jQuery pageSwipe

This is a jQuery plugin that lets you create an e-reader or iPad magazine-like user experience for your web application.

It let's you create pages with HTML, CSS and JavaScript and turns it into and iPad experience with swiping pages and vertical scrolling.

Usage

You can call the plugin like the following:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.pages').pageSwipe()
})

Your HTML should look something like this:

<div class="pages">
  <div class="page">
    <div class="title">Awesome magazine</div>
  </div>
  <div class="page">
    <h1>This could be a great article</h1>
    <p>Lorem ipsum...</p>
    </p>
  </div>
</div>

Commercial use and licensing

The plugin is released under the AGPLv3. This basically means that you can use change, and (re)distribute this plugin standalone and in your own web applications as long as the software you distribute it with is released under these same terms.

In most cases, this is not suitable for your own closed priorietary software. For example, if you use this plugin in consulting jobs or if you plan to ship it with a SaaS application or other product you will need a commercial license. Get in touch if you are interested.

Distribution

The Google Closure compiler is used to optimize and minify the JavaScript. Run the following command to pack the plugin:

rake minimize > jquery.pageswipe.min.js

Hacking & Testing

To start hacking, clone the repository and run:

bundle install
rake test

For more information, see: HACKING.md

Questions and feedback

Michiel Sikkes michiel@firmhouse.com or @michiels on Twitter.