How to achieve a page scroll effect in an iMac with Divi?

A page scroll effect in an iMac with Divi? I admit I don't really know what term you can use, but a reader of Divi Tips sent me an email yesterday asking me how I could have achieved this page effect that scrolls through an iMac on the scroll of my home page.

It is true that this scroll effect is nice and that I had to make several tests before I could do it. I am happy to share this with you today.

How to analyze a web design that you like?

To be honest, this page scroll effect in an iMac, I didn't invent it because I've already seen it on a site made with Divi. I thought it was great and I thought it was just a matter of analyzing the design to try to do something similar, without copying of course!

If you look closely, there's nothing rocket science: no JS, just a little CSS, three times nothing! It's all in the pictures!

This is what I often say to my students or clients, WebDesign depends a lot on images. When I talk about images, I'm not talking about photos but rather about realizations created from scratch with specific software. By the way, everything on Divi Tips has been created: no photos, just vector elements....

For this tutorial that I will present to you, you could imagine thousands of variations like :

• a window open on a landscape that would scroll through the scroll of the page
• a submarine window that would show the marine fauna on the scroll of the page
• a smartphone,
• an aircraft window etc....

Anything can be imagined as long as you consider a scrolling and have (or create) the right resources.

What you need to create this page that scrolls in an iMac

You only need two things: a mockup and a background image. However, depending on the result you want to achieve, the sizes will have to change. Choosing the right image sizes is the most complex thing in this tutorial.

Let's not forget either that this tutorial is intended for users of the Divi theme that you can get here.

1. Choose a mockup

In my case it is an iMac that I took care of cutting out its interior and that I exported in.png format since it keeps the transparency. For the record, I did these actions with Affinity Designer but you could do the same thing with Photoshop.

After several tests, the most suitable image was 847 x 704 pixels. I would like to point out that this size was suitable for the format of my Divi line which is divided into 3 columns. I suppose that if you want to achieve the same effect on a 1/1 line, you will certainly have to change the size.

Mockup for iMac Scroll: be careful this image must be 847×704 pixels

2. Create a background image

In my case, I created a creation with the Divi Tips logo and the "ice creams" that I multiplied and put in transparency. Always with Affinity Designer.

For this image too I had to carry out several tests until I found the ideal size of 1500 x 2500 px

Background Fixed for iMac scroll effect: this image is 1500×2500 pixels

This image must be "graphic" in order for the scroll effect to be successful. That is to say, if the background image is solid color, it will not work and it makes sense....

Achieve the scroll effect in 4 simple steps

Once you have gathered the appropriate images, you will be able to perform the few steps necessary to achieve this superb scroll effect in an iMac.

I advise you to be patient if the image sizes do not lend themselves to the rendering you want and to modify until you find the ideal size.

Step 1: Add a section and a Divi line

Add a Divi section

In this first step, you will need to:

1. activate the Divi Builder
2. add a standard section (blue color)
3. add a line (green color) of type 1/4 + 1/2 + 1/4

You don't have to change anything, you can leave the section and line with the default settings.

Step 2: add and configure the image module

In column 1/2 of the row, i. e. in the middle column, you will add an IMAGE MODULE that you must set up as follows:

Add and configure the image module

1. Image URL: choose the image of your mockup. This image will therefore be the foreground image.
2. Open in a viewer: NO
3. Background: this is where you will insert the background image you have previously created (1500 x 2500 px)
4. Use the parallax effect: YES
5. Parallax method: CSS
6. Still in the IMAGE MODULE, go to the ADVANCED ONGLET, add a CSS class to the module: for my example, I gave the class "imac-bg"
   

   Adding a CSS class to the image module

   This will allow us to add a small piece of CSS that is essential for scroll rendering.

7. Click on the green "Save and exit" button.

Step 3: Add custom CSS

Once you have added the CSS class in the ADVANCED tab of the IMAGE MODULE, you will be able to go to the APPEARANCE tab > CUSTOMIZE > ADDITIONAL CSS to add a simple piece of code. This step is very important if you want the scroll effect to work properly.

Additional CSS to make the SCROLL successful

This piece of code is here:

/* background imac homepage*/
.imac-bg .et_parallax_bg {
background-size: contain !important;
}

.et_pb_section_parallax .et_pb_parallax_css {
    -webkit-transform: none;
}

Don't forget to save your changes.

Step 4: Check the rendering

Finally, you must go to FRONT to check your page. Is it suitable for you? You may need to adjust some details due to the size....

Video summary....

I hope I answered your dear Dolli's question. It was a pleasure and above all a good subject that will help many Divi users. To finish, I let you discover the tutorial in video version....

Oh yes, I forgot one important thing: for the scroll effect to be successful, your page must be long enough, i.e. with enough content. In the video below, you will see that I have added two lines of text to take advantage of the scroll effect.

PS: sorry for the slowness of the video....

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