Animated Background Headers
By Rachel Smith on
A collection of animated background header effects for your inspiration. We use Canvas and Javascript to create an animated background for large site headers.
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In this category you will find experiments, plugins and articles related to web development and programming. Here we present some new ideas and inspiration for solving problems and tackling challenges around web development.
Off-Canvas Menu Effects
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration for off-canvas menu effects and styles using CSS transitions and SVG path animations.
Tab Styles Inspiration
By Mary Lou on
A couple of modern and subtle tab styles and effects for your inspiration. We use pseudo-elements, SVGs and CSS transitions for some of the techniques.
Fullscreen Form Interface
By Mary Lou on
An experimental fullscreen form concept where the idea is to allow distraction-free form filling with some fancy animations when moving between form fields.
Notification Styles Inspiration
By Mary Lou on
Some simple ideas and effects for unobtrusive website notifications. A little script is employed for showcasing some styles and CSS animations are used for the effec
Inspiration for Custom Select Elements
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration for styling a custom version of the select element. There are many possibilities and today we are exploring some ideas of how to let the user select
Draggable Dual-View Slideshow
By Mary Lou on
An experimental slideshow that is draggable and has two views: fullscreen and small carousel. In fullscreen view, a related content area can be viewed.
Ideas for Subtle Hover Effects
By Mary Lou on
Some creative and subtle hover effect inspiration using modern CSS techniques including 3D translate and pseudo elements.
Inspiration for Inline Anchor Styles
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration for creative and modern inline anchor styles and hover effects using different techniques like pseudo-element transitions and SVGs.
Arrow Navigation Styles
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration for arrow navigation styles and hover effects using SVG icons for the arrows, and CSS transitions and animations for the effects.
Inspiration for Article Intro Effects
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration for effects applied to title headers of articles with a fullscreen image. The idea is to show some creative transition when continuing to the articl
Morphing Buttons Concept
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration for a morphing button concept where the action element (button) morphs into a component. The examples show different types of components, i.e. fulls
Page Loading Effects
By Mary Lou on
A set of creative page loading effects that use SVG animations with Snap.svg. The idea is to show an overlay with a interesting shape animation while new content get
Minimal Form Interface
By Mary Lou on
A very simplistic form interface that shows only one text input at a time and reveals the next input with a subtle transition. The concept is based on the form at th
3D Grid Effect
By Mary Lou on
A proof-of-concept effect recreation of the animation seen in a prototype app by Marcus Eckert. The idea is to flip a grid item in 3D, expand it to fullscreen and re
Inspiration for Item Transitions
By Mary Lou on
Some inspiration and ideas for item transitions considering different scenarios and use cases, including a small component, a full-width image header and a product i
Simple Stack Effects
By Mary Lou on
A set of simple stack effects for inspiration. The main idea is to have one item shown initially and then, on some trigger, more items are revealed as decoration. As
Fullscreen Overlay Effects
By Mary Lou on
Some simple and creative overlay styles and effects. From sliding the overlay into the viewport to using SVG morphing shapes, we explore some effects for fullscreen