From 669c86e16bc2a25828949b0926079ece48b0bd6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hakim El Hattab Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 22:44:40 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] big rewrite of readme --- README.md | 151 ++++++------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 135 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ebb866a9..0613c4ad 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ # reveal.js -A CSS 3D slideshow tool for quickly creating good looking HTML presentations. Doesn't _rely_ on any external libraries but [highlight.js](http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/description/) is included by default for code highlighting. +A framework for easily creating beautiful presentations using HTML. [Check out the live demo](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/). -Note that this requires a browser with support for CSS 3D transforms and ``classList``. If CSS 3D support is not detected, the presentation will degrade to less exciting 2D transitions. A [classList polyfill](http://purl.eligrey.com/github/classList.js/blob/master/classList.js) is incuded to make this work in < iOS 5, < Safari 5.1 and IE. +reveal.js comes with a broad range of features including [nested slides](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#markup), [markdown contents](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#markdown), [PDF export](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#pdf-export), [speaker notes](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#speaker-notes) and a [JavaScript API](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#api). It's best viewed in a browser with support for CSS 3D transforms but [fallbacks](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/wiki/Browser-Support) are available to make sure your presentation can still be viewed elsewhere. -Curious about how it looks in action? [Check out the demo page](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/). -## Usage +#### More reading in the Wiki: +- [Changelog](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/wiki/Changelog): Up-to-date version history +- [Examples](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/wiki/Examples): Presentations created with reveal.js +- [Browser Support](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/wiki/Changelog): Explanation of browser support and fallbacks + + +## Instructions ### Markup @@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ This is based on [data-markdown](https://gist.github.com/1343518) from [Paul Iri ### Configuration -At the end of your page, after ````, you need to initialize reveal by running the following code. Note that all config values are optional and will default as specified below. +At the end of your page you need to initialize reveal by running the following code. Note that all config values are optional and will default as specified below. ```javascript Reveal.initialize({ @@ -135,13 +140,6 @@ Reveal.addEventListener( 'fragmenthidden', function( event ) { } ); ``` -### Folder Structure -- **css/** Core styles without which the project does not function -- **js/** Like above but for JavaScript -- **plugin/** Components that have been developed as extensions to reveal.js -- **lib/** All other third party assets (JavaScript, CSS, fonts) - - ## PDF Export Presentations can be exported to PDF via a special print stylesheet. This feature requires that you use [Google Chrome](http://google.com/chrome). @@ -176,131 +174,14 @@ You can change the appearance of the speaker notes by editing the file at `plugi - The notes page is supposed to show the current slide and the next slide, but when it first starts, it always shows the first slide in both positions. -## Examples - -* http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/ (original) -* http://www.ideapolisagency.com/ by [@achrafkassioui](http://twitter.com/achrafkassioui) -* http://lucienfrelin.com/ by [@lucienfrelin](http://twitter.com/lucienfrelin) -* http://creatorrr.github.com/ThePoet/ -* http://moduscreate.com/ by [@ModusCreate](https://twitter.com/ModusCreate) -* http://idea.diwank.name/ by [Diwank Singh](http://diwank.name/) -* [Webapp Development Stack & Tooling](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39519/talks/jquk-tooling%2Bappstack/index.html) by [Paul Irish](https://github.com/paulirish) -* [Lock-free algorithms](http://concurrencykit.org/presentations/lockfree_introduction/) by Samy Al Bahra -* [Not Your Average Drag and Drop](http://www.thecssninja.com/talks/not_your_average_dnd/) by [Ryan Seddon](https://github.com/ryanseddon) -* [Elasticsearch](http://spinscale.github.com/elasticsearch/2012-03-jugm.html) by [@spinscale](http://twitter.com/spinscale) -* [JavaScript Tooling](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39519/talks/jsconf-tools/index.html) by [Paul Irish](https://github.com/paulirish) -* [The Graphical Web: Fostering Creativity](http://vhardy.github.com/presentations/html5-community-meet-up-2012/) by [Vincent Hardy](https://github.com/vhardy) -* [Mobile Web Programming is a Bloody Mess](http://westcoastlogic.com/slides/debug-mobile/) by [Brian LeRoux](https://github.com/brianleroux) -* [Bio Database Access and Sequence Alignment](http://www.philipbjorge.com/bioinformatics-presentation/) by [Philip Bjorge](https://github.com/philipbjorge) -* [Web vs Native](http://prez.mahemoff.com/state-native/) by [Michael Mahemoff](https://github.com/mahemoff) -* [Continuously Integrated JS Development](http://trodrigues.net/presentations/buster-ci/) by [Tiago Rodrigues](https://github.com/trodrigues) -* [To be Future Friendly is to be Device Agnostic](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/409429/presentations/toster-2012/index.html) by [Joe McCann](https://github.com/joemccann) -* [The Web Development Workflow of 2013](http://dl.dropbox.com/u/39519/talks/fluent/index.html) by [Paul Irish](https://github.com/paulirish) -* [How To Cope With Graphical Challenges Using Latest Web Technologies](http://alexw.me/playground/slideshows/w3c_netcraft/) by [Alex Wolkov](https://github.com/altryne) -* [Going Deeper with jQuery Mobile](http://andymatthews.net/downloads/presentations/going-deeper-with-jquery-mobile/) by [Andy Matthews](https://github.com/commadelimited) -* [Studio Nord](http://studionord.org) -* [Herrljunga Cider](http://herrljungacider.se/uk/campaign/) -* [PhoneGap Pain Points](http://phonegap-pain-points.appspot.com/) by [Pamela Fox](https://github.com/pamelafox) -* [Using HTML5 To Power Your Game Production](http://www.blitzgamesstudios.com/blitztech/html5-presentation) by Richard Hackett - - -[Send me a link](http://hakim.se/about/contact) if you used reveal.js for a project or presentation. - - -## History - -#### 1.5 (master/beta) -- New API method ```Reveal.getPreviousSlide()``` -- New API method ```Reveal.getCurrentSlide()``` -- New API method ```Reveal.getIndices()``` -- Fixed bug where the ```.present``` class was sometimes left on the previous slide -- Added support for slides written using markdown -- Added helped method ```Reveal.getQueryHash()``` -- Added EOT font for IE support -- IE8 support -- Fixed bug where hovering 3D links in Chrome caused them to disappear -- Disable 3D links in IE and more accurate CSS feature detection -- CSS is more relative in sizing to allow for low resolutions. Thanks [StereotypicalApps](https://github.com/StereotypicalApps) -- PDF export ([instructions](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js#pdf-export)) - -#### 1.4 -- Main ```#reveal container``` is now selected via a class instead of ID -- API methods for adding or removing all event listeners -- The ```slidechange``` event now includes currentSlide and previousSlide -- Fixed bug where ```slidechange``` was firing twice when history was enabled -- Folder structure updates for scalability (see /lib & /plugin) -- Slide notes by [rmurphey](https://github.com/rmurphey) -- Bumped up default font-size for code samples -- Added beige theme -- Added ```autoSlide``` config -- Bug fix: The ```slidechanged``` event is now firing upon ```hashchange```. Thanks [basecode](https://github.com/basecode) -- Bug fix: JS error when the ```progress``` option was true but there was no progress DOM element -- ```keyboard``` config flag for disabling all keyboard navigation - -#### 1.3 -- Revised keyboard shortcuts, including ESC for overview, N for next, P for previous. Thanks [mahemoff](https://github.com/mahemoff) -- Added support for looped presentations via config -- Fixed IE9 fallback -- Added event binding methods (```Reveal.addEventListener```, ```Reveal.removeEventListener```) -- Added ```slidechanged``` event -- Added print styles. Thanks [skypanther](https://github.com/skypanther) -- The address bar now hides automatically on mobile browsers -- Space and return keys can be used to exit the overview mode -- Events for fragment states (```fragmentshown``` / ```fragmenthidden```) -- Support for swipe navigation on touch devices. Thanks [akiersky](https://github.com/akiersky) -- Support for pinch to overview on touch devices - -#### 1.2 - -- Big changes to DOM structure: - - Previous ```#main``` wrapper is now called ```#reveal``` - - Slides were moved one level deeper, into ```#reveal .slides``` - - Controls and progress bar were moved into ```#reveal``` -- CSS is now much more explicit, rooted at ```#reveal```, to prevent conflicts -- Config option for disabling updates to URL, defaults to true -- Anchors with image children no longer rotate in 3D on hover -- Support for mouse wheel navigation ([naugtur](https://github.com/naugtur)) -- Delayed updates to URL hash to work around a bug in Chrome -- Included a ```classList``` polyfill for IE9 -- Support for wireless presenter keys -- States can now be applied as classes on the document element by adding ```data-state``` on a slide - -#### 1.1 - -- Added an optional presentation progress bar -- Images wrapped in anchors no longer unexpectedly flip in 3D -- Slides that contain other slides are given the 'stack' class -- Added ```transition``` option for specifying transition styles -- Added ```theme``` option for specifying UI styles -- New transitions: ```box``` & ```page``` -- New theme: ```neon``` - -#### 1.0 - -- New and improved style -- Added controls in bottom right which indicate where you can navigate -- Reveal views in iteratively by giving them the ```.fragment``` class -- Code sample syntax highlighting thanks to [highlight.js](http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/description/) -- Initialization options (toggling controls, toggling rolling links, transition theme) - -#### 0.3 - -- Added licensing terms -- Fixed broken links on touch devices - -#### 0.2 - -- Refactored code and added inline documentation -- Slides now have unique URL's -- A basic API to invoke navigation was added - -#### 0.1 - -- First release -- Transitions and a white theme +## Folder Structure +- **css/** Core styles without which the project does not function +- **js/** Like above but for JavaScript +- **plugin/** Components that have been developed as extensions to reveal.js +- **lib/** All other third party assets (JavaScript, CSS, fonts) ## License MIT licensed -Copyright (C) 2012 Hakim El Hattab, http://hakim.se \ No newline at end of file +Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Hakim El Hattab, http://hakim.se \ No newline at end of file