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<p>Shapes Smart Scroll Animations is a micro-tool designed for developers and designers who need clean entrance animations without external libraries.</p>
<p>This plugin uses a Smart Grid Delay logic to detect your layout structure and animate elements naturally, whether they are in a multi-column desktop grid or a single-column mobile view.</p>
<h3>How does it work?</h3>
<p>Here is a deep dive into the technical advantages of Shapes Smart Scroll Animations plugin:</p>
<h4>1. Smart Grid Delay logic</h4>
<p>The core of this plugin is the <code>calculateColumnsInGroup</code> algorithm. Instead of forcing you to write complex media queries for animation delays, the plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dynamically checks the physical position (<code>offsetTop</code>) of elements.</li>
<li>Detects when a new row begins.</li>
<li>Resets the delay counter for every new row.</li>
<li>Result: Animations look professional and perfectly staggered on any screen size automatically.</li>
</ul>
<h4>2. Performance (Vanilla JS)</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Zero Dependencies:</strong> No jQuery, no GSAP, no heavy frameworks. The script is ultra-lightweight.</li>
<li><strong>IntersectionObserver API:</strong> I use the modern browser API to detect scrolling, which is much more efficient than listening to the <code>scroll</code> event.</li>
<li><strong>GPU Acceleration:</strong> CSS properties use <code>will-change</code> to inform the browser ahead of time, offloading rendering to the GPU for smooth animations.</li>
</ul>
<h4>3. Accessibility first</h4>
<p>This plugin automatically respects the user’s operating system preferences.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Reduced Motion Support:</strong> If a visitor has “Reduce Motion” enabled in their system (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android), the plugin automatically disables all entrance animations to prevent motion sickness.</li>
<li><strong>Inclusive Design:</strong> Your site remains compliant with modern web standards without extra work.</li>
</ul>
<h4>4. Developer friendly</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>No-JS Fallback:</strong> If JavaScript fails or is disabled, elements remain fully visible (opacity: 1). Your content is safe.</li>
<li><strong>CSS Variables:</strong> I moved hardcoded values to CSS Custom Properties (<code>:root</code>). You can globally change animation duration, easing, or distance directly in your theme’s CSS without editing plugin files.</li>
<li><strong>Simple Class System:</strong> Just add <code>.shps-animated</code> and an effect class.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Available effects</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Slide Up:</strong> <code>.shps-slide-up</code> (Classic elegant entrance)</li>
<li><strong>Zoom Out:</strong> <code>.shps-zoom-out</code> (Modern scaling effect)</li>
<li><strong>Slide Right:</strong> <code>.shps-slide-right</code></li>
<li><strong>Slide Left:</strong> <code>.shps-slide-left</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>How to use?</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Single Element:</strong> Add <code>shps-animated shps-slide-up</code> to any HTML element or Block.</li>
<li><strong>Grid/Group:</strong> Wrap elements in a container with class <code>shps-group</code> to enable the Smart Grid Delay.</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>Example HTML:</strong></p>
<pre><code><div class="shps-group">
    <div class="shps-animated shps-slide-up">Card 1</div>
    <div class="shps-animated shps-slide-up">Card 2</div>
    <div class="shps-animated shps-slide-up">Card 3</div>
</div>
</code></pre>
<h3>Manual delays & overrides</h3>
<p>You have two ways to control delays manually if you want to highlight specific items.</p>
<p><strong>Method 1: Helper Classes (Recommended for static HTML)</strong></p>
<p>Use these classes to set a fixed delay. The plugin will detect them and skip the automatic calculation for that specific element.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>.shps-delay-100</code> (0.1s) … to <code>.shps-delay-1000</code> (1.0s). Numeric values ​​in increments of 100.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Method 2: CSS Overrides (Recommended for dynamic loops)</strong></p>
<p>If you are generating lists via PHP (e.g., WordPress Loop) and cannot add specific classes to individual items, use CSS with <code>!important</code> to override the inline styles applied by the plugin.</p>
<pre><code>/* Example: Force 3rd item to wait 1 second */
.shps-group .shps-animated:nth-child(3) {
    transition-delay: 1.0s !important;
}
</code></pre>
<h3>Security & privacy</h3>
<p>This plugin is designed to be safe and lightweight:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>100% GDPR Compliant:</strong> No external calls, no tracking, no cookies, and no IP collection.</li>
<li><strong>Zero Dependencies:</strong> Written in pure Vanilla JS. No jQuery or external libraries that could cause conflicts.</li>
<li><strong>Database Free:</strong> The plugin does not perform any database queries (SQL), ensuring zero risk of injection attacks.</li>
<li><strong>Self-Contained:</strong> All assets are loaded locally. No reliance on external CDNs.</li>
</ul>


Shapes Smart Scroll Animations

Add high-performance entrance animations with Smart Grid Delay logic. Zero dependencies, GPU accelerated, and Accessibility ready.

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Hans-Gerd Gerhards

<p>The lightweight plugin “Add infos to the events calendar” provides a shortcode block (image copyright, button with link to events with a special category, link to the website of the organizer) to single events for The Events Calendar Free Plugin (by MODERN TRIBE)<br />
The path to The Events Calendar (TEC) categories is automatically suggested during installation. To be on the safe side, however, you should check this by going to the relevant event after using the shortcut and checking that the links are executed correctly.<br />
As a rule, the short code (description and examples see below) should be one of the last lines of a single event. However, the short code can also be used in principle in posts. In this case, you should usually not use the option “vl”, because this option refers to events, unless you want to link to a specific category in a contribution on events, for example.<br />
Automatically displays the text from “Caption” (see Media, image details) in italics by default for an event or a post. A copyright notice should be entered in this field.</p>
<h4>Attention</h4>
<p>If the plugin is deleted, the shortcode remains in the posts and events. In this case use a plugin to delete the shortcodes, e.g. Shortcode Cleaner Lite (see wordpress.org). However, there is no guarantee that all shortcodes will be deleted correctly.</p>
<h4>Shortcode – Options</h4>
<ol>
<li>link = link e.g. to organizer</li>
<li>vl   = list of events</li>
<li>il   = e.g. used for internal link</li>
</ol>
<h4>Call Examples</h4>
<ul>
<li>[fuss link=”https://externer_link.de” vl=””] –> always shows picture credits, then more info with the link to external website and at vl=”” the link to “more events”.</li>
<li>[fuss vl=””] –> always shows picture credits, but no link to external website and at vl=”” the link to “more events”.</li>
<li>[fuss] –> always shows picture credits, but no link to external website.</li>
<li>[fuss link=”https://externer_link.de” vl=”nature”] –> always shows picture credits, then more info with the link to external website and at vl=”Nature” the link to “more events: nature”.<br />
(of course the category must exist in The Events Calendar (this is checked by a function). If the category does not exist, the event list will be shown.)</li>
<li>[fuss vl=”” il=”http://internal_link.de/example”] –> always shows picture credits, but no link to external website and at vl=”” the link to “more events” and at il=”http://internal_link.de/example” the link to another external or internal webesite.</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/j9dj3uoacxI?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>


Add infos to The Events Calendar

“Add infos to The Events Calendar” provides a shortcode block to single events for The Events Calendar Free Plugin (by MODERN TRIBE)

Shapes Smart Scroll Animations vs Add infos to The Events Calendar