Creating a simple Hover effect using Blank Canvas
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Overview
Nosto's UGC Blank Canvas Widget allows users to very quickly and easily design their own Widget templates to suit their organisation's requirements. Included on this page is several simple templates which can be used by customers who want a different way to render image and text content Tiles via Stackla.
Each of the designs have been inspired from LittleSnippets.net, an online blog which contains hundreds of free CSS3/HTML code snippets.
The code and samples below have been optimised for predominately Instagram content, however it can be easily adjusted based upon your requirements.
Sample #1
In this first sample we are introducing an Angle Line treatment which is present both on the Tile rest state and expands once the user hovers over the respective tile. In this design we introduce the Content Creator and the Tile text on mouse-over.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #2
In this sample we introduce a basic hover once the user interacts with the respective tile. Here the treatment sees the hover come from the base of the tile and expand vertically, revealing the additional Tile details.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #3
In this sample we are using CSS to create a block transition effect on the hover-over before revealing the Content Creator and Tile message.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #4
For this Sample, we are presenting the User Handle and the Network source on the rest view, and then introducing the Tile text on hover with a series of lines.
In this sample we introduce a basic hover once the user interacts with the respective tile. Here the treatment sees the hover come from the base of the tile and expand vertically, revealing the additional Tile details.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #5
Simple hover effect, with a negative treatment.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #6
The hover treatment in this example sees the Image shrink and disappear to the right on hover-over.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #7
Simple horizontal slide effect on hover-over.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
Sample #8
Simple vertical reveal more on the respective tiles.
Output
Tile Markup
CSS
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