I’m currently working on my online portfolio, a website that I’m making on my own just so I can increase my potentials for getting asked for a job and then hired. I’m also making it so I can convince some investors to invest in an 7 minute, dialogue free, animated short film that I want to make over the summer. I’ve selected a neat looking CSS template, quite professional and modern looking, Flash free, which I gave credit to on the bottom of the page, and I’m trying to make it where the links reveal specific divs related to the link I just clicked. Unfortunately, I’ve tried so many different methods, and none of them seem to work. I’m working on this for my own free will, not because a college professor asked me to. Here’s the HTML and Javascript Code code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Slide Down Box Menu with jQuery and CSS3</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<meta name="description" content="Slide Down Box Menu with jQuery and CSS3" />
<meta name="keywords" content="film, video, director, writer, voice over, voice acting, voice actor, cameraman, narrator, computer programmer, puppeteer, web developer, cartoonist, Java, Ada, Python, HTML, XML, SQL, C#, drawing, paper, cartoon, voices, directing, writing, Microsoft Word, OS, Windows, Mac, troubleshooting, design, designing, up and coming, media guru, Jordan White, jordan white, Kennesaw, GA, Kennesaw GA, Atlanta, Marietta, movies, encoding, editing, editor, encoder, conversion, hard working, motivated, autistic, autism, influenced, amazing, amazed, Jordan White director, Jordan White voice actor, Jordan White computer programmer, Jordan White voice actor, Jordan White cameraman, Jordan White editor, Jordan White cartoonist, Jordan White autism, Jordan White puppeteer, puppets, Dunwitty's Media Basket, Jordan White writer, Jordan White film, Jordan White video, camerawork, highly influenced by Disney animation, highly influenced by Pixar animation, highly influenced by Rankin Bass animation"/>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="../favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>
<style>
body{
background:#333 url(bg.jpg) repeat top left;
font-family:Arial;
}
span.reference{
position:fixed;
left:10px;
bottom:10px;
font-size:12px;
}
span.reference a{
color:#aaa;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-decoration:none;
text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #000;
margin-right:30px;
}
span.reference a:hover{
color:#ddd;
}
div.about {
margin: 1px;
width: 700px;
height: 400px;
overflow: auto;
float: right;
display: none;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 12px;
color: #666;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
border-radius: 10px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
ul.sdt_menu{
margin-top:150px;
}
h1.title{
text-indent:-9000px;
background:transparent url(title.png) no-repeat top left;
width:890px;
height:69px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="content">
<h1 class="title">Official Website of Jordan White, up and coming Media Guru</h1>
<ul id="sdt_menu" class="sdt_menu">
<li id="aboutlink">
<a href="#">
<img src="images/2.jpg" alt=""/>
<span class="sdt_active"></span>
<span class="sdt_wrap">
<span class="sdt_link">About Me</span>
<span class="sdt_descr">Get to know me</span>
</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<img src="images/1.jpg" alt=""/>
<span class="sdt_active"></span>
<span class="sdt_wrap">
<span class="sdt_link">Portfolio</span>
<span class="sdt_descr">My work</span>
</span>
</a>
<div class="sdt_box">
<a href="#">Websites</a>
<a href="#">Illustrations</a>
<a href="#">Photography</a>
</div>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<img src="images/3.jpg" alt=""/>
<span class="sdt_active"></span>
<span class="sdt_wrap">
<span class="sdt_link">Inspiration</span>
<span class="sdt_descr">Where ideas get born</span>
</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<img src="images/4.jpg" alt=""/>
<span class="sdt_active"></span>
<span class="sdt_wrap">
<span class="sdt_link">Photos</span>
<span class="sdt_descr">I like to photograph</span>
</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<img src="images/5.jpg" alt=""/>
<span class="sdt_active"></span>
<span class="sdt_wrap">
<span class="sdt_link">Blog</span>
<span class="sdt_descr">I write about design</span>
</span>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#">
<img src="images/6.jpg" alt=""/>
<span class="sdt_active"></span>
<span class="sdt_wrap">
<span class="sdt_link">Projects</span>
<span class="sdt_descr">I like to code</span>
</span>
</a>
<div class="sdt_box">
<a href="#">Job Board Website</a>
<a href="#">Shopping Cart</a>
<a href="#">Interactive Maps</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="about">
<div>
<img src="images/jordanimage.jpg" alt="" id="jordanpic"/>
</div>
<div align="right">
<p align="left" id="para1">My name is Jordan White.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<span class="reference">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arcticpuppy/sets/72157622090180990/">Images by tibchris</a>
<a href="http://tympanus.net/codrops/2010/07/16/slide-down-box-menu/">CSS Web Template Courtesy of Codrops</a>
</span>
</div>
<!-- The JavaScript -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.easing.1.3.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
/**
* for each menu element, on mouseenter,
* we enlarge the image, and show both sdt_active span and
* sdt_wrap span. If the element has a sub menu (sdt_box),
* then we slide it - if the element is the last one in the menu
* we slide it to the left, otherwise to the right
*/
$('#sdt_menu > li').bind('mouseenter',function(){
var $elem = $(this);
$elem.find('img')
.stop(true)
.animate({
'width':'170px',
'height':'170px',
'left':'0px'
},400,'easeOutBack')
.andSelf()
.find('.sdt_wrap')
.stop(true)
.animate({'top':'140px'},500,'easeOutBack')
.andSelf()
.find('.sdt_active')
.stop(true)
.animate({'height':'170px'},300,function(){
var $sub_menu = $elem.find('.sdt_box');
if($sub_menu.length){
var left = '170px';
if($elem.parent().children().length == $elem.index()+1)
left = '-170px';
$sub_menu.show().animate({'left':left},200);
}
});
}).bind('mouseleave',function(){
var $elem = $(this);
var $sub_menu = $elem.find('.sdt_box');
if($sub_menu.length)
$sub_menu.hide().css('left','0px');
$elem.find('.sdt_active')
.stop(true)
.animate({'height':'0px'},300)
.andSelf().find('img')
.stop(true)
.animate({
'width':'0px',
'height':'0px',
'left':'85px'},400)
.andSelf()
.find('.sdt_wrap')
.stop(true)
.animate({'top':'25px'},500);
});
$('std_menu.sdt_link').click(function(){
$("div.about:hidden:first").fadeIn('slow');
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Here’s the CSS style sheet:
ul.sdt_menu{
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style: none;
font-family:"Myriad Pro", "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;
font-size:14px;
width:1020px;
}
ul.sdt_menu a{
text-decoration:none;
outline:none;
}
ul.sdt_menu li{
float:left;
width:170px;
height:85px;
position:relative;
cursor:pointer;
}
ul.sdt_menu li > a{
position:absolute;
top:0px;
left:0px;
width:170px;
height:85px;
z-index:12;
background:transparent url(../images/overlay.png) no-repeat bottom right;
-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 2px #000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 2px #000 inset;
box-shadow:0px 0px 2px #000 inset;
}
ul.sdt_menu li a img{
border:none;
position:absolute;
width:0px;
height:0px;
bottom:0px;
left:85px;
z-index:100;
-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 4px #000;
-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 4px #000;
box-shadow:0px 0px 4px #000;
}
ul.sdt_menu li span.sdt_wrap{
position:absolute;
top:25px;
left:0px;
width:170px;
height:60px;
z-index:15;
}
ul.sdt_menu li span.sdt_active{
position:absolute;
background:#111;
top:85px;
width:170px;
height:0px;
left:0px;
z-index:14;
-moz-box-shadow:0px 0px 4px #000 inset;
-webkit-box-shadow:0px 0px 4px #000 inset;
box-shadow:0px 0px 4px #000 inset;
}
ul.sdt_menu li span span.sdt_link,
ul.sdt_menu li span span.sdt_descr,
ul.sdt_menu li div.sdt_box a{
margin-left:15px;
text-transform:uppercase;
text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #000;
}
ul.sdt_menu li span span.sdt_link{
color:#fff;
font-size:24px;
float:left;
clear:both;
}
ul.sdt_menu li span span.sdt_descr{
color:#0B75AF;
float:left;
clear:both;
width:155px; /*For dumbass IE7*/
font-size:10px;
letter-spacing:1px;
}
ul.sdt_menu li div.sdt_box{
display:block;
position:absolute;
width:170px;
overflow:hidden;
height:170px;
top:85px;
left:0px;
display:none;
background:#000;
}
ul.sdt_menu li div.sdt_box a{
float:left;
clear:both;
line-height:30px;
color:#0B75AF;
}
ul.sdt_menu li div.sdt_box a:first-child{
margin-top:15px;
}
ul.sdt_menu li div.sdt_box a:hover{
color:#fff;
}
May someone please help me in getting these links to work so I can further use other tutorials to style up the divs that end up getting revealed by the links?