Diamond-avatars.markdown

Diamond avatars

A CSS challenge to make avatars that fit into the white space of a big X

Forked from Torunn Skrogstad's Pen Diamond avatars.

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index.html

<ul class="speakers-list">

  <li>
    <div class="avatar"><a href="#"><img src="http://www.tedxliverpool.com/img//speakers/sir-ken-robinson.jpg"></a></div>
    <h3><a href="#">Sir Ken Robinson
    <span>TED Icon</span>
    </a>
    </h3>
  </li>

  <li>
    <div class="avatar"><a href="#"><img src="http://www.tedxliverpool.com/img//speakers/graham-hughes.jpg"></a></div>
    <h3><a href="/speakers/graham-hughes">Graham Hughes
    <span>The Odyssey Expedition</span>
    </a>
    </h3>
  </li>

  <li>
    <div class="avatar"><a href="#"><img src="http://www.tedxliverpool.com//img//speakers/mike-southon.jpg"></a></div>
    <h3><a href="#">Mike Southon
    <span>The Beermat Entrepreneur</span>
    </a>
    </h3>
  </li>

</ul>

style.css

a {
  color: #e62b1e;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e62b1e;
  text-decoration: none; 
}

a:hover {
  color: #a31b04;
  border-color: #a31b04;
  outline: none;
  -webkit-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  -moz-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  -ms-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  -o-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  transition: all 1s ease-out; 
}

a:focus, a:active {
  color: #821603;
  border-color: #821603;
  outline: none;
  -webkit-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  -moz-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  -ms-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  -o-transition: all 1s ease-out;
  transition: all 1s ease-out; 
}

a:focus:hover, a:active:hover {
  color: #681202;
  border-color: #681202; 
}

.speakers-list {
  max-width: 1000px;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: "Helvetica","Tahoma",sans-serif;
  font-weight: normal;
  margin: 100px auto;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  text-align: center;
}

.speakers-list li {
  margin: 0%;
  padding-bottom: 60px;
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 500px) {
  .speakers-list li {
    float: left;
    width: 50%;
    clear: none;
    margin: 0%;
  }
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 800px) {
  .speakers-list li {
    width: 33%;
    clear: none;
  }
}

.avatar {
	transform:scaleX(0.75);
	-ms-transform:scaleX(0.75);
	-webkit-transform:scaleX(0.75);
	display: block;
	width: 130px;
	height: 130px;
	margin: 0 auto 3em;
}

.avatar span,
.avatar a {
  transform:rotate(45deg);
  -ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
  -webkit-transform:rotate(45deg); 
  display: block;
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  position: relative;
  border: 5px solid #fff;	
}

.avatar img {
  position: absolute;
  top: -25%;
  left: -25%;
  height: 150%;
  width: 150%;
  min-width: 150%;
  transform:rotate(-45deg) scaleX(1.4);
  -ms-transform:rotate(-45deg) scaleX(1.4);
  -webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg) scaleX(1.4);
  backface-visibility: hidden;
  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}

.avatar a:hover { border-color: #e62b1e; }

h3 {
  margin: 0 0 1em 0;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1.4em;
  text-rendering: optimizelegibility;
}

h3 span {
  display: block;
  border: none;
  color: #9d9d9d;
  font-size: 0.7em;
  letter-spacing: 1px;
}