Mary Lou

ML is a freelance web designer and developer with a passion for interaction design. She studied Cognitive Science and Computational Logic and has a weakness for the smell of freshly ground peppercorns.

Website: http://www.codrops.com

Manoela's Articles (404)

Fullscreen Background Image Slideshow with CSS3

In Tutorials January 2, 2012 147 Comments

Happy new year, everybody! Today we will create a CSS-only fullscreen background image slideshow. We'll create different image transitions and also make a title appe... read more

CSS3 Lightbox

In Tutorials December 26, 2011 63 Comments

Today we want to show you how to create a neat lightbox effect using only CSS. The idea is to have some thumbnails that are clickable, and once clicked, the respecti... read more

Slopy Elements with CSS3

In Tutorials December 21, 2011 19 Comments

It's always a delight to see some non-straight elements in web design. Angled shapes and diagonal lines can create an interesting visual flow and add some unexpected... read more

Item Blur Effect with CSS3 and jQuery

In Tutorials December 14, 2011 34 Comments

Today we want to show you how to create a simple blur effect for text-based items. The idea is to have a set of text boxes that will get blurred and scaled down once... read more

Experiments with background-clip: text

In Tutorials December 12, 2011 19 Comments

With the CSS property "background-clip: text" (which is currently only supported in Webkit browsers), we can add a background image to a text element. Today we will ... read more

Splash and Coming Soon Page Effects with CSS3

In Tutorials December 7, 2011 79 Comments

CSS3 opens up so many crazy possibilities and today we want to show you how to go wild with splash and coming soon page effects using CSS3 animations. We'll experime... read more

Lateral On-Scroll Sliding with jQuery

In Tutorials December 5, 2011 53 Comments

After getting the request, we are going to show you how to create a "slide-in on scroll" effect. You've probably seen this cool effect on some websites, like on Nizo... read more

Inspiring Examples of Symbol and Metaphor Use in Web Design

In Articles November 30, 2011 7 Comments

There are many creative ways of showing what a website is about: the use of images, videos, descriptions and more. Symbolic graphics and metaphorical pictures are a ... read more

Typography Effects with CSS3 and jQuery

In Tutorials November 28, 2011 52 Comments

Today we will create a set of nice typography effects for big headlines using CSS3 and jQuery. There are many things we can do with CSS3 animations and transitions a... read more

20 Examples of Centered Website Designs

In Articles November 23, 2011 27 Comments

Centering elements in a web design is a very effective way of creating visual balance. Centered designs can also make responsiveness easier, a property that is becom... read more

Hover and Click Trigger for Circular Elements with jQuery

In Tutorials November 22, 2011 33 Comments

Today we want to share one possible solution to the circle hovering problem. We'll create a plugin that will take care of the 'mouseenter', 'mouseleave' and 'click' ... read more

Elastic Image Slideshow with Thumbnail Preview

In Tutorials November 21, 2011 98 Comments

Today we want to show you how to create a simple elastic slideshow with a thumbnail preview. The slideshow will adjust automatically to its surrounding container and... read more

Fullscreen Image Blur Effect with HTML5

In Playground November 18, 2011 40 Comments

Today we want to share a neat image blur effect with you. Using canvas, we want to blur images on the transition to another one, creating a smooth effect. ... read more

Animated Buttons with CSS3

In Tutorials November 7, 2011 77 Comments

Still hyped by the possibilities of CSS3, I want to share some CSS3 button experiments with you. The idea is to create some animated link elements with different sty... read more

Creative CSS3 Animation Menus

In Tutorials October 24, 2011 122 Comments

Being in the mood for experimenting with CSS3, I'd like to show you some creative menu hover effects in today's tutorial. The idea is to have a simple composition of... read more

Blur Menu with CSS3 Transitions

In Tutorials October 19, 2011 55 Comments

There are so many great things we can do with the additional properties and possibilities that CSS3 brings along. Today I want to show you how to experiment with tex... read more

Wave Display Effect with jQuery

In Playground October 17, 2011 27 Comments

How cool is it to sometimes just display content a little bit differently? Today we want to share an experiment with you that let's you show images and content in a ... read more

Flexible Slide-to-top Accordion

In Tutorials October 12, 2011 99 Comments

In today's tutorial we'll be creating a simple responsive accordion that, when opened, will slide to the top of the viewport and reveal the content by fading it in. ... read more

Circle Navigation Effect with CSS3

In Tutorials October 10, 2011 69 Comments

Today we want to show you how to create a beautiful hover effect for an image navigation using CSS3. The idea is to expand a circular navigation with an arrow and ma... read more

Draggable Image Boxes Grid

In Tutorials October 7, 2011 90 Comments

Today we want to create a template with a fullscreen grid of images and content areas. The idea is to have a draggable grid that shows boxes of thumbnails and menu l... read more

Scrollbar Visibility with jScrollPane

In Tutorials September 30, 2011 43 Comments

Sometimes it can be very useful to hide the scrollbar of elements in a website and only show it when the user really needs it. The real-time activity feed in Faceboo... read more

Responsive Image Gallery with Thumbnail Carousel

In Tutorials September 20, 2011 163 Comments

A tutorial on how to create a responsive image gallery with a thumbnail carousel using Elastislide. Inspired by Twitter's "user gallery" and upon a request to show a... read more

Elastislide – A Responsive jQuery Carousel Plugin

In Playground September 12, 2011 131 Comments

Elastislide is a responsive image carousel that will adapt fluidly in a layout. It is a jQuery plugin that can be laid out horizontally or vertically with a pre-defi... read more

Image Zoom Tour with jQuery

In Playground August 23, 2011 56 Comments

Today we want to share a little zoom tour script with you. Showing a main image initially, we want to be able to zoom into certain parts of the image by clicking on ... read more

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