Adding a Load More Button

Adding a Load More Button

by Sam Westwood

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto" rel="stylesheet">
<div class="interior container clearfix">
   <div class="row"> 
      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-12 blogBox">
         <div class="item featured">
            <img src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/fancy/travel3.jpg">
            <div class="blogTxt">
               <div class="blogCategory">
                  <a href="/">Business Intelligence</a>
               </div>
               <h2>
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               </h2>
               <p class="post_intro hidden-xs">
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               </p>
            </div>
         </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-4 blogBox moreBox" >
         <div class="item">
            <img src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/fancy/travel5.jpg">
            <div class="blogTxt">
               <div class="blogCategory">
                  <a href="/">Virtual Reality</a>
               </div>
               <h2>
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               </h2>
               <p class="post_intro hidden-xs">
                  Mel ut enim atqui, ne eum tation populo delectus. Vim soluta insolens phaedrum et, lucilius par...
               </p>
            </div>
         </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-4 blogBox moreBox" >
         <div class="item">
            <img src="https://www.solodev.com/assets/fancy/travel6.jpg">
            <div class="blogTxt">
               <div class="blogCategory">
                  <a...

CSS

p {
    margin: 0 0 10px;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
}
p, pre {
    margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}
a, a:link, a:focus, a:active, a:visited {
    outline: 0;
}
a, a:link, a:focus, a:active, a:visited {
    outline: 0;
}
img {
    border: 0;
    -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;
}
.interior.container .row {
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: space-between;
}
.blogBox {
    margin-bottom: 30px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
.blogBox .item {
    background: #f4f4f4;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.15s ease-in-out;
    transition: all 0.15s ease-in-out;
    height: 100%;
}
.blogBox .item:hover {
    background: #e8e8e8;
    cursor: pointer;
}
.blogBox .item img {
    width: 100%;
}
.blogBox .item p {
    padding-bottom: 40px;
}
.blogBox .item .blogTxt {
    padding: 25px;
}
.blogBox .item h2 {
    margin: 15px 0;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
}
.blogBox .item .blogCategory a {
    padding: 5px 10px 2px;
    border: 1px solid #616161;
    color: #616161;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    -webkit-transition: all 0.15s ease-in-out;
    transition: all 0.15s ease-in-out;
}
.blogBox .item .blogCategory a:hover {
    background: #616161;
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

#loadMore {
    padding-bottom: 30px;
    padding-top: 30px;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
}
#loadMore a {
    background: #042a63;
    border-radius: 3px;
    color: white;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 10px 30px;
    transition: all 0.25s ease-out;
    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
#loadMore a:hover {
    background-color: #021737;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 1200px) {
	.blogBox .featured h2 {
		font-size: 42px;
	}
}
@media screen and (min-width: 991px) {
	.blogBox .featured h2 {
		font-size: 30px;
		font-style: italic;
	}	
	.blogBox .featured .blogTxt {
		max-width: 50%;
		width: 100%;
		padding: 50px;
		float: left;
		background: inherit;
		min-height:...

JavaScript

$( document ).ready(function () {
		$(".moreBox").slice(0, 3).show();
		if ($(".blogBox:hidden").length != 0) {
			$("#loadMore").show();
		}		
		$("#loadMore").on('click', function (e) {
			e.preventDefault();
			$(".moreBox:hidden").slice(0, 6).slideDown();
			if ($(".moreBox:hidden").length == 0) {
				$("#loadMore").fadeOut('slow');
			}
		});
	});