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.

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Manoela's Articles (435)

Accordion with CSS3

In Tutorials February 21, 2012 74 Comments

Using hidden inputs and labels, we will create a CSS-only accordion that will animate the content areas on opening and closing. ... read more

Sliding Image Panels with CSS3

In Tutorials January 17, 2012 71 Comments

Today we'll show you how to create some neat sliding image panels with CSS only. The idea is to use background images for the panels and animate them when clicking o... read more

Filter Functionality with CSS3

In Tutorials January 9, 2012 66 Comments

Using the general sibling combinator and the :checked pseudo-class, we can toggle states of other elements by checking a checkbox or a radio button. In this tutorial... read more

Examples of Fresh Effects in Web Design

In Articles January 5, 2012 32 Comments

Having some fresh and maybe even unexpected effects on a website, can juice up the experience for the user. Be it a whole new and experimental way of navigating thro... read more

Thumbnail Proximity Effect with jQuery and CSS3

In Tutorials January 4, 2012 39 Comments

Today we want to show you how to create a neat thumbnail proximity effect with jQuery. The idea is to scale thumbnails when hovering over them and also scale their n... read more

Fullscreen Background Image Slideshow with CSS3

In Tutorials January 2, 2012 150 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 20 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

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