Ribbon effect for main menu in Stay theme

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    jlanglois2014 · Member ·

    Hi there…is it possible to produce a very simple ribbon effect on the main menu in the Stay theme with CSS (similar in look to what is on the Organization theme sample)? I have used border-radius code on my navigation-main selector to get a rounded effect, and increased the menu width to get it to extend beyond the featured image at each edge, but am at a loss as to how to get a shadow effect to make it look like it is wrapping around.

    My site is currently private.

    Any help is much appreciated.

    Thanks

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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    francisbob · Member ·

    If you want to make a shadow, you can use this generator to make the code for you :

    http://css3gen.com/box-shadow/

    Hope this helps !

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    lizthefair · Member ·

    @Francis–that’s a handy and timesaving website with which I was previously unfamiliar. Thanks!

    @jlanglois2014 do let us know if you are able to make this work with a box-shadow. I investigated how they did the effect with the Orgainzation theme as well as found an article about css ribbons in general (http://css3.wikidot.com/blog:wrap-around-ribbons-with-css) but wasn’t able to find anything that didn’t require access to the HTML as well as the CSS.

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    francisbob · Member ·

    @Lizthefair, yeah, it’s pretty nice !

    @jlanglois2014 / @Lizthefair, I’ll try something tonight when I’ll be home, seems that the link @liz posted needs proper HTML markup but I’ll try to ‘piggyback’ the menu code with the ribbon one.

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    lizthefair · Member ·

    @Francis. I’m excited to see what you come up with. This particular question has piqued my curiosity.

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    francisbob · Member ·

    It’s roughly made, but I think you can tune it up a little bit by playing in the code. Looks like this : http://snag.gy/IOEVg.jpg

    Code is here :

    /* CSS Preparation */
#site-navigation .menu-toggle{
  display:block;
  width:100%;
  position:relative;
  top:30px;
  height:30px;
  font-size:0;
}
#site-navigation {
    position: relative;
    top: 20px;
}
#primary-nav-container {
    z-index: 40;
    position: relative;
}
#main{
  position:relative;
  z-index:5;
  top:-60px;
}

.featured img{
  position:relative;
  z-index:0;
}
/* Ribbon */

#site-navigation .menu-toggle {
    z-index: 30;
    display: block;
    height: 30px;
    line-height: 1.3;
    width: 1192px;
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    position: relative;
    left: -6px;
    top: 35px;
    text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px #111;
    border-top: 1px solid #363636;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #202020;
    background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #63B8FF;
    border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px;
    box-shadow: 0px 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}

#site-navigation .menu-toggle::before{
  content: '';
    display: block;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: -11px;
    z-index: -10;
    border: 5px solid;
    border-color: #242424 transparent transparent transparent;
  left:0;
}
#site-navigation .menu-toggle::after{
  content: '';
    display: block;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
    position: absolute;
    bottom: -11px;
    z-index: -10;
    border: 5px solid;
    border-color: #242424 transparent transparent transparent;
  right:0;
}
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    francisbob · Member ·

    Forgot the media query, but it gives you an idea on how to use it.

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    jlanglois2014 · Member ·

    Thanks. I did try the box-shadow code and fiddled around with it to get an effect close to what I want, but it is not ideal. If you can find another solution I will be very happy to try it out!

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    francisbob · Member ·

    Did you try the code I posted ?

  • Unknown's avatar
    jlanglois2014 · Member ·

    Yes, it worked really well! I will work with it to get what I want in terms of placement, colour, etc. but this is exactly what I was looking for. Per my other question, I will need to make sure this shows up properly on mobile so media query is important.

    Thanks so much!

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    francisbob · Member ·

    Enclose the code in :

    @media screen and (min-width:800px){
   CODE
}

    And change the width in ‘#site-navigation .menu-toggle’ for inherit and add max-width:1192px;

    This will make the menu fall back to it’s original look when it’s seen on a tablet or a phone.

  • Unknown's avatar
    jlanglois2014 · Member ·

    Oaky, thanks. I added the media screen and changed the max-width but not sure how to add in inherit?

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    francisbob · Member ·

    Like this!

    width:inherit;

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