I have been following an AJAX tutorial to try and load my wordpress post content onto the homepage of my website without having the page reload.
I am not sure why, but when the links are clicked it is still navigating to the page rather than loading the content into the div I specified. Anyway, it is all a bit too much for me and I would love some guidance!
The tutorial link I have been following is - http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/how-to-load-in-and-animate-content-with-jquery/
My live website is - http://www.mathewhood.com
My current code is -
n.b. For those of you not familiar with wordpress, it has a header.php, template.php and footer.php. Each template file calls the header and the footer as to avoid duplication of code. I will link them all though. I have also included the single_portfolio page, which is where the page would normally go to.
ajax.js
$(document).ready(function() {
// Check for hash value in URL
var hash = window.location.hash.substr(1);
var href = $('.caption a').each(function(){
var href = $(this).attr('href');
if(hash==href.substr(0,href.length-5)){
var toLoad = hash+'.html #content';
$('#content').load(toLoad)
}
});
$('#.caption a').click(function(){
var toLoad = $(this).attr('href')+' #content';
$('#content').hide('fast',loadContent);
$('#theContainer').remove();
$('#wrapper').append('<span id="load">LOADING...</span>');
$('#theContainer').fadeIn('normal');
window.location.hash = $(this).attr('href').substr(0,$(this).attr('href').length-5);
function loadContent() {
$('#content').load(toLoad,'',showNewContent())
}
function showNewContent() {
$('#content').show('normal',hideLoader());
}
function hideLoader() {
$('#theContainer').fadeOut('normal');
}
return false;
});
});
header.php
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
<title><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?> | <?php wp_title(); ?></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo( 'stylesheet_url' ); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Actor' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans+Narrow:700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/js/ajax.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
//move the image in pixel
var move = 8;
//zoom percentage, 1.2 =120%
var zoom = 1;
//On mouse over those thumbnail
$('.recentPost').hover(function() {
//Set the width and height according to the zoom percentage
width = $('.recentPost').width() * zoom;
height = $('.recentPost').height() * zoom;
//Move and zoom the image
$(this).find('img').stop(false,true).animate({'width':width, 'height':height<?php /*?>, 'top':move, 'left':move<?php */?>}, {duration:200});
//Display the caption
$(this).find('div.caption').stop(false,true).fadeIn(200);
},
function() {
//Reset the image
$(this).find('img').stop(false,true).animate({'width':$('.recentPost').width(), 'height':$('.recentPost').height()<?php /*?>, 'top':'8', 'left':'8'<?php */?>}, {duration:100});
//Hide the caption
$(this).find('div.caption').stop(false,true).fadeOut(200);
});
});
</script>
<script>
$('.thumbs').click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var contents = $(this).closest('.recentPost').find('.caption').html();
var $container = $('#theContainer').html(contents);
$container.show().animate({height:200}, {duration: 1000, easing: 'jswing'}).animate({height:150}, {duration: 1000, easing: 'easeInOutCirc'});
$container.click(function(){
$container.animate({height:200}, {duration: 1000, easing: 'easeInExpo'})
$container.fadeOut('slow');
$container.html('');
});
});
</script>
<?php wp_head();?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="wrapper">
<div id="container">
<div id="headerWrap">
<a href="http://www.mathewhood.com"><div id="logo"></div></a>
<div id="nav"></div>
</div>
page_home.php
<?php get_header();?>
<div id="contentWrap">
<div id="theContainer"></div>
<div id="newBanner"></div>
<?php query_posts('category_name=portfolio&showposts=12'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="recentPost">
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<?php the_post_thumbnail('204, 144', array('class' => 'thumbs')); ?>
</a>
<a href="<?php the_permalink();?>">
<div class="caption">
<div class="captionTitle"><?php the_title(); ?></div>
<p><?php the_content();?></p>
</div>
</a>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<div class="cleared"></div>
</div>
<?php get_footer();?>
single_portfolio.php
<?php
/*
Template Name: Single Portfolio
*/
?>
<?php get_header();?>
<div id="contentWrap">
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="content">
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<?php get_footer();?>
I didn't put in footer.php because it is isn't necessary for you to see it.
Please help me out if you can, I really have no idea where to go from here :(
