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Adding Yellow Fade

stuartstuart
edited January 2008 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
I have just read a post over at YourTotalSite that gives you a quick and dirty way to add the Yellow Fade Technique to any anchor which appears at the end of the URL string. So, Im hoping I can use it to highlight the latest post in a thread (as the link from the discussion list ends #item_x). Its basically just a JS file, but I cant seem to get it to work. The JS file is here: http://www.36-degrees.co.uk/assets/YellowFade.js the example is here: http://www.36-degrees.co.uk/assets/YellowFadeExample.html and the original article is here: http://www.yourtotalsite.com/archives/javascript/yellowfade_technique_for/Default.aspx Cheers Stuart.
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  • nathannathan
    Nice. I like this. The double flash might be a little over the top, but a single fade would do nicely. Shouldn't be too hard to implement either. Good work.
  • nifkinnifkin
    upload the YellowFade.js to your js directory inside your Vanilla install.

    <?php /* Extension Name: YellowFade Effect (For Stuart) Extension Url: http://michaelraichelson.com/hacks/vanilla/ Description: Adds the YellowFade effect on some stuff. Version: 0.1 Author: Michael Raichelson Author Url: http://michaelraichelson.com/ */ if(in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array("index.php", "categories.php", "comments.php", "search.php", "post.php", "account.php", "settings.php"))){ $Head->AddScript("./js/YellowFade.js"); } ?>
  • stuartstuart
    Cheers Nifkin, I had made a similar extension, but kept the file outside my vanilla directory, will that make a difference, as it wasnt working at all.
  • nathannathan
    brilliant. thanks for that *runs off to install*
  • stuartstuart
    just gave that a try, but to no avail. Im guessing it is a CSS problem?
  • stuartstuart
    nathan > if you want to change the double flash to a single, open upthe js file, and change the number in 'startfadeat' to 14, that will give the single fade.
  • nathannathan
    Thanks. I know a fair bit about js, so I have done that already. It does not work fo rme though (the extension that is)
  • lechlech ✭
    nifkin is on a role today.
  • stuartstuart
    yeah, im just looking through it at the minute to see what the problem is, let me know if you fix it before me!
  • nathannathan
    I will do.
  • nifkinnifkin
    it worked for me on my install, try making a new post in a thread.
  • nathannathan
    I did that. *tries again*
  • stuartstuart
    dont suppose this will require 0.9.2 will it?
  • nathannathan
    BINGO! some of the changes I made to the js file made it stop working. Works now. Cheers.
  • stuartstuart
    hmmm... mine still isnt working... did you do anything special nathan?
  • nifkinnifkin
    edited July 2005
    It shouldn't be a question of version. Or at least that's what I'm assuming. $Head->AddScript() is how all the other JS is referenced when a page is built from what I'm looking at.

    Do you have the .js file in the vanilla js directory or somewhere else?

    Is it named with the Caps in the file name (YellowFade.js)?
  • stuartstuart
    edited July 2005
    yes and yes. Im going to try it on the default style, and not my custom one and see what happens. answer - nothing :)
  • vinayvinay
    hmm stuart, maybe try it with a fresh install, and then backtrack to see why it's not working?
  • stuartstuart
    edited July 2005
    right, im clearly doing something wrong. tried a fresh install, and still no joy. could you chuck me your extension file and YellowFade.js files please nathan. here or email stuart [at] 36-degrees.co.uk
  • nifkinnifkin
    edited July 2005
    1 sec.

    links for everything are over here
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