Creating Metro style buttons

Mick in Tutorials

May 02, 2013

Today i was messing with photoshop and a cool idea popped in my head. Why not create some metro styled buttons with transitions and animation to navigate your forum using SimplePortal HTML blocks top or bottom.

Nothing fancy but sure will call users attention.

Demo: Metro Blocks

Download the ZIP below and upload the images to the image folder. Make sure the URL to the images are correct in the code.

Create a HTML block Top or Bottom and add the following:

	<ul class="portfolio-grid">
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/1.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/2.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/3.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/4.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/5.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/6.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/7.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/8.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/9.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
					<li>
						<a href="#" class="animated flipInX">
							<img src="../images/10.png" alt="img01"/>
						</a>
					</li>
				</ul>

In your ccs.index file add this at the very bottom:

.portfolio-grid {
	list-style: none;
	padding: 0;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-align: center;
	width: 100%;
}
.portfolio-grid li {
	display: inline-block;
	margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
	vertical-align: top;
        width:212px;
}
.portfolio-grid li > a,
.portfolio-grid li > a img {
        width: 100%;
	border: none;
	outline: none;
	display: block;
	position: relative;
        transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
        -moz-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
        -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
        -o-transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
.portfolio-grid li > a img:hover {
        border-radius: 50%;
        z-index: 9999;
}

.animated{-webkit-animation-duration:1s;-moz-animation-duration:1s;-o-animation-duration:1s;animation-duration:1s;-webkit-animation-fill-mode:both;-moz-animation-fill-mode:both;-o-animation-fill-mode:both;animation-fill-mode:both;}
@-webkit-keyframes flipInX {
    0% {
        -webkit-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(90deg);
        opacity: 0;
    }
    
    40% {
        -webkit-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(-10deg);
    }
    
    70% {
        -webkit-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(10deg);
    }
    
    100% {
        -webkit-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(0deg);
        opacity: 1;
    }
}
@-moz-keyframes flipInX {
    0% {
        -moz-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(90deg);
        opacity: 0;
    }
    
    40% {
        -moz-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(-10deg);
    }
    
    70% {
        -moz-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(10deg);
    }
    
    100% {
        -moz-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(0deg);
        opacity: 1;
    }
}
@-o-keyframes flipInX {
    0% {
        -o-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(90deg);
        opacity: 0;
    }
    
    40% {
        -o-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(-10deg);
    }
    
    70% {
        -o-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(10deg);
    }
    
    100% {
        -o-transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(0deg);
        opacity: 1;
    }
}
@keyframes flipInX {
    0% {
        transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(90deg);
        opacity: 0;
    }
    
    40% {
        transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(-10deg);
    }
    
    70% {
        transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(10deg);
    }
    
    100% {
        transform: perspective(400px) rotateX(0deg);
        opacity: 1;
    }
}

.flipInX {
	-webkit-backface-visibility: visible !important;
	-webkit-animation-name: flipInX;
	-moz-backface-visibility: visible !important;
	-moz-animation-name: flipInX;
	-o-backface-visibility: visible !important;
	-o-animation-name: flipInX;
	backface-visibility: visible !important;
	animation-name: flipInX;
}

Have fun!

Icons used by IcoMoon App - Icon Font Generator

Tagged with: metro buttons css smf block simpleportal

Mick G

Mick is an American theme designer for Simple Machines Forum software currently living in South Florida, USA. He runs idesignSMF and started tinkering with SMF in 2006 where he created several SMF forums of his own before he founded idesignSMF in 2009 to which he is dedicated full time and has a weakness for Tacos and Pizza.

Website: https://www.idesignsmf.com/