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klippingdb-blog · 5 years ago

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The Death of Print Magazines : In the Middle of Coronavirus Pandemic, May I Propose A Vaccine Against This Other Kind of Epidemic ?

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In 2020, the world is fighting against the coronavirus pandemic, and many people share the same mind that it may be the end of the world as we know it. The virus has not merely infected humanity, but also many corporations and their employees. A lot of magazine and newspaper publishers are not immune either, as they have been suffering from the collapse of the advertising industry, not only since the coronavirus hit, but in fact, as noticed by many, since the invention of the internet. As the race to make a coronavirus vaccine is currently in progress, another race to find another vaccine against this other kind of epidemic is being proposed.

A. Introduction

I. The Rise of Magazines & Newspapers Before The Internet Era

The modern print media such as magazines and newspapers is no doubt product of European invention. Magazine & newspaper publishing began in the early 17th century in Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands; approximately two hundred years later after Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing machine. Afterwards, word of mouth was no longer the primary source of news.

In the late 19th century, monthly magazines covering general interests gained popularity. In contrary to their predecessors, magazines published in this era were targeted for mass circulation and wider public, and thus they were less expensive, and in the end of the century, they began to cover not only general interests, but mainly aimed to provide amusement to readers.

Along with television and radio, magazines and newspapers in the 20th century became very essential in the life of every person in the world. For instance, Vogue magazine – the American monthly fashion and lifestyle magazine, was unofficially named as the fashion bible in the eyes of many women in the fashion industry, and it possessed the largest authority on fashion, beauty and lifestyle.

The newsprint newspapers such as The Guardian, The New York Times etc., achieved similar success to print magazines. It is very common in this era in popular culture to find such clichés: a man reading a newspaper next to their morning tea, or a woman reading it while waiting at the bus stop; or a businessman reading it while flying on a plane, or even a husband while watching TV at home with his wife and children. Reading newspaper as a lifestyle gave those ultimate impressions that its readers were intelligent and important.

II. The Decline of Magazines & Newspapers After The Invention of The Internet

In May 1990, Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, proposed the implementation of WWW (World Wide Web), which is the internet as we currently know it. Decades later, the invention of the World Wide Web could prove as significant as the invention of printing press. In early 2000s, according to The Guardian, newspapers and magazines have been toppled as the main alternative to television in every household that has access to the internet. Since 2009, the rise of smartphones and tablets has enabled every one of us to get online without the need to be sitting in front of any personal computers. The internet has become the main source of news, entertainment, lifestyle and communications. Google has revolutionized the way people search for information. Instagram has replaced fashion magazines, and enabled celebrities to interact directly with their fan base. Facebook and Whatsapp have set a new standard in social communication. Youtube and Netflix have replaced the traditional television, and so have Spotify to radio. Free online newspapers and magazines have made lots of printed magazines and newspapers technically redundant. Ironically, some of these successful online newspapers or magazines are in fact products of transformation from printed media to digital one, e.g. New York Times, Wired, The Guardian, Vogue, The New Yorker etc. To many other print publishers which have not met similar success in the shift, the downward spiral is as real as the existence of Kim Jong Un to South Korea, or the UK way of Brexit to the European Union, or the existence of Donald Trump to journalism in The United States.

III. The Death of Magazines & Newspapers During The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic

Since early 2020, the world is fighting against the coronavirus pandemic, which originally started in China, and has now spread to nearly every continent on earth. The coronavirus has infected many print publishers as well and many of them have now been in life support, and in desperate need for government bailouts or donations from readers. For instance, Playboy magazine has decided to suspend print publications indefinitely, or Bauer Publisher decided for shutting down its whole operations in New Zealand. Some have been trying to speed up the shift from print publication to digital as the last-minute effort to survive.

In fact,

magazine publishers are now seeing print sales boost due to coronavirus

, yet, the advertisers have decided to shun any coronavirus coverage, and tighten any marketing budget, based on the assumption such as : who needs a Gucci bag in the middle of this crisis ? is it ethical to have a Lamborghini advertisement on the page next to a story of a dying coronavirus patient ?

Despite the efforts to shift from print media to digital, Google and Facebook still account for 70% of the U.S. market for digital ads prior to coronavirus pandemic, which left publishers the rest of the chunks, and it implies their loss, not only to the internet giants, but to the internet, in general. Now their loss has been worsened further. Finding the right business model in the virtual era, in which people don’t usually pay for reading online news or getting any information, is indeed as tough and complex as finding the vaccine against the coronavirus.

IV. The Future of Newspapers & Magazines : A Proposal – www.klippingdb.com

B. Business Analysis Behind The Proposal of The Alternative Future of Magazines & Newspapers

I. The Failure of Existing Digital Magazines & Newspapers Publishing Platforms

Nowadays, there are so many startups in the publishing platform business, which have been trying to be the market where publishers can distribute their work. Some of them are Issuu, Scribd, Magzter, etc., and even Apple And Google have released their own apps. Their main purpose is basically to simplify the transformation process from print magazines or newspapers to digital ones, so that each one of those can be conveniently displayed on many devices, such as Android phones, iPhones, iPads, or even PCs or Macs.

Nevertheless, as noticed by many, reading them on these mediums which is supposed to be a child’s play, has become one of the hardest things to do on this planet. People have to zoom in and zoom out on the smartphones or tablets, as they can not read the text on those magazines or newspapers. Meanwhile on personal computer which has enough large screen generally and makes reading simple, yet, it still loads slow and is unreadable, either because the file is too large, or as the existing publishing platforms are trying to mimic a real-life print magazine.

II. The Problem with PDF File Format For Viewing Digital Magazines & Newspapers

The power of the PDF file format is undoubtable, as it has become industry standard in the information technology. It is merely not suitable for distributing digital magazines or newspapers. Magazines, for instance, can comprise of hundred pages and all of those can be full of high-quality images embedded, thus these PDF files can be so large to download. In this era where people can get everything instantly, they tend to be unwilling to exhaust another hour simply to read so-called digital media.

III. Returning The Focus To Desktop PCs, And Not Mobiles Phones or Tablets

As for the problems with the PDF file used as file format for viewing digital magazines or newspapers on many publishing platforms, the focus is now the mediums or devices people use to read, namely smartphones, tablets or PCs. Instead of creating a technology to read magazines or newspapers on smartphones or tablets which in fact do not have adequate screen size based on their physical size, the industry should instead focus on the desktop PCs or Macs. The internet already has pure online format magazines or newspapers such as http://www.wired.com, or http://www.nytimes.com, or http://www.newyorker.com which are based on HTML, and thus, it is not a smart way for digital magazines or newspapers under PDF file format to pretend to behave like those, as PDF particularly is not built and designed for that purpose.

IV. The Importance of TOC (Table of Contents) In Digital Magazines & Newspapers

Since Google was founded, it has revolutionized the way people search for information on the internet. People nowadays tend to search for news or information they want to read based on the specific keywords. If people want to find “Harry Potter”, they will then input the keywords “Harry Potter” on Google, and then it will show the results, and let them read about it on the their desired websites which they will click. Once they are done with it, they will just leave for the next interesting website.

The assumption that people nowadays will read digital magazines or newspapers the same way they read print magazines or newspapers tends to be out of fashion. According to Forbes, millennials and gen Z have even lost trust and loyalty with business. In the world where people can get everything instantly thank to the internet, it has made things simpler for these generations to jump from one business to another, to whichever offers better, simpler, or cheaper.

Hence, it is inevitable to have a table of contents for every digital magazine or newspaper, which people can click and go directly to the content they are interested in. And publishers should not expect people will read each item from page to page as in traditional way.

V. The Possible Business Model To The Proposed Technology And The Impact To Print Advertisement

Subscriptions have been the most common way to sell magazines or newspapers, but nowadays, magazines are struggling to maintain the steady revenue. Paywall, where readers have to pay in order to be able to access and read the arcticles, may have been working for some well-known publishers such as New York Times, yet to many, it is another failed business model. The Guardian, for instance, relies instead on reader donations, in order to maintain their own independence. Many publishers have also tried to be innovative by trying to generate revenue from events, or by producing and publishing video contents on Youtube, etc.

While Google and Facebook thrive with their digital ads, print ads are in fact still the primary revenue for many print publishers, although the trend tends to favor digital ads. Therefore, many online publishers which still publish print media offer their advertisers omnichannel marketing experience, in which their campaign will be published both on print and digital media across various platforms such as mobile phones, tablets, or PCs.

The proposed technology running on www.klippingdb.com can behave as one of the omnichannel marketing medium which allows readers to read the print magazines or newspaper online / digitally, and on the other side, also allows publishers to display the print advertisements. On the proposed platform, they may have to adapt the position of each ad or may put it on best viewing position in the way that it will not disturb readers’ convenience.

C. Conclusion : The Willingness To Share As The Key To Survival

30 years ago, Tim Berners-Lee had very good idea and intention by inventing the internet, and he knew it the only way to make it work is by the willingness to make it free and allows people to share the technology with each other. It may not make him the superrich guy on Earth, but it has allowed life to transform from one era to another, from a traditional to a modern one. Print publishers have met the similar fate, as it is now time to decide whether they want to keep all the resources they have by themselves and face the death of magazines or newspapers, or are they willing to share those they have with everyone and be survival ? The first option will let them be the victims of the internet era, and slowly but sure, all print media will be forgotten by readers. The second option requires them to adapt to technology, and to share with people. If they can not release the latest edition for free as they have to monetize it, then at least the back issues of any magazines or newspapers are absolutely still meaningful resources people can consume and still find interesting to digest. The thing is many readers just do not have the willingness to pay for these back issues. Of course, in the perfect world, publishers would expect readers to pay for everything, and it should not be matter, whether it is the latest magazine issued or it is a back issue one. But unfortunately, without its free and open accessibility, internet culture as we know it wouldn’t exist.

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devontroxell · 4 years ago

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What Are Retargeting Ads and Why Should Your Business Use Them?

Website visitors are fickle. There, I said it. The majority of people entering your website will very likely leave without taking the action you want them to take.

There are tons of factors that drive people away from your website, whether it’s an unappealing message, poor design, difficult-to-use navigation, a confusing checkout process, or unexpected shipping costs.

Keeping visitors engaged with your brand after they leave your site is incredibly important.

[Enter stage left] – Retargeting ads.

Retargeting is a key tactic for bringing visitors back to your site to complete their purchases or inquire about your services.

This post walks you through various forms of retargeting ads, why they’re useful for your business, and how much you should allocate to your retargeting ad campaigns.

Table of Contents

What are retargeting ads?

Display Retargeting Ads

Search Retargeting Ads

Dynamic Remarketing Ads

Why is retargeting important?

Brand Reinforcement

First-time Inquiries and Purchases on Your Website

Upsell or Cross-sell Opportunities

Does Retargeting Actually Work?

How Effective Is Retargeting?

How Much Should You Spend on Retargeting Ads?

Interested in digital advertising and retargeting?

What are retargeting ads?

Simply put, retargeting ads are those ads shown to a person after they visit your website, browse, and then leave.

As they navigate to other websites, like a news website, you can then show ads to draw them back into your site or generally increase brand awareness.

Being able to serve retargeting ads is accomplished by placing a pixel on your website.

A pixel is a small snippet of code that tags the visitor and captures their behavior, like which pages they visited, which products they viewed, whether they finished checking out, how much they spent, and more.

Facebook, Google, Bing, TikTok…all of these ad networks have retargeting pixels.

Before we dig into the effectiveness of retargeting ads, let’s talk about a few of the common types.

Display Retargeting Ads

Display retargeting ads are the typical static banner ads you see as you visit other websites or use mobile apps. Here’s an example you might see from us.

These ads are great for generally improving brand awareness and response rates during a promotional period. They’re also extremely affordable, meaning you can get tons of impressions for a fairly low ad spend.

Search Retargeting Ads

Search retargeting ads offer a great blend of paid search and display ads. These ads serve based on a person’s search queries. You might hear these often referred to as in-market audiences.

If someone visits Google and searches for “mobile phone cases,�� Google places the searcher into a category of people in the market for phone cases. You can then serve display ads targeted at this category as they navigate around the web.

Search retargeting is an exceptional prospecting tactic, as the people “in-market” have shown intent and are likely a short step from making a purchase.

Even better, this tactic isn’t restricted to e-commerce businesses.

If you’re running a local spa, you can retarget people who have recently been searching for massages, skincare, and similar services.

Similarly for home renovations. If you’re a residential roofing, electrical, or plumbing company, you can retarget searchers who have recently been searching for things like bathroom remodel, kitchen remodel, roofers in xyz city, and so on.

Effective advertising is reaching people at the right time with the right message. Getting your business in front of these in-market audiences — people who are indicating they’re ready to buy — checks that box better than just about any other advertising tactic available.

Dynamic Remarketing Ads

Dynamic remarketing ads, or dynamic product ads, are a lot like display retargeting ads. The only caveat is they have more focused use for e-commerce businesses.

For example, if someone visits your e-commerce website and views products and leaves the site, you can later “remarket” to them with the specific products they viewed.

We’ve all been the target of these ads, as we browse shopping sites like Walmart or Wayfair and subsequently receive ads on other websites for the exact products we browsed.

The dynamic element simply refers to the fact that the products shown in the ad will change dynamically based on the individual user’s behavior. In other words, they’re personalized to the individual shopper, instead of being static.

Why is retargeting important?

All things considered, increasing familiarity with your brand and attracting more return visitors to your website will naturally improve sales.

Retargeting efforts provide an economical way to check these boxes. Most importantly, you’re creating a holistic marketing strategy.

Brand Reinforcement

Making multiple touchpoints with customers is key to being top-of-mind. There are tons of customers who are either:

a) In the market for your business, but not quite ready to buy.

b) Not yet in the market, but will be soon/eventually.

When either of these groups does enter that “ready to buy” stage, do you think they’ll choose the product they’ve only seen once and are unfamiliar with?

Or will they more likely choose the brand they’ve seen three, four, or five times?

Probably the latter.

And, to be clear, it’s not one-dimensional.

Those multiple impressions of your brand might come in the form of a customer hearing a radio ad, then visiting your website, then getting a retargeting ad on YouTube, then doing a Google search of your brand name, and then, finally, they buy.

That’s what is meant when you hear “multichannel marketing.”

Yes, it sounds like a meaningless buzzword, but it really is the modern method behind effective marketing and business growth.

Retargeting ads are one component of a great multichannel marketing strategy.

First-time Inquiries and Purchases on Your Website

A huge percentage of the traffic to your website will be new visitors and new customers.

Like we mentioned earlier, new website visitors (new customers) are tough to please.

They’re shopping, cleaning the house, and tending to the kids all at once.

Maybe they’re in-between meetings and killing time.

They could be watching the newest Netflix series and messing around on their phones.

They’re distracted.

All the time.

They may spend 60 seconds on your site and barely remember anything except the name.

Retargeting ad campaigns then start serving. They see your name again while reading an article online. Or they catch your video on YouTube.

You start to build a relationship. They click one of your ads and browse your site again.

Even if they don’t buy or inquire then, you can see where this is going.

You now have even more behavioral data about them and can continue serving better and better ads that finally do entice them to buy.

Upsell or Cross-sell Opportunities

A final reason retargeting ads are important is the ability to upsell or cross-sell your products and services.

You can get very particular with retargeting. Say a customer buys a nice pair of dress shoes from your website. You can enter that customer into a segmented audience, then serve them ads for your shoe cleaning kit. Or maybe a new belt to go with the new shoes.

Similarly with services. If someone signs up for weekly lawn mowing on your website, you could then show them ads for mosquito lawn treatment.

Maybe that’s a terrible example, but you get the point

The ability to segment customers that you’re certain trust your brand and then show them ads for things you know they have a propensity to buy…

That’s a gold mine.

Does Retargeting Actually Work?

Short answer, yes.

At a basic level, again, exposing your brand to customers at a consistent, healthy frequency keeps you on their minds. So, when they do need your product, they have a better understanding of your brand than your competitor’s brand.

More analytically, particularly in e-commerce, we can trace retargeting ad effectiveness down to the dollar. Our e-commerce clients historically see a sizable chunk of revenue directly attributed to retargeting ads.

We can even see if retargeting ads “assisted” a sale. Meaning a customer engaged with our retargeting ad at some point in their buying process — even if it wasn’t the last touchpoint that closed the sale.

We’re confident retargeting ads work. And on the off-chance they don’t, we can also see that relatively quickly, so you’re not wasting budget.

How Effective Is Retargeting?

Retargeting ads have much higher clickthrough rates (CTR) and conversion rates than traditional display ads.

The average clickthrough rate for traditional display ads is 0.07%. The average clickthrough rate for retargeting display ads is 0.7%.

In that respect, retargeting campaigns perform 10 times better than regular display/banner ads. Additionally, they offer better opportunities to convert website visitors, because you’re increasing the percentage of return visitors.

How Much Should You Spend on Retargeting Ads?

How much of your advertising budget you should allocate to retargeting depends on the stage of your business.

If you’re just getting started and your website isn’t generating much traffic, your retargeting audience is small.

You’re in a prospecting and brand awareness phase, in that case.

So, you’re going to have to allocate more budget to search and display ad campaigns, in order to attract new traffic to your site and build your retargeting audience.

Now, if you already have sizable traffic coming to your website from organic search, social media marketing, PR, or otherwise, it won’t take long at all to build your audience and start serving retargeting campaigns.

If you have an existing audience, I’d recommend retargeting falls anywhere between 20-40% of your ad budget. If you’re spending more than that specifically on retargeting, you probably need to up your overall ad budget.

The good news is display and retargeting ads are generally inexpensive. Unless you’re using more complex methods, like IP targeting, you can get a significant number of impressions spending just $700-1,000 per month.

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internetandnetwork · 4 years ago

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A Short Guide to Launching a National/International Google Ads Campaign Correctly

Launching a fresh new ad campaign is thrilling as it could involve trying out a new strategy, platform, or even market!

That being said, new campaigns are costly too. They can be volatile as they get over the learning phases.

At times, account managers will invest copiously in the initial periods to dodge the learning phases, which means the return on ad spend (ROAS) will be lesser.

Suppose you want to launch a B2B Google Ads campaign that appears globally. It is highly advisable that you begin with limited locations. Start with a single market to test your ads and keywords and prove your ROAS, strategies, etc. And then, later on, you can expand to additional locations.

Typically, all ad campaigns need anywhere between 2 to 4 weeks at the minimum to get ramped up. At that point, you can then evaluate if you’ve got a winning strategy to implement in other markets.

In this blog, we will discuss everything you need to know to launch national/international Google Ads campaigns in the right way.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS: RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

National/International campaigns have very particular rules of engagement. These are as follows:

Accounting for market nuances in the way users think or search

Market demand for various products or services

Regulatory considerations

One can quickly fall into the trap of making a campaign overly complicated simply because it’s ��business.” But what “really” matters is that the basics are well-grounded.

Long story short, begin with a single market, prove your path to scale, strategies and ROAS and then expand to other geographical locations eventually.

BASICS: BUDGETS, CAMPAIGN SETTINGS, AND MORE

The success or failure of a campaign depends on its settings to a great extent. If you target multiple geographical locations in one campaign, you attract the following risks:

Budget allocation is determined by the highest search volume rather than profitability.

Ad delivery could be low because of time-zones being set at the account level.

Generally, it is advisable to limit campaigns to a single time zone only. This helps ensure the accuracy of ad scheduling (dayparting) and that the ad budgets are not pushed to cater to too many markets.

In fact, some businesses prefer to create a different ad account for each country (mainly if a notable currency is not available in a stated country).

Based on the individual company, this is either a critical step because of the unstable exchange rates or merely an organizational choice.

On the contrary, certain features such as household income and specific extensions are available in a few countries only.

You will want to take time zones and currency into account to cash in on particular markets (like the US) where the features rolled out before time.

MARKET DEMAND AND NUANCES

When it comes to performing keyword research, Google Trends stands as one of our outright favorite free tools available in the market.

It lets you view trends and volume for search terms by geographical location over time.

One of the most common yet biggest mistakes seen in the new accounts is that they run proven ad campaigns in new markets without making adjustments for how that particular market thinks or searches.

Even two similar keywords like marketing tools and marketing software have pockets of influence. And these nuances are all the more crucial in B2B as the auction prices tend to be overly high.

Launching ad campaigns in multiple countries calls for more than merely using Google Translate for translating winning keywords.

The meaning is most often not entirely correct, and you will end up blowing valuable marketing bucks on terms that don’t even add up.

It might be quite enticing to use the extremely flexible close variants or match types to justify performing careless translations. But you will get a far better ROI when you invest in a native translation of ads, keywords, and landing pages.

CREATIVE CHOICES PLAY A VITAL ROLE

Simply because a campaign works wonders in one market does not mean it will necessarily rock all the other markets.

Let’s say leading with questions and using language that addresses the user works well in your domestic market. Now you shouldn’t implement this on your campaigns for other markets without experimenting against different innovative strategies first.

To put things into perspective, let’s look at an example. In the US, people are more inclined towards a cleaner design and want the landing page to guide them to the conversion action.

On the other hand, in Japan, the landing page can be a bit more crowded (primarily if it makes way for more trust symbols).

Implementing either landing page layout blindly to the other market would result in your campaign failing.

Take out some time to perform an A/B test on creative choices and research the latest design trends in the market you are planning to enter.

REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS

Undoubtedly, digital marketing would have been way more straightforward if all of us lived under the same set of laws.

What classifies as illegal in one market might be 100% legal in another, meaning that advertising eligibility may vary in different markets.

Before you launch a campaign, make sure you have verified whether or not a market permits advertising on the platform you are looking to run your ads on.

For instance, suppose you want to advertise a betting app. In some markets, you would have restricted advertising eligibility with certifications, but it may be entirely prohibited in others.

Even though different markets will differ in eligibility criteria, they are unified in privacy protections. Compliance with GDPR, CPPA, and other laws alike is essential for advertisers if they want to steer clear of crippling violation penalties.

This is mainly necessary as the cookie deprecates, and we are more dependent on email accumulation.

Privacy policies need to be a significant ingredient in a landing page design or theory (as against a disposable footer).

WRAPPING IT UP

Rolling out Google Ads campaigns in new markets calls for research and adjustment, mainly when they comprise numerous locations. This makes it essential for you to ensure that your strategy is on point.

Instead of launching campaigns in multiple markets at once, utilize the ramp-up phase to carry out the legwork for the next geographical location.

Doing so will help make sure you invest the 2-4 weeks (at the minimum) your upcoming campaign deserves.

Nevertheless, make sure your legwork incorporates:

Proper keyword research to account for various search trends and patterns

Creative adjustments for landing pages and ads

Legal and compliance considerations according to location

That was all you needed to know about this. Be sure to keep this short and quick guide in mind when planning to launch your next (new) national/international Google Ads campaign, and you’ll be all set to go!

Hariom Balhara is an inventive person who has been doing intensive research in particular topics and writing blogs and articles for Tireless IT Services. Tireless IT Services is a Digital Marketing, SEO, SMO, PPC and Web Development company that comes with massive experiences. We specialize in digital marketing, Web Designing and development, graphic design, and a lot more.

SOURCE : Google Ads Campaign

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offgridthegame · 8 years ago

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Off Grid Development blog 8.11.2017 - Changing Times!

The times-they-are-a-changin.’ New horizons, a shake up, big things happening - this has been a heck of a sprint!

Blocktober

Completely unaware of our social media surroundings, Rich managed to spend a good portion of this sprint during October whiteboxing and completely miss the whiteboxing trend on Twitter that was #Blocktober! Nothing nearly as fancy as the timelapsed art passes from the Naughtly Dog team on how they constructed key hero sequences in the latest Uncharted, but we do have a new building for the intro scene in the player’s apartment. If you haven’t seen this yet at a demo I won’t give away any spoilers, but this level is where your hacking journey begins!

Indies Unplayed

We were extremely fortunate to be asked along to Indies Unplayed at Secret Weapon Loading Bar in Stratford. It’s always great to show the game and get player feedback. Many thanks to Lauren Francis for having us along, it was a very cool little event and we had some really inspiring titles along side us. Below you can see a player learning the setup to our hero’s story in the intro cutscene we are currently making playable.

We got to play some fun new indie games and catch up with some old friends too, including old chum Tim Constant, who we last saw at Nottingham Gamecity in 2013!!!

Tim is working on a very cool dystopian job sim. It’s a #PapersPlease-like game, where you play an immigrant bouncer in a post-Brexit apocalypse:

‘Settings’ it up

It’s been quite short and quick sprint, so there are no new amazing game features to talk about from Pontus. But as promised, our settings system has now evolved from a bunch of background systems and code into an actual menu. With some actual settings you can adjust!

The graphics will definitely need more work, but the plan is to fill in more options and then do a second pass on the artwork and layout to make sure everything works well with the content. For now, everything is functional at least.

Web work

Apart from that, things were polished up in the web side, with some imrpovements and additions to our wiki and to automate our newsletter. That’s going to make our life easier, and hopefully also help any players/modders to find the right Lua API and instructions for how to set things up in LevelKit in the future. I would say “go and check it out” but there’s not really much interesting things in the wiki yet, at least unless you are one of the lucky ones who have access to our builds and the LevelKit already. In which case, you of course should go and check it out to get you started testing how to create your own content for the game!

No funny bugs fixed by Pontus this sprint, and no interesting game design work either. But there definitely will be next time, he’s already spent the past few days with XMind open for plotting some pretty big changes for the game…

Mod testing

This sprint Josh, our modding and level design intern, challenged himself to build a level using the modding tools. The aim was to learn how to build a typical level with a focus on the Lua scripting side of things rather than art, and then take those learnings and see where he could fill in the gaps on the wiki that he found wanting.

We’ll let him tell you a bit more himself though:

��So I started out by blocking out the map that I wanted to create. Once I had the basic level that I was happy with I got stuck in with the Lua scripting with which I managed to learn a great deal upon completion of the level.

One of my favourite parts of creating the mod was the conversations, as it was super simple to create but also great fun generating branching dialogue between characters. Following this, I began work on a guide to building a level mod which has been added to the wiki.This is something that I felt would be important for potential modders to have to help make the modding experience more accessible.

This also resulted in a few new pages being created to explain some sections not covered on the wiki yet, such as the ability to add characters to your level. This is a very exciting and interesting feature which will allow you to create many gameplay elements, from conversations to patrolling guards.

I also had the pleasure of testing the new ability to upload mods to the steam workshop using the Level-kit tools.

Shortly after that it was decided that we should create a mod level that people can download that would demonstrate some of the pre-made devices that any modder can essentially drag and drop into their own mod. It will also be playable which I will turn into an interactive tutorial of how these devices were made to help new modders create their own from scratch.”

Farewell Harry

Harry had his last sprint with us this month as he is moving to join the development team at Unity, but we made sure he had time to part with a gift for any of our followers who are devs interested in making their games moddable too.

In his time on the team, Harry's done great work pushing modding in Unity 3d, and so we’ve open sourced his work on the Lua framework that makes Off Grid moddable, enjoy!

https://github.com/Semaeopus/Unity-Lua

Out with the New in with the Old ;)

And with our youngest team member Harry heading to Unity we have gained the wonderful Steve Allen in his place. Steve comes with a bundle of AAA and Indie experience, so much so that he qualifies for ‘industry veteran’ status, and we are pumped to have him aboard the good ship Semaeopus. I’ll stop rambling and let him introduce himself though:

Hello! I’m new here. I’ve joined the Off Grid team as a programmer, though will no doubt stick my nose in elsewhere. I’ve been programming games for, well, rather a long time, and am really excited to be part of the project. There’s lots of interesting stuff that still needs to be done and it’s already been a welcome change from the larger, corporate games I’ve been working on over the last few years. And who knows, next time I write one of these updates I might have done some work! - Steve

You’ll hear a lot more from Steve in the coming sprints, he’s already made good strides into impletmenting and extending new features in the Lua API for modders to play with, so watch this space!

Fixes and additions

Harry’s last couple of weeks were also a great opportunity for us to dig into some of the bugs in our backlog that haven’t been top priority, but would be welcome fixes with a little effort. We had a fantastic flurry of small fixes from the team, with Harry leading the charge.

Main game:

Messaging with CryptoChat

We setup a small notification to say that a character is typeing while you are waiting for them to respond to you in a conversation. It’s essentially a ‘Smedley is typing’ animation much like you’d see when using a messaging app like whatsapp or imessage.

We also and fixed the pause time between messages, which just needed a little finessing to feel more real.

And most importantly, we set up ‘B’ to skip single messages instead of all of the incoming messages from another character.

Include Mods in use, in save games

We now have save games recording what mods you have subsribed to so you can progress with your mods intact!

Saving NFC

NFC data is now being saved correctly.

Trailer video

We fixed a strange long wait at the end of our trailer that had been bugging us.

Player Phone

We fixed a bug to do with interactions when the player phone didn't appear when doing swipe interaction or scanning things.

Stuck Running

We had a somewhat funny but awkward bug in our animation state machine where the player can get stuck if you were crawling and spammed the run button while getting up - the player would get stuck runnning in circles! That is now fixed ;)

Look around you

The player character’s look-at IK needed more restriction on target height so that you didnt look at interesting objects on the floors above or below you.

Invisible walls and soft bathroom sinks

Lots of missing colliders were fixed.

LevelKit:

UV Warning

We updated asset importer post processing script to warn about missing normals and UVs on new models. This means as you are modding and making new geometry, the LevelKit tool will tell you if it is missing anything that could cause a later error.

Mod Content structure

We re-structured level directories so that the content a modder makes is in a neater structure.

Non Steam works / DRM free mod exports

Added Export as Zip option to build tab so that you can upload your mod anywhere for anyone (with a copy of the game) to try it out.

That’s all folks

Lots of big things happening so we’ll look forward to catching you next time.

Pontus, Rich, Sarah, Steve & Josh

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CSS Transitions In Vuejs And Nuxtjs

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Transitions are a nice way to remove, change, or update data in an application because their occurrence adds a nice effect and is good for the user experience. In this tutorial, we’ll look at the different ways to apply transitions in both Vue.js and NUXt.js applications.

Transitions are a module of CSS that lets you create gradual transitions between the values of specific CSS properties. The behavior of these transitions can be controlled by specifying their timing function, duration, and other attributes. Using these transitions in your applications and websites create a better visual experience and sometimes draws and holds the user’s attention while a piece of information is being introduced to or leaving the screen. According to Can I Use, transitions are supported by most browsers, although there are some minor issues with Internet Explorer and Safari.

Source: caniuse.com. (Large preview)

Vue.js is an open-source JavaScript framework for building client-facing web applications and single-page applications (SPA). One of the features of this framework is the ability to add transitions to an app seamlessly, to switch between either pages or components, and we’re going to look at how to do that in this tutorial.

NUXt.js is also a JavaScript framework, built on top of Vue.js (and often referred to as a framework of a framework), for building server-side web applications, static-generated websites, as well as SPAs. It works the same as Vue.js, so if you know Vue.js, you shouldn’t have many issues getting started with NUXt.js. NUXt.js comes with two properties for adding transitions to an app, and we’re going to cover those as well in this tutorial.

This tutorial requires basic knowledge of either Vue.js or Nuxt.js. All of the code snippets in this tutorial can be found on GitHub.

What Is A Transition?

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a transition can be defined as:

“A passage in a piece of writing that smoothly connects two topics or sections to each other.

The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.”

In terms of physics, a transition is defined thus:

“A change of an atom, nucleus, electron, etc. from one quantum state to another, with emission or absorption of radiation.”

From these definitions, we get an idea on what a transition is. The definitions all involve two different things or states. In terms of code, a transition is not so different.

What Is A CSS Transition?

According to Mozilla’s web documentation:

“CSS Transitions is a module of CSS that lets you create gradual transitions between the values of specific CSS properties. The behavior of these transitions can be controlled by specifying their timing function, duration, and other attributes.”

This means we can define a CSS transition as: the change in the CSS property of one or more elements from one value to another.

The CSS transition property enables us to add a transition effect to any valid element. It consists of up to four other properties (five, if we count the transition property itself) that can be used individually or combined as a shorthand. Each property has a different function.

transition-property

The transition-property accepts the name of the CSS property that we want to watch out for changes on and whose change process we want to transition. It looks like this:

.btn { width: 200px; height: 50px; transition-property: width; background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; }

But this property does not do anything without the next property.

transition-duration

The transition-duration property specifies the time that the change of the element(s) in the transition-property should go on for. This property is required in order for the transition to work. If it is not set (with a value greater than 0s), then the default value of 0s would mean it would not run. So, let’s set a duration for this transition:

.btn { width: 200px; transition-property: width; transition-duration: 2s; background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; }

Here, we have an element with a class name of btn that has a width of 200px. We are using both the transition-property and the transition-duration properties here. What this means is, “Hey, CSS, watch out for when the width property changes, and when this happens, let the effect take 2s to change.”

So, if we have a button with a class name of btn, then the index.html file would look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>CSS Transitions</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="./assets/styles.css"> </head> <body> <Section> <h1>Hi CSS Transitions</h1> <button class="btn">Hover on me to see a cool transition</button> </Section> </body> </html>

Here, we have an HTML file that contains a button with a class that has transition-property and transition-duration properties watching out for changes to the element’s width.

One thing to note is that, in order for the transition on our button to work, we have to actually change the width of that element, either by manually adjusting the width with the developer tools in the browser, by using one of the CSS pseudo-classes, or by using JavaScript. For the purpose of this tutorial, we’re going to use the CSS pseudo-class :hover to change the width of the button:

// existing styles .btn:hover { width: 300px; }

Now, if we hover over this button, we should see the width of the button gradually increase over the set time, which is 2s.

See the Pen transition-property and transition-duration by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

transition-timing-function

The transition-timing-function property determines the speed at which the transition effect occurs. Five values are available for this property:

ease This (the default) specifies a transition effect that starts slowly, then gets fast, then ends slowly.

linear This specifies a transition effect with the same speed from start to end.

ease-in This specifies a transition effect with a slow start.

ease-out This specifies a transition effect with a slow end.

ease-in-out This specifies a transition effect with a slow start and end.

cubic-bezier(n,n,n,n) This lets you define your own values in a cubic-bezier function.

So, if we add ease-in to our button, we should notice the speed at which the width and height change, compared to the speed at which the button returns to its normal state. Here is our updated styles.css sheet:

.btn { width: 200px; height: 50px; transition-property: width; transition-duration: 2s; transition-timing-function: ease-in; background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; }

If we want a more dramatic speed effect or the freedom to set a specific speed effect, we can use cubic-bezier(n,n,n,n):

btn { width: 200px; height: 50px; transition-property: width; transition-duration: 2s; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.075, 0.82, 0.165, 1); background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; }

See the Pen transition-timing-function by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

One interesting thing about this value is that you can edit it directly in the browser using the developer tools.

Cubic bezier in the browser’s developer tools. (Large preview)

If you click on the highlighted part of your developer tools, you’ll get an interface to modify the cubic-bezier options:

Cubic bezier interface highlighted in yellow. (Large preview)

As you move the two points around, the values of (n,n,n,n) change, and you’ll see a representation (highlighted in red) of how the speed effect will appear. This can be very useful when you have a specific speed effect in mind.

transition-delay

The transition-delay property sets how long (in seconds) the transition has to wait before its effect starts to occur. This time is different from the transition-duration property, which specifies how long the transition effect will take place.

.btn { width: 200px; height: 50px; transition-property: width; transition-duration: 2s; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.075, 0.82, 0.165, 1); transition-delay: 5s; background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; }

If you try this in the browser, you will notice a delay before the element’s width starts to change. This is because of the transition-delay property and value that we have set.

See the Pen transition-delay by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

Shorthand Property

The individual transition properties can be tedious to use. For this reason, we have the shorthand property: transition. It accepts all of the properties in a defined order:

{ transition: a b c d; }

Here, the letters correspond as follows:

a: transition-property

b: transition-duration

c: transition-timing-function

d: transition-delay

We can refactor our existing transition to work using this shorthand property:

// from .btn { width: 200px; height: 50px; transition-property: width; transition-duration: 2s; transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.075, 0.82, 0.165, 1); transition-delay: 1s; background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; } // to .btn { width: 200px; height: 50px; transition: width 2s cubic-bezier(0.075, 0.82, 0.165, 1) 1s; background-color: red; color: #fff; border: 0; }

If we try this code in the browser, we will get the same transition effect that we got when we used the individual properties.

See the Pen using shorthand property by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

Transitions In Vue.js

Vue.js comes with two different ways to add transitions to an application. This doesn’t mean we cannot use transitions the CSS way. It just means that Vue.js’ developers have built on top of CSS to make it easier to use transitions. Let’s look at them one by one.

Transitioning Individual Elements and Components

One way we can use transitions in Vue.js is by wrapping the transition component around an element or component, using any of the following:

conditional rendering ( using v-if),

conditional display (using v-show),

dynamic components,

component root nodes.

When we are developing an application, there are instances when we want to display data to the user depending on a value (such as a boolean). Here’s an example of how this works, taken from the index.vue file:

<template> <div> <p v-if="show">Now you see me!</p> <p v-else>Now you don't!</p> <button @click="show = !show">click me</button> </div> </template> <script> export default { data() { return { show: true } } } </script> <style> </style>

We have added two paragraphs to this page that appear depending on the value of show. We also have a button that changes the value of show when clicked. We’ll add this page to our App.vue file by importing it like so:

<template> <div id="app"> <Index /> </div> </template> <script> import Index from "./components/index.vue"; export default { name: 'App', components: { Index } } </script>

If we open the browser, we should see our paragraph and button:

Vue.js landing page in default state. (Large preview)

Right now, clicking the button changes only the value of show, which causes the visible text to change:

Landing page when button is clicked. (Large preview)

Adding a transition to this paragraph can be done by wrapping both paragraphs in the transition component. This component accepts a name prop, which is very important for the transition to work.

<template> <div> <transition name="fade"> <p v-if="show">Now you see me!</p> <p v-else>Now you don't!</p> </transition> <button @click="show = !show">click me</button> </div> </template>

This name tells Vue.js which transition to apply to the elements or components inside this transition component. At this point, if we click on the button, we would still not notice any transition because we have yet to add the configuration for our transition in the form of CSS classes.

One thing to note is that, when using a transition between two elements of the same tag, we need to specify a key attribute on each element in order for the transition to occur.

<template> <div> <transition name="fade"> <p v-if="show" key="visible">Now you see me!</p> <p v-else key="notVisible">Now you don't!</p> </transition> <button @click="show = !show">click me</button> </div> </template>

Vue.js has six transition classes that are applied to the elements or components inside the transition component, and each of these classes represents a state in the transition process. We’re going to look at only a few of them.

v-enter

The v-enter class represents the “starting state for enter”. This is the point at which a condition (v-if or v-else) has been met and the element is about to be made visible. At this point, the class has been added to the element, and it is removed once the element has been added. The name prop (in this case, fade) attached to the transition component is prefixed to this class name, but without the v. This v can be used by default if name is not provided. Thus, we can add this class to our index.vue file:

First, we add a color of green to all of the paragraphs on the page. Then, we add our first transition class, fade-name. Inside this class, we change the color to red, and we make use of the transform and translateY property to move the paragraph by 20px along the y-axis (vertically). If we try clicking on the button again, we will notice that very little or no transition takes place during the switch because we need to add this next class we’ll look at.

v-enter-active

The v-enter-active class represents the “whole entering” state of a transitioning element. It means that this class is added just before the element is inserted or becomes visible, and it is removed when the transition has ended. This class is important for v-enter to work because it can be used to add the CSS transition property to the class, together with its properties (transition-property, transition-duration, transition-timing-function, and transition-delay), some of which are needed in order for the transition effect to work. Let’s add this class to our app and see what happens:

.fade-enter-active { transition: transform .3s cubic-bezier(1.0, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0), color .5s cubic-bezier(1.0, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0); }

See the Pen vue transition enter state by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

Now, if we click on the button, we will notice the transition of the color and the position of each of the texts as they come into view. But the transition from visible to hidden isn’t smooth enough because no transition is happening.

v-leave-active

The v-leave-active class represents the entire state in which an element changes from visible to hidden. This means that this class is applied from the moment an element starts to leave the page, and it is removed once the transition ends. This class is important in order for a leave transition to be applied because it takes in the CSS transition property, which also takes in other transition properties. Let’s add this to our app and see what happens:

.fade-leave-active { transition: transform 1s cubic-bezier(1.0, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0), color 1s cubic-bezier(1.0, 0.5, 0.8, 1.0); }

See the Pen vue transition leave active state by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

When we click on the button now, we will notice that the element that should leave waits for approximately 2 seconds before disappearing. This is because Vue.js is expecting the next class with this transition to be added in order for it to take effect.

v-leave-to

The v-leave-to transition represents the “leaving” state, meaning the point at which an element starts to leave and its transition is triggered. It is added one frame after a leaving transition is triggered, and removed when the transition or animation finishes. Let’s add this class to our app and see what happens:

.fade-leave-to { transform: translateX(100px); color: cyan; }

Clicking on the button, we will notice that each element that is leaving is sliding to the right as the color changes.

See the Pen vue transition leave to state by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

Now that we understand how transitions work in Vue.js, here’s an image that brings it all together:

Classification of Vue.js transition classes. (Large preview)

Finally, notice the not-so-smooth transition that occurs during the enter and leave states of elements that are transitioning. This is because Vue.js’ transitions occur simultaneously. Vue.js has a mode prop that helps us achieve a very smooth transition process. This prop accepts one of the following values:

in-out The new element transitions in first, and then, when it’s complete, the current element transitions out.

out-in The current element transitions out first, and then, when complete, the new element transitions in.

If we add this mode to our index.vue file and try again, we should see a better transition:

<template> <div> <transition name="fade" appear mode="out-in"> <p v-if="show" key="visible">Now you see me!</p> <p v-else key="notVisible">Now you don't!</p> </transition> <button @click="transitionMe">click me</button> </div> </template>

Now, if we click on the button, we will notice that one element leaves before another enters. This is a result of the mode we have selected for this transition. If we try the other mode, we will get a different behavior.

See the Pen vue transition with mode by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

List Transitions

If you ever try adding transitions to more than one element at a time using the transition component, an error will get printed to the console:

Vue.js error printed in console. (Large preview)

This is because the transition component is not meant to render more than one element at a time. If we want to transition two or more elements at a time or render a list (using v-for), we make use of the transition-group component. This component also accepts a name prop, but it has some differences from the transition component, including the following:

A key attribute is required for each element inside this component.

There is no need for the mode prop because more than one element would be rendered at a time.

A span element is rendered by default, but it can be modified by specifying a tag prop when defining the transition-group component. Let’s look at an example (in our listTransition.vue file):

<template> <div> <h1>List/Group Transition</h1> <ul> <li v-for="user in users" :key="user.id"> <button>Remove</button> </li> </ul> </div> </template> <script> export default { data() { return { users: [ { name: "Vuejs", id: 1 }, { name: "Vuex", id: 2 }, { name: "Router", id: 3 } ] }; } }; </script> <style> </style>

Here, we have an array of users, which we loop through using v-for, displaying the name in our template section. In order to be able to view this list, we need to import this component into the App.vue page:

<template> <div id="app"> <Index /> <listTransition /> </div> </template> <script> import Index from "./components/index.vue"; import listTransition from "./components/listTransition.vue"; export default { name: "App", components: { Index, listTransition } }; </script>

Note that when using the transition-group component, instead of wrapping our list with a ul tag (or any tag we have in mind), we wrap it around the transition-group component and add the tag to the tag prop, like this:

<template> <div> <h1>List/Group Transition</h1> <transition-group name="slide-fade" tag='ul'> <li v-for="user in users" :key="user.id"> <button>Remove</button> </li> </transition-group> </div> </template> <script> export default { data() { return { users: [ { name: "Vuejs", id: 1 }, { name: "Vuex", id: 2 }, { name: "Router", id: 3 } ] }; } }; </script> <style> .slide-fade-enter-active { transition: transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1), color 0.5s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1); } .slide-fade-leave-active { transition: transform 1s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1), color 1s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1); } .slide-fade-enter { color: mediumblue; transform: translateY(20px); } .slide-fade-leave-to { transform: translateX(100px); color: cyan; } </style>

Here, we have replaced the ul tag with the transition-group component, and added the ul as the tag prop value. If we inspect the updated page in the developer tools, we will see that the list is being wrapped in the element that we specified in the tag prop (that is, ul).

The ul tag highlighted in the developer tools. (Large preview)

We have also added a transition name prop with a value of slide-fade to this component, with style rules below in the style section that follow this naming convention. For this to work, we need to add the following lines of code to our file:

<template> <div> <h1>List/Group Transition</h1> <transition-group name="slide-fade" tag="ul"> <li v-for="user in users" :key="user.id"> <button @click="removeUser(user.id)">Remove</button> </li> </transition-group> </div> </template> <script> export default { // ... methods: { removeUser(id) { let users = this.users.filter(user => user.id !== id); this.users = users; } } }; </script>

In the template section, we add a click event to each button in the loop and pass the user.id to the removeUser method attached to this click event. We then create this function in the script section of our file. This function accepts an id as argument. Then, we run through our existing users and filter out the user with the id passed into this function. When this is done, we save our new array of users to the data of our page.

At this point, if you click on any of the buttons for the users, a transition effect will be applied as the user is being removed from the list.

See the Pen Vue list transition by Timi Omoyeni (@timibadass) on CodePen.

Transitions In Nuxt.js:

Adding transitions to a NUXt.js application is quite different from how you might be used to in Vue.js. In NUXt.js, the transition component is automatically added to the application for you. All you need to do is one of the following.

Add It to Individual Page Component

NUXt.js allows us to add transitions to an individual page component seamlessly. This transition is applied while the user is navigating to this page. All we have to do is add a transition property to the script section of the component. This property can be a string, a function, or an object. Some of the properties it accepts are:

name,

mode,

css.

Like Vue.js, NUXt.js has a default name that gets assigned to a transition class if no name is provided, and it is called page. Let’s see how this works when we add it to our application in transition.vue:

<template> <div> <p> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Labore libero odio, asperiores debitis harum ipsa neque cum nulla incidunt explicabo ut eaque placeat qui, quis voluptas. Aut necessitatibus aliquam veritatis. </p> <nUXt-link to="/">home</nUXt-link> </div> </template> <script> export default { transition: { name: "fade", mode: "out-in" }, data() { return { show: true }; } }; </script> <style> p { color: green; } .fade-enter-active { transition: transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1), color 0.5s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1); } .fade-leave-active { transition: transform 1s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1), color 1s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1); } .fade-enter { color: mediumblue; transform: translateY(20px); } .fade-leave-to { transform: translateX(100px); color: cyan; } </style>

On this page, we’ve displayed “lorem ipsum” in the template section. We’ve also added the transition property, to which we have passed an object whose name is set to fade and whose mode is set to out-in. Finally, in the style section, we’ve added some styles that control the transition as the user navigates between this page and another.

In order for this transition to work, we have to navigate to /transition, but we would not notice any transition if we manually enter this route in our browser. So, let’s add a link to this page on the index.vue page.

Now, if we click the link on either of the two pages, we will notice a sliding transition as the browser moves to and from the /transition route.

pageTransition

Adding transitions to individual pages can be challenging if we want to add them to all of the pages in the application. That’s where pageTransition comes in. This property allows us to add a general configuration for all of our pages in the nUXt.config.js file. This property accepts both a string and object as an option. Let’s see how that works in nUXt.config.js:

export default { // ... /* ** Global CSS */ css: [ '~/assets/transition.css' ], pageTransition: { name: "fade", mode: "out-in" }, }

Here, we’ve added the link to a CSS file, which we’ll create shortly. We have also added the pageTransition property to the file, along with with its configuration. Now, let’s create our CSS file, transition.css, and add the following styles to it:

.fade-enter-active { transition: transform 0.3s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1), color 0.5s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1); } .fade-leave-active { transition: transform 1s cubic-bezier(1, 1, 1, 1), color 1s cubic-bezier(1, 0.5, 0.8, 1); } .fade-enter { color: mediumblue; transform: translateY(20px); } .fade-leave-to { transform: translate3d(-500px, -300px 400px); color: cyan; }

We’ve added the classes and styles that will be applied to the transition between one route and the other. If we get rid of the transition configuration from the transition.vue page and try to navigate between the two pages, we will get a transition effect.

layoutTransition

The layoutTransition property enables us to apply transitions based on the layout that the page is on. It works the same way as pageTranslation, except that it works based on layout. The default transition name is layout. Here’s an example of how it works, in nUXt.config.js:

export default { // ... /* ** Global CSS */ css: [ '~/assets/transition.css' ], layoutTransition: { name: "fade", mode: "out-in" }, }

Note that fade has to be the name of the layout in order for the transition to work with its layout. Let’s create this new layout in newLayout.vue to see what I mean:

<template>  <div> <h1>new layout</h1> </div> </template> <script> export default { layout: "blog" // page component definitions }; </script>

Conclusion

We have learned about CSS transitions and how to create them using the transition properties individually (transition-property, transition-duration, transition-timing-function, and transition-delay) and using the shorthand transition property. We have also covered how to apply these transitions in both Vue.js and NUXt.js. But that’s not all. Vue.js has more ways for us to apply transitions in an application:

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