jquery-BackgroundAnimate
What does this plugin do?
The purpose of this plugin is to allow you to immediately animate any background image. It's really simple, all you have to do is give your selected element a background image and then decide which direction you would like it to move and at what speed.
Requires
- jQuery
- HTML web page with CSS
Installation
- Download the jQuery plugin file, you can choose the normal version or the .min for faster load times
- Include both jQuery and the plugin file in your HTML head, jQuery must be before the plugin
- Select which HTML elements background you would like to animate
- Give that element a
background-image,background-positionand set thebackground-repeatin CSS - Create the line of jQuery to reference that element and initiate the plugin
Demo
You can view a live demo at the following location: Demo Link
Usage
The following is a basic example of how to use the plugin.
There are no limits as to how many elements you can animate and you can animate most tags. It can work well on the body with an image that fades at the edges.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>BackgroundAnimate.js Demo</title> <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="jquery.BackgroundAnimate.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { $("#demo-box-1").backgroundScroll({speed: "20", direction: "e", timeout: "600000"}); //Timesout after 10 minutes }); </script> <style type="text/css"> #demo-box-1{ background-image:url(http://pixabay.com/static/uploads/photo/2013/06/09/19/22/landscape-123830_640.jpg); /* background-image is required to work */ background-repeat:repeat; /* Required */ background-position:0 top; /* Required */ height:400px; width:600px; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="demo-box-1"></div> </body> </html>
