Verge-Style Homepage Tiles w buttons

index.html

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<div class="qwrapper">
  <nav role='navigation'>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Land Surveyors United Community</a></li> 

    </ul>
  </nav>
  <div class="features">
    <article>
      <a href="#">
        <h3>Global Surveyor Community Relaunch</h3>
        <div href="#" class="comments">🌏️</div>
        <p class="meta">
          in <strong>Community News</strong>
        </p>
        <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fm2xvtJWABUT2q6?format=jpg&name=medium);"></div>
      </a>
    </article>
    <article>
      <a href="/hubs">
        <h3>Surveying Jobs Board Rebirth</h3>
        <div href="#" class="comments">10</div>
        <p class="meta">
          in <strong>Employment Ops</strong>
        </p>
        <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fmw1EUfWIAEBo-Y?format=jpg&name=small);"></div>
      </a>
    </article>
    <article>
      <a href="#">
        <h3>Remaining Community Committed</h3>
        <div class="comments">10</div>
        <p class="meta">
          in <strong>Surveyor Resources</strong>
        </p>
        <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fmw0rbCWQAIfSsv?format=jpg&name=medium);"></div>
      </a>
    </article>
    <article>
      <a href="#">
        <h3>A Surveying Future Powered by Your Past</h3>
        <div class="comments">10</div>
        <p class="meta">
          in <strong>Mentorship for Surveyors</strong>
        </p>
        <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fmwq3rPXwAAgWIx?format=jpg&name=900x900);"></div>
      </a>
    </article>
    <article><a href="#">
      <h3>A Surveyor Marketplace Powered by Support</h3>
      <div class="comments">10</div>
      <p class="meta">
        in <strong>Marketplace</strong>
      </p>
      <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmH5YgSXEAIICxh?format=jpg&name=medium);"></div>
      </a></article>
    <article>
      <a href="#">
        <h3>You want more business, don't you?</h3>
        <div class="comments">10</div>
        <p class="meta">
          in <strong>Surveyor Directory</strong>
        </p>
        <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FmCcEJpWQAAmPjF?format=jpg&name=medium);"></div>
      </a>
    </article>
    <article>
      <a href="#">
        <h3>Because Surveying isn't just something you "Do"</h3>
        <div class="comments">10</div>
        <p class="meta">
          in <strong>New Beginnings</strong>
        </p>
        <div class="thumbnail" style="background-image: url(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fl-eXYBWYAEI1fU?format=jpg&name=small);"></div>
      </a>
    </article>
  </div>
  
  <div id="ddemo">
    <div class="nwrapper">
        <div class="content">
            <ul>
                <a href="#"><li>Mentorship Hub</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>Surveying Tutorials</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>Surveying Videos</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>Surveying History</li></a>
            </ul>
        </div>
        <div class="parent">Education</div>
    </div>
    
    <div class="nwrapper">
        <div class="content">
            <ul>
                <a href="#"><li>Smarketplace</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>Marketplace Hubs</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>Equipment Deals</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>+ Sell Equipment</li></a>
            </ul>
        </div>
        <div class="parent">Marketplace</div>
      </div>
    <div class="nwrapper">
        <div class="content">
            <ul>
                <a href="/hubs/jobs"><li>Survey Jobs Hub</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>+ Post Job</li></a>
                <a href="#"><li>Job by Location</li></a>
                <a href="/jobs"><li>Surveying Jobs</li></a>
            </ul>
        </div>
        <div class="parent">Employment</div>
    </div>
  
  <center>   Today, I would like to help ignite the industry by  <div class="dropdown" id="dropdown">
				<input type="checkbox" id="drop1" />
        <label for="drop1" class="dropdown_button">PICK HERE <span class="arrow"></span></label>
        <ul class="dropdown_content">
            <li class="active"><a href="/video">Share a helpful video</a></li>
          <li class="active"><a href="/photo">Share Surveying Photos</a></li>
          <li ><a href="/events/event/new">Add Upcoming Local Event</a></li>
              <li><a href="/forum/topics/discussion/new">Ask a question or share information</a></li>
              <li><a href="/articles/article/new">Post an Article</a></li>
          <li><a href="/hubs/Locations">Find my local hub</a></li>
          <li><a href="/hubs/Locations">Find a surveying job</a></li>
              <li><a href="https://landsurveyorsunited.com/hubs/jobs/post-job">Post a surveying job</a></li>
           <li><a href="/hi">More stuff I can do</a></li>
        </ul>
        
</div> representing land surveying locally.</center>

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style.scss

// Colors
$orange: rgb(250,96,42);
$yellow: rgb(252,180,0);
$purple: rgb(158,12,128);
$blue: rgb(0,226,255);
$green: rgb(149,174,32);

$neutral: rgb(51,51,51);
$light: #ffffff;

// Fonts
$adelle: "adelle", Georgia, serif;
$helvetica: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif;
$din: "din-condensed-web", sans-serif;

$font: $helvetica;
$font-secondary: $adelle;

// Units
$pad: 1rem;
$space: 1rem;

// Breakpoints
$bp-medium: 40em;
$bp-large: 70em;

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.qwrapper {
  max-width: $bp-large;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.dropdown {
    display: block;
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 0px 3px;
    position: relative;
}

/* ===[ For demonstration ]=== */

.dropdown { margin-top: 30px }

/* ===[ End demonstration ]=== */

.dropdown .dropdown_button {
    cursor: pointer;
    width: auto;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 4px 5px;
    border: 1px solid #AAA;
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius: 2px;
    border-radius: 2px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #717780;
    line-height: 16px;
    text-decoration: none !important;
    background: white;
}

.dropdown input[type="checkbox"]:checked +  .dropdown_button {
    border: 1px solid #3B5998;
    color: white;
    background: #6D84B4;
    -moz-border-radius-topleft: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius-topright: 2px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0px;
    -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 0px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px;
    border-radius: 2px 2px 0px 0px;
    border-bottom-color: #6D84B4;
}

.dropdown input[type="checkbox"] + .dropdown_button .arrow {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 0px;
    height: 0px;
    border-top: 5px solid #6B7FA7;
    border-right: 5px solid transparent;
    border-left: 5px solid transparent;
}

.dropdown input[type="checkbox"]:checked + .dropdown_button .arrow { border-color: white transparent transparent transparent }

.dropdown .dropdown_content {
    position: absolute;
    border: 1px solid #777;
    padding: 0px;
    background: white;
    margin: 0;
    display: none;
}

.dropdown .dropdown_content li {
    list-style: none;
    margin-left: 0px;
    line-height: 16px;
    border-top: 1px solid #FFF;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #FFF;
    margin-top: 2px;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
}

.dropdown .dropdown_content li:hover {
    border-top-color: #3B5998;
    border-bottom-color: #3B5998;
    background: #6D84B4;
}

.dropdown .dropdown_content li a {
    display: block;
    padding: 2px 7px;
    padding-right: 15px;
    color: black;
    text-decoration: none !important;
    white-space: nowrap;
}

.dropdown .dropdown_content li:hover a {
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none !important;
}

.dropdown input[type="checkbox"]:checked ~ .dropdown_content { display: block }

.dropdown input[type="checkbox"] { display: none }
nav {
  background: $neutral;
  color: $light;
  font-family: $din;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: $pad;
  
  ul {
    list-style: none;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
  }
  
  a {
    color: $light;
    text-decoration: none;
  }
}

.features {
  h3 {
    margin-top: 0;
    font-weight: 300;
  }
  
  p {
    margin-bottom: 0;
  }
}

article {
  background: linear-gradient(45deg, $purple, $orange);
  position: relative;
  
  &:first-child {
    h3 {
      font-size: 3em;
    }
  }
  
  &:nth-child(2) {
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, $orange, $yellow);
  }
  
  &:nth-child(3) {
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, $blue, $orange);
  }
  
  &:nth-child(4) {
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, $purple, $yellow);
  }
  
  &:nth-child(5) {
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, $orange, $blue);
  }
  
  &:nth-child(6) {
    background: linear-gradient(45deg, $purple, $blue);
  }
  
  &:last-child {
    h3 {
      font-size: 3em;
    }
  }
}

article > a {
  display: block;
  text-decoration: none;
  position: relative;
  padding: $pad;
  color: $light;
  height: 100%;
  
  &:hover .thumbnail {
    opacity: 0.2;
  }
}

article .thumbnail {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  z-index: 0;
  opacity: 0.4;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: top;
  box-shadow: inset 10px -10px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9), inset -10px 10px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
}

article {
  h3, .comments, .meta {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  
  h3 {
    font-family: $font-secondary;
    text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px $neutral;
    font-size: 2em;
    line-height: 1;
    margin-bottom: $space*2;
  }
  
  .comments {
    float: right;
    background: $green;
    color: $neutral;
    font-family: $din;
    padding: $pad/4;
  }
}

@media all and (min-width: $bp-medium) {
  .features {
    font-size: 0px;
  }
  
  article {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 50%;
    min-height: 200px;
    vertical-align: top;
    font-size: 1rem;
    overflow: hidden;
    
    &:last-child {
      width: 100%;
    }
  }
  
  article > a {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
  }
}

@media all and (min-width: $bp-large) {
  $height: 600px;
  
  .features {
    position: relative;
    overflow: auto;
    margin-bottom: $space*2;
  }
  
  .wrapper {
    margin-top: $space*2;
  }
  
  article {
    display: block;
    float: left;
    min-height: ($height / 3);
    width: 33.3%;
    
    &:first-child, &:last-child {
      min-height: ($height * 2/3);
      width: 33.3%;
    }
    
    &:nth-child(5) {
      clear: left;
    }
    
    &:last-child {
      position: absolute;
      bottom: 0;
      right: 0;
      margin-right: .1%;
    }
  }
}
#ddemo {
        margin: 30px 0 50px 0;
        font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    }
    
    #ddemo .nwrapper {
        display: inline-block;
        width: 150px;
        margin: 0 10px 0 0;
        height: 20px;
        position: relative;
    }
    
    #ddemo .parent {
        height: 100%;
        width: 100%;
        display: block;
        cursor: pointer;
        line-height: 30px;
        height: 30px;
        border-radius: 5px;
        background: #F9F9F9;
        border: 1px solid #AAA;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #777;
        color: #282D31;
        font-weight: bold;
        z-index: 2;
        position: relative;
        -webkit-transition: border-radius .1s linear, background .1s linear, z-index 0s linear;
        -webkit-transition-delay: .8s;
        text-align: center;
    }
    
    #ddemo .parent:hover,
    #ddemo .content:hover ~ .parent {
        background: #fff;
        -webkit-transition-delay: 0s, 0s, 0s;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content:hover ~ .parent {
        border-bottom-left-radius: 0;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
        z-index: 0;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        display: block;
        z-index: 1;
        height: 0;
        width: 150px;
        padding-top: 30px;
        -webkit-transition: height .5s ease;
        -webkit-transition-delay: .4s;
        border: 1px solid #777;
        border-radius: 5px;
        box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
    }
    
    #ddemo .nwrapper:active .content {
        height: 123px;
        z-index: 3;
        -webkit-transition-delay: 0s;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content:hover {
        height: 123px;
        z-index: 3;
        -webkit-transition-delay: 0s;
    }
    
    
    #ddemo .content ul {
        background: #fff;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        overflow: hidden;
        height: 100%;
        border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content ul a {
        text-decoration: none;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content li:hover {
        background: #eee;
        color: #333;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content li {
        list-style: none;
        text-align: left;
        color: #888;
        font-size: 14px;
        line-height: 30px;
        height: 30px;
        padding-left: 10px;
        border-top: 1px solid #ccc;
    }
    
    #ddemo .content li:last-of-type {
        border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;
        border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
    }

verge-style-homepage-tiles-w-buttons.markdown

Verge-Style Homepage Tiles w buttons

A demo of Verge-Style colored homepage tiles. Pure-CSS, using Sass and Prefix-free mode. Linear gradients and pseudo-elements galore!

A Pen by JFarrow on CodePen.

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