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Striped Navigation Using Flexbox
<html>
<body>
<div class="flexcontainer">
<a href=" " id="one">
<div class="overlay">
<div class="overlay-inner">
<h2 class="title">Title</h2>
<p class="descript"></p>
</div>
</div>
</a>
<a href=" " id="two">
<div class="overlay">
<div class="overlay-inner">
<h2 class=title>Title</h2>
<p class=descript></p>
</div>
</div>
</a>
<a href=" " id="three">
<div class="overlay">
<div class="overlay-inner">
<h2 class=title>Title</h2>
<p class=descript></p>
</div>
</div>
</a>
<a href=" " id="four">
<div class="overlay">
<div class="overlay-inner">
<h2 class=title>Title</h2>
<p class=descript></p>
</div>
</div>
</a>
<footer>
</footer>
</body>
</html>

Striped Navigation Using Flexbox

A flexbox influenced navigation layout that I recreated from a tutorial via webdesign.tutsplus.com called "How to Build a Striped Navigation With Flexbox."

A Pen by Angela Johnson on CodePen.

License.

.flexcontainer{
height: 100vh;
display:flex;
}
.flexcontainer a {
position: relative;
flex: 1; /*sets equal widths for all flex items*/
background-size: cover;
background-position: center;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
transition: flex .4s; /* animation element*/
}
.flexcontainer #one{
background-image: url("http://res.cloudinary.com/angiemjohnson/image/upload/c_scale,w_1030/v1475748637/photo-1446540830250-e2076f9e6917_zpcs2u.png");
}
.flexcontainer #two{
background-image: url("http://res.cloudinary.com/angiemjohnson/image/upload/c_scale,w_1138/v1475766491/photo-1415731958810-238ff2770b33_ywtg8x.png");
}
.flexcontainer #three{
background-image: url("http://res.cloudinary.com/angiemjohnson/image/upload/c_scale,w_1118/v1475766813/photo-1458536175223-555a3a7c557d_ro6lxs.png");
}
.flexcontainer #four{
background-image: url("http://res.cloudinary.com/angiemjohnson/image/upload/c_scale,w_1139/v1475745277/photo-1475612100326-277243453c69_dxjj92.jpg");
}
.flexcontainer a:hover{
flex:3;
}
.flexcontainer .overlay {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
padding: 0 10px;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
transition: background-color .4s;
}
.flexcontainer a:hover .overlay {
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}
.title{
color: white;
font-family: 'Raleway', sans-serif;
font-weight: 400px;
font-size:2em;
text-decoration:underline;
letter-spacing: 0.50em;
text-transform: Uppercase;
}
.flexcontainer .overlay-inner * {
visibility: hidden;
opacity: 0;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
}
.flexcontainer .overlay h2 {
transform: translate3d(0, -60px, 0);
}
.flexcontainer .overlay p {
transform: translate3d(0, 60px, 0);
}
.flexcontainer a:hover .overlay-inner * {
opacity: 1;
visibility: visible;
transform: none;
transition: all .3s .3s;
}
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Raleway" rel="stylesheet" />
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