Posted 6 years ago #
I have both the "Fade Anything Technique" js installed, and the Twilight FAT plugin (not both at the same time). I can successfully fade different elements of my site, but I am trying (in vain) to figure out how to fade just the last post like here in the WP support.
I think I have to get the post ID and pass it to a custom script, but not sure. Anyone know how WP did this?
Posted 6 years ago #
Don't know, but the stuff here is done with Ajax. You might do a google search for info on it, and here's a link to one article: http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000385.php
Posted 6 years ago #
Thanks, I will look it up.
Posted 6 years ago #
From what I gather, AJAX is the server-client operations that perform background functions so the user experience seems seemless...WP may use AJAX in the posts (I believe you if you say so), but I think the fade is the YFT or FAT. Does the ajax transaction call the Yellow Fade Technique (or FAT or whatever?)
I can't see how I can identify the new comment on the page refresh to somehow pass that info to the FAT javascript.
Posted 6 years ago #
actually, I just posted above and the page never refreshed! THAT is what AJAX does...
Now how to do the fade without ajax...hmmm
Posted 6 years ago #
LOL, vkaryl: just saw you are a mod...do you know of any way to do this without AJAX? I am not that smart yet to employ such a solution.
Posted 6 years ago #
I don't, vetto. I know that AJAX is being used here to instantly update the posts, but I am ANYTHING but a coding whiz....
I can tweak stuff, but not originate it. Big difference. I would bet there's some js out there that does what you want or something similar that would be tweakable, but I don't actually know what it is, so of course don't know where to find it. I'd suggest you start living on the free-script sites. And google IS your friend - or yahoo if that's your pref.
In fact, to point up my own "brainfade" in this direction, there's a post by Denis deBernardy re some updates to various of his plugins, one of which is a "simple" framebuster - and which I posted I was very glad to have.... because I can't write the "two simple" lines of js....
[[BTW, being a mod doesn't mean I KNOW anything, y'know? All it means is that I spend a lot of time here anyway, and I'm relatively trustworthy and somewhat knowledgeable! *laughing*]]
Posted 6 years ago #
Thanks. ;)
I think I will have to create my own js to pass the newly created comment ID to the fade script so ONLY that id gets faded...should be do-able, I can read js pretty well but writing it is another story. (kinda like english)
Im leaving this open for a few days to see whatelse anyone thinks.
Any js coders out there?
Posted 6 years ago #
Include this Javascript file in your page
http://wordpress.org/support/bb-scripts/fat.js
Create your new element and its children, and their content, using W3C DOM methods:
var mytag = document.createElement('div');
mytag.id = '1049395'; // unique name
// ...
(for examples see function newTagCompletion() in http://wordpress.org/support/bb-scripts/topic.js)
// call the fade function
Fat.fade_element(newcomment.id);
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