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Aggies effect change locally, nationally, globally, and even galactically.</p> <i class="fas fa-angle-down fa-3x text-white mx-auto d-block"></i> </div> </div> </div> <section> <div class="container container-narrow"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 mb-3"> <h2 style="border-bottom-color: #384660;" class="pb-2 impact-heading-border h1 font-gotham"> <span class="text-bold">Seth Lyman</span> is Working to Improve Air Quality </h2> </div> </div> <div class="row d-flex flex-row-reverse beforeScrollLeft onScrollRevert beforeScrollInvisible"> <div class="col-md-8 overflow-hidden"> <div src="/imact/images/air-quality.jpg" data-youtube="true" data-video="https://www.youtube.com/embed/en8ViYs59Uc" class="parentVideoPlayer px-0 mb-0 pointer ripple" style=" background-image: url(/impact/images/air-quality.jpg); background-size: cover; background-position: center;"> <img src="/impact/images/air-quality.jpg" class="w-100 invisible" alt=""/> <div class="d-flex position-absolute align-items-center justify-content-center" style="top: 0; 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for (var i = 0, len = links.length; i < len; i++) { links[i].addEventListener('click', function(e) { var targetEl = e.target; var inkEl = targetEl.querySelector('.ink'); if($(targetEl).is('img')){ targetEl = $(targetEl).closest('div')[0]; } if (inkEl) { inkEl.classList.remove('animate'); } else { inkEl = document.createElement('span'); inkEl.classList.add('ink'); inkEl.style.width = inkEl.style.height = Math.max(targetEl.offsetWidth, targetEl.offsetHeight) + 'px'; targetEl.appendChild(inkEl); console.log(targetEl); } inkEl.style.left = (e.offsetX - inkEl.offsetWidth / 2) + 'px'; inkEl.style.top = (e.offsetY - inkEl.offsetHeight / 2) + 'px'; inkEl.classList.add('animate'); }, false); } /* Zoom Story Magic 1. When you click on a story we basically clone the card element and place it right on top of the original using JS. 2. We then add a class (zoomToFull) with which CSS, scales the story up 10 fold so it covers the entire page and causes the existing .storyLoader div to fade in and cover the entire area so no one can see what is going on behind the scenes. 3. We then add a class (loadNewsStory) which sets up the DOM behind the storyLoader. 4. We then use AJAX to fetch the story of UST and load it into the DOM. 5. Once AJAX is complete we add the loaded class fades in the content. What it looks like to the user is: the card zooms to full screen and fades out and the article fades in. */ $(document).on('click','.showNewsStory:not(.zoomToFull)',function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $('body').addClass('overflow-hidden'); var clone = $(this).clone().addClass('clone').removeClass('showNewsStory onHoverFloat shadow-sm'); $(this).closest('.col-lg').append(clone); setTimeout(function(){ clone.addClass('zoomToFull'); },50); setTimeout(function(){ clone.addClass('loadNewsStory'); clone.find('.storyLoader').load('/impact/articleLoader.cfm?id='+clone.data('id'),function(){ setTimeout(function(){ $('.loadNewsStory').addClass('loaded'); } ,250); }); },500); }); /* Because we don't alter the original DOM, removing the story is as simple as fading out the clone and then removing it from the DOM. */ $(document).on('click','.clone .closeArticle',function(){ $(this).closest('.clone').fadeOut(function(){$(this).remove()}); $('body').removeClass('overflow-hidden'); }); </script> </body> </html>