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HTML
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/masonry/3.0.0/masonry.pkgd.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/3.0.0-rc2/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<body>
<div class="container">
<div id="pin-outer">
<div class="col-lg-4 pin pin-inner"> <a href="/">
<img src="http://www.placehold.it/300x400&text=ONE" class="img-responsive">
<p class="post-title">Title One</p>
<p class="post-snippet">
This is a post about title one.
</p>
</a>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4 pin pin-inner"> <a href="/">
<img src="http://www.placehold.it/300x400&text=TWO" class="img-responsive">
<p class="post-title">Title TWO</p>
<p class="post-snippet">
This is a post about title two.
</p>
</a>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4 pin pin-inner"> <a href="/">
<img src="http://www.placehold.it/300x400&text=THREE" class="img-responsive">
<p class="post-title">Title three</p>
<p class="post-snippet">
This is a post about title three.
</p>
</a>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4 pin pin-inner"> <a href="/">
<img src="http://www.placehold.it/300x400&text=ONE" class="img-responsive">
<p class="post-title">Title Four</p>
<p class="post-snippet">
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CSS
.pin {
margin: 0 0 50px;
text-align: left;
width: 330px;
}
.pin img {
border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
padding-bottom: 15px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
.pin p {
font-size : 12px;
color: #333;
margin: 0;
text-decoration: none;
}
.pin:hover {
opacity: 0.4;
text-decoration: none;
}
JavaScript
// Load is used to ensure all images have been loaded, impossible with document
//https://gist.github.com/justincarroll/5959773
// Load is used to ensure all images have been loaded, impossible with document
jQuery(window).load(function () {
// Takes the gutter width from the bottom margin of .pin-inner
var gutter = parseInt(jQuery('.pin-inner').css('marginBottom'));
var container = jQuery('#pin-outer');
// Creates an instance of Masonry on #pin-outer
container.masonry({
gutter: gutter,
itemSelector: '.pin-inner',
columnWidth: '.pin-inner'
});
// This code fires every time a user resizes the screen and only affects .pin-inner elements
// whose parent class is .container-fluid. Triggers resize so nothing looks weird.
jQuery(window).bind('resize', function () {
if (jQuery('#pin-outer').parent().hasClass('container-fluid')) {
// Resets all widths to 'auto' to sterilize calculations
post_width = jQuery('.pin-inner').width() + gutter;
jQuery('.container-fluid #pin-outer, body > .container-fluid').css('width', 'auto');
// Calculates how many .pin-inner elements will actually fit per row. Could this code be cleaner?
pin - outer_per_row = jQuery('#pin-outer').innerWidth() / post_width;
floor_pin - outer_width = (Math.floor(pin - outer_per_row) * post_width) - gutter;
ceil_pin - outer_width = (Math.ceil(pin - outer_per_row) * post_width) - gutter;
pin - outer_width = (ceil_pin - outer_width > jQuery('#pin-outer').innerWidth()) ? floor_pin - outer_width : ceil_pin - outer_width;
if (pin - outer_width == jQuery('.pin-inner').width()) pin - outer_width = '100%';
// Ensures that all top-level .container-fluid elements have equal width and stay centered
jQuery('.container-fluid #pin-outer, body > .container-fluid').css('width', pin - outer_width);
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