How to Use Doormat: An Alternative Way to Traverse Your Site Content

Welcome to the world of Doormat, an innovative library designed to help you navigate through your website’s content smoothly. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the steps to implement Doormat, its features, and some troubleshooting tips to make your experience flawless.

How Does Doormat Work?

Imagine you’re in a library with tall shelves of books (the sections of your website). Instead of wandering aimlessly between the aisles to find your favorite book, you have a magic carpet (Doormat) that takes you directly to your desired section while keeping the journey smooth and delightful.

The magic occurs by adjusting each section of your webpage to occupy a fixed position while managing the heights accordingly. As you scroll, Doormat reveals or conceals these sections, creating the illusion of a seamless transition, just like a magic carpet ride through the library!

Getting Started with Doormat

Follow these steps to set up Doormat on your page:

1. Include the Doormat JavaScript and CSS files in your project:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="doormat.min.css">
<script src="doormat.min.js"></script>

2. Create a DOM structure with appropriate classes. Your main container should have the class dm and each panel should have the class dm-pnl:

<ol class="dm">
    <li class="dm__pnl">Awesome</li>
    <li class="dm__pnl">Site</li>
    <li class="dm__pnl">Content</li>
</ol>

3. Invoke the Doormat function after your DOM is loaded:

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
    var myDoormat = new Doormat();
});

Features of Doormat

• Alternative way to navigate through content
• Configurable behaviors
• Supports inbound and outbound traversal modes
• Responsive and animated scrolling
• No dependencies required

Customizing Doormat

You can create custom effects using CSS to enhance the viewing experience. For instance, use opacity and transformation effects for dynamic transitions among panels:

.dm-panel__content {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scale(0);
    transition: opacity .25s ease 0s, transform .25s ease 0s;
}
.dm-panel--active .dm-panel__content {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1);
}

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues while using Doormat, here are some troubleshooting tips:

• Panels not displaying correctly: Ensure that each panel is properly assigned the dm__pnl class and the container has the class dm.
• Scrolling not smooth: Check if your CSS styles are conflicting with Doormat’s transitions.
• Content cut-off in inbound mode: Set the active panel’s content to be scrollable using the CSS property overflow: auto;.
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Wrapping Up

Implementing Doormat brings a new level of elegance and user experience to your site. With configurability, smooth animations, and ease of use, you’ll find navigating through content feels more like an enjoyable journey. So, buckle up and let your content be traversed wonderfully with Doormat!