Add jQuery Color Fading Menu to Blogger:Digital Tech Inspiration

Today I am sharing a simple dark jQuery color fading menu to blogger blog. This menu has a one step installation process. This menu has a simple and attractive look and feel effect.
You can use this to beautify your blog to make it more appealing to your readers.

Have a look at the live demo and if you find it amazing or just want to give it a try, then get on with the tutorial to add it on your blog/website.

LIVE DEMO

How To Add jQuery Color Fading Menu in Blogger Blog?

STEP #1: Log on to Blogger

STEP #2: Go to Dashboard>Template

STEP #3: Click on Edit HTML>Proceed

STEP #4: Tick on Expanded Template Widget check box

STEP #5: Take a Backup your template

STEP #6: Find (Ctrl + f) for the code below

</head>

STEP #7: Just above that paste the following code.

//<![CDATA[

* jQuery Color Animations

* Released under the MIT and GPL licenses.

(function(jQuery){

// We override the animation for all of these color styles

jQuery.each(['backgroundColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderTopColor', 'color', 'outlineColor'], function(i,attr){

jQuery.fx.step[attr] = function(fx){

if ( fx.state == 0 ) {

fx.start = getColor( fx.elem, attr );

fx.end = getRGB( fx.end );

}

fx.elem.style[attr] = "rgb(" + [

Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[0] - fx.start[0])) + fx.start[0]), 255), 0),

Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[1] - fx.start[1])) + fx.start[1]), 255), 0),

Math.max(Math.min( parseInt((fx.pos * (fx.end[2] - fx.start[2])) + fx.start[2]), 255), 0)

].join(",") + ")";

}

});

// Color Conversion functions from highlightFade

// By Blair Mitchelmore

// http://jquery.offput.ca/highlightFade/

// Parse strings looking for color tuples [255,255,255]

function getRGB(color) {

var result;

// Check if we're already dealing with an array of colors

if ( color && color.constructor == Array && color.length == 3 )

return color;

// Look for rgb(num,num,num)

if (result = /rgb$\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*,\s*([0-9]{1,3})\s*$/.exec(color))

return [parseInt(result[1]), parseInt(result[2]), parseInt(result[3])];

// Look for rgb(num%,num%,num%)

if (result = /rgb$\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*,\s*([0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?)\%\s*$/.exec(color))

return [parseFloat(result[1])*2.55, parseFloat(result[2])*2.55, parseFloat(result[3])*2.55];

// Look for #a0b1c2

if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/.exec(color))

return [parseInt(result[1],16), parseInt(result[2],16), parseInt(result[3],16)];

// Look for #fff

if (result = /#([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])([a-fA-F0-9])/.exec(color))

return [parseInt(result[1]+result[1],16), parseInt(result[2]+result[2],16), parseInt(result[3]+result[3],16)];

// Otherwise, we're most likely dealing with a named color

return colors[jQuery.trim(color).toLowerCase()];

}

function getColor(elem, attr) {

var color;

do {

color = jQuery.curCSS(elem, attr);

// Keep going until we find an element that has color, or we hit the body

if ( color != '' && color != 'transparent' || jQuery.nodeName(elem, "body") )

break;

attr = "backgroundColor";

} while ( elem = elem.parentNode );

return getRGB(color);

};

// Some named colors to work with

// From Interface by Stefan Petre

// http://interface.eyecon.ro/

var colors = {

aqua:[0,255,255],

azure:[240,255,255],

beige:[245,245,220],

black:[0,0,0],

blue:[0,0,255],

brown:[165,42,42],

cyan:[0,255,255],

darkblue:[0,0,139],

darkcyan:[0,139,139],

darkgrey:[169,169,169],

darkgreen:[0,100,0],

darkkhaki:[189,183,107],

darkmagenta:[139,0,139],

darkolivegreen:[85,107,47],

darkorange:[255,140,0],

darkorchid:[153,50,204],

darkred:[139,0,0],

darksalmon:[233,150,122],

darkviolet:[148,0,211],

fuchsia:[255,0,255],

gold:[255,215,0],

green:[0,128,0],

indigo:[75,0,130],

khaki:[240,230,140],

lightblue:[173,216,230],

lightcyan:[224,255,255],

lightgreen:[144,238,144],

lightgrey:[211,211,211],

lightpink:[255,182,193],

lightyellow:[255,255,224],

lime:[0,255,0],

magenta:[255,0,255],

maroon:[128,0,0],

navy:[0,0,128],

olive:[128,128,0],

orange:[255,165,0],

pink:[255,192,203],

purple:[128,0,128],

violet:[128,0,128],

red:[255,0,0],

silver:[192,192,192],

white:[255,255,255],

yellow:[255,255,0]

};

})(jQuery);

//]]>

</script>

//<![CDATA[

var hoverColour = "#FFF";

$(function(){

$("a.hoverBtn").show("fast", function() {

$(this).wrap("<div class=\"hoverBtn\">");

$(this).attr("class", "");

});

//display the hover div

$("div.hoverBtn").show("fast", function() {

//append the background div

$(this).append("<div></div>");

//get link's size

var wid = $(this).children("a").width();

var hei = $(this).children("a").height();

//set div's size

$(this).width(wid);

$(this).height(hei);

$(this).children("div").width(wid);

$(this).children("div").height(hei);

//on link hover

$(this).children("a").hover(function(){

//store initial link colour

if ($(this).attr("rel") == "") {

$(this).attr("rel", $(this).css("color"));

}

//fade in the background

$(this).parent().children("div")

.stop()

.css({"display": "none", "opacity": "1"})

.fadeIn("fast");

//fade the colour

$(this) .stop()

.css({"color": $(this).attr("rel")})

.animate({"color": hoverColour}, 350);

},function(){

//fade out the background

$(this).parent().children("div")

.stop()

.fadeOut("slow");

//fade the colour

$(this) .stop()

.animate({"color": $(this).attr("rel")}, 250);

});

//]]>

</script>

div.hoverBtn {

position: relative;

float: left;

background: #000000 url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyjC-ILVS9tTiNLAMorMrvcyQhc1LcoEi6fGHn9Fpou10Q2bCg1kGEbe0XgVvVXUcODZJi0dxOSlw_ezsrF7g7OmASVJiVj4cEB_fytQTHD07kvwXoR-ccZeJsjMq7LxXhucLfCdQ-vKXL/) repeat-x 0 0 scroll;

}

div.hoverBtn a {

position: relative;

z-index: 2;

display: block;

width: 100px;

height: 30px;

line-height: 30px;

text-align: center;

font-size: 1.1em;

text-decoration: none;

color: #000;

background: transparent none repeat-x 0 0 scroll;

}

div.hoverBtn div {

display: none;

position: absolute;

z-index: 1;

top: 0px;

background: #ffffff url(https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc99SF6dySCrk39jr2ZNLH3ewL4swSK3rIi6v4MqaOk_irtj6UVBHvPa9R1J3lGKp9pJjfuu1Qx9e8M4GzyzlNvMiZiDrbTzt2r5NKyADrSzWrKh0mqw-fumfxHfjM4CH0yBkXAoGT4bP-/) repeat-x 0 0 scroll;

</style>

STEP #8: Now click on Save template.

STEP #9: Go to Dashboard>Layout

STEP #10: Click on Add a Gadget from header section

STEP #11: Select HTML/JavaScript gadget.

STEP #12: Copy/Paste the following code inside that gadget.

<a class="hoverBtn" href="#">About</a>

<a class="hoverBtn" href="#">Contact</a>

<a class="hoverBtn" href="#">Google</a>

<a class="hoverBtn" href="#">Windows</a>

How to Customize?

Create your own menu list as above.
Replace all # with the links to the menu.

STEP #13: Now click on Save and it’s done.

So execute steps correctly and you are done. Head to your blog and check the trick executed. So don't forget us. We will only survive with your generosity. Like, Share, Follow and Subscribe. If you are facing any problem with implementing these codes just comment below for help. Stay tuned for more posts.