do you have a favourite site that uses a post-listing wonderwall? If so, let everyone know by posting a link in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>Download:\u00a0Card Flipper Demo Theme<\/a>\u00a0(zipped, requires TwentyTwelve)<\/p>\nStep 1 – Create a Child Theme<\/h2>\n
Step 2 – Add the Custom Styling to Style.css<\/h2>\n
\r\n\r\n.thumb {\r\ndisplay:block;\r\nwidth:300px;\r\nheight:140px;\r\nposition:relative;\r\nmargin-bottom:5px;\r\nmargin-right:5px;\r\nfloat:left;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb-wrapper {\r\ndisplay:block;\r\nwidth:100%;\r\nheight:100%;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb img {\r\nwidth:100%;\r\nheight:100%;\r\nposition:absolute;\r\ndisplay:block;\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb .thumb-detail {\r\ndisplay:block;\r\nwidth:100%;\r\nheight:100%;\r\nposition:absolute;\r\nbackground:#fff;\r\nfont-family:arial;\r\nfont-weight:bold;\r\nfont-size:16px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb .thumb-detail a {\r\ndisplay:block;\r\nwidth:95%;\r\nheight:100%;\r\ntext-transform:uppercase;\r\nfont-weight:bold;\r\ncolor:#333;\r\ntext-decoration:none;\r\nfont-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;\r\nletter-spacing:-1px;\r\npadding:10px;\r\nfont-size:18px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/*\r\n* Without CSS3\r\n*\/\r\n.thumb.scroll {\r\noverflow: hidden;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb.scroll .thumb-detail {\r\nbottom:-280px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n\/*\r\n* CSS3 Flip\r\n*\/\r\n.thumb.flip {\r\n-webkit-perspective:800px;\r\n-moz-perspective:800px;\r\n-ms-perspective:800px;\r\n-o-perspective:800px;\r\nperspective:800px;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb.flip .thumb-wrapper {\r\n-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 1s;\r\n-moz-transition: -moz-transform 1s;\r\n-ms-transition: -moz-transform 1s;\r\n-o-transition: -moz-transform 1s;\r\ntransition: -moz-transform 1s;\r\n-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;\r\n-moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;\r\n-ms-transform-style: preserve-3d;\r\n-o-transform-style: preserve-3d;\r\ntransform-style: preserve-3d;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb.flip .thumb-detail {\r\n-webkit-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n-moz-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n-ms-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n-o-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\ntransform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb.flip img,\r\n.thumb.flip .thumb-detail {\r\n-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;\r\n-moz-backface-visibility: hidden;\r\n-ms-backface-visibility: hidden;\r\n-o-backface-visibility: hidden;\r\nbackface-visibility: hidden;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.thumb.flip .flipIt {\r\n-webkit-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n-moz-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n-ms-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n-o-transform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\ntransform: rotateY(-180deg);\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\nStep 3 – Include the Javascript<\/h2>\n
\r\n\r\nfunction cf_load_javascript() {\r\n\r\nwp_enqueue_script( 'jQuery', 'http:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/2.0.3\/jquery.min.js', false, false, false);\r\nwp_enqueue_script( 'modernizr', 'http:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/modernizr\/2.6.2\/modernizr.min.js', false, false, false );\r\n}\r\n\r\nadd_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts' , 'cf_load_javascript' );\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n\r\n\r\nfunction add_cardflip_js() {\r\n\r\nif ( is_category() || is_home() || is_archive() ) {\r\n\r\necho "\r\n<img src="data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-wp-preserve="%3Cscript%3E%0A%0A(function(%24)%20%7B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20Utilize%20the%20modernzr%20feature%20support%20class%20to%20detect%20CSS%203D%20transform%20support%0Aif%20(%24('html').hasClass('csstransforms3d'))%20%7B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20if%20it's%20supported%2C%20remove%20the%20scroll%20effect%20add%20the%20cool%20card%20flipping%20instead%0A%24('.thumb').removeClass('scroll').addClass('flip')%3B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20add%2Fremove%20flip%20class%20that%20make%20the%20transition%20effect%0A%24('.thumb.flip').hover(%0Afunction%20()%20%7B%0A%24(this).find('.thumb-wrapper').addClass('flipIt')%3B%0A%7D%2C%0Afunction%20()%20%7B%0A%24(this).find('.thumb-wrapper').removeClass('flipIt')%3B%0A%7D%0A)%3B%0A%0A%7D%20else%20%7B%0A%0A%2F%2F%20CSS%203D%20is%20not%20supported%2C%20use%20the%20scroll%20up%20effect%20instead%0A%24('.thumb').hover(%0Afunction%20()%20%7B%0A%24(this).find('.thumb-detail').stop().animate(%7Bbottom%3A0%7D%2C%20500%2C%20'easeOutCubic')%3B%0A%7D%2C%0Afunction%20()%20%7B%0A%24(this).find('.thumb-detail').stop().animate(%7Bbottom%3A%20(%24(this).height()%20*%20-1)%20%7D%2C%20500%2C%20'easeOutCubic')%3B%0A%7D%0A)%3B%0A%0A%7D%0A%0A%7D)(jQuery)%3B%0A%0A%3C%2Fscript%3E" data-mce-resize="false" data-mce-placeholder="1" class="mce-object" width="20" height="20" alt="<script>" title="<script>" \/>";\r\n\r\n} \/* if *\/\r\n\r\n}\r\n\r\nadd_action ( 'wp_footer' , 'add_cardflip_js' );\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\nStep 4 – Change the Content.php Template to Generate the HTML<\/h2>\n
\r\n\r\n<?php \/\/ only output card-flipping HTML when on a listings page if ( is_category() || is_home() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class="thumb scroll">\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class="thumb-wrapper">\r\n\r\n<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ?>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class="thumb-detail">\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<?php the_category(':'); ?>\r\n\r\n<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title() ?><\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<?php } else { ?>\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n\r\n\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
Activate and Test<\/h2>\n