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Running jQuery functions one by one to execute CSS transitions

Here is my fiddle. I would like to achieve 'one page full screen' type of webpage. I have two sections; display one at a time by display:block/none;each section contains content; .content1, .content2 respectively; content div works as a button to fire another section. You can also see a fixed header.
Section .intro contains .content1, section .archive contains .content2.
Now, I would like to build following chain of events on click: (i) .content1 fades out, (ii) .intro gets display:none, .archive gains display:block, (iii) .content2fades in.
The other way around, respectively, on click on .content2: (i) .content2 fades out, (ii) .archive gets display:none, .intro gains display:block, (iii) .content1fades in.
I have some experience with CSS, so I made and checked css transitions for fade in, fade out effects. Up to this point, everything is clear for me.
My problem is, however, I do not know how to build the chains of events. I have googled a lot of similar questions and tried some solutions, but had no luck. I have very little experience with JavaScript, so there might be some obvious mistakes in how I tried to implement the solutions.
I do not attach script in my fiddle; I would like to ask if you could point me in the right direction rather than fix my code, because, you see, I am not sure which solution I should show--so far they all look equally hopeless for me.
Should I go with JavaScript? JQuery? Pure CSS? Could you sketch / write some code how you would handle the problem?
Could you review the idea of displayed/hidden sections for the effect I am trying to achieve?

Using jQuery's fadeIn and fadeOut should be fine:
$(".toarchive").click(function(){
$('.intro').fadeOut();
$(".intro").removeClass("active");
$(".intro").css("display", "none");
$(".archive").fadeIn();
$(".archive").css("display", "block");
$(".archive").addClass("active");
});
However, if you're worried about the wait time between fades, you can use setTimeout:
$(".toarchive").click(function(){
$('.intro').fadeOut();
$(".intro").removeClass("active");
$(".intro").css("display", "none");
setTimeout(testThis, 1000);
});
function testThis(){
$(".archive").fadeIn();
$(".archive").css("display", "block");
$(".archive").addClass("active");
}
Try here

Try this, it automaticallys does what you want and it's cleaner.
Just put class show at page container you want to show first then clicking next will loop through pages.
Or you could set page number yourself and it will show that page.
http://jsfiddle.net/ot2gyxme/
var pages = $('.full'),
len = pages.length,
showing = pages.index($('.full.show'));
$('.next').click(function(){
pages.stop().eq(showing).fadeOut(function(){
setTimeout(function(){
showing = ++showing % len; //set this number to show x page
pages.eq(showing).fadeIn();
},1000); //time logo remains visible in ms.
});
});

Is it possible to queue CSS animations (example)?

I currently use this JS animation plugin: http://www.2meter3.de/code/hoverFlow/ and the distinct result I like is the orange example. As far as I understand CSS transitions can only do the yellow example.
Is there a way to replicate this purely with CSS?
If not, then s there a way to use CSS transitions, but controlled by JS (jQuery) using the same principle (a good mix of both worlds)?
Maybe this could help my case: http://cortys.de/cssAnimate/

As far as I can see, that is not possible with CSS alone.
There is a trick to make the animation run to the end on hover by running another invisible animation on the element, but that doesn't work if you want to animate it back.
With a little bit of Javascript you can add a class to the element when the mouse hovers, then remove the class when the animation is complete:
$('div').mouseenter(function(){
$(this).addClass('animate');
}).on('transitionend', function(){
$(this).removeClass('animate');
});
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/oq83suw3/
However, it seems that the transition end event isn't always triggered, so the elements can get stuck with the class added to them. You can use a timeout to remove the class instead:
$('div').mouseenter(function(){
var e = $(this);
e.addClass('animate');
window.setTimeout(function(){
e.removeClass('animate');
}, 300);
});
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/u3c2knfj/

How to trigger an SVG animation on scroll?

So I've finally cracked SVG animations (totally through cheating) and like most sites that use them if they're halfway down the page they begin automatically and you miss it, so how is it possible to trigger the animation on scroll to that div container?
Any help would be great,
Thanks!

You can use
beginElement() function to starts animations manually.
for this to work, you have to set the begin attribute of animate element to indefinite
a simple example would be something like
window.onscroll = function(){
var anime= document.getElementsByTagName('animate')[0];
// check for the amount of scroll
anime.beginElement();
}
You could also make use of beginElementAt()
read more about svg Animation Timing Control
side note: Can't be more accurate since you haven't shared much info or code samples, and not sure what you meant by 'cheating'

How to stop CSS3 transition

I want to stop a transition that is in progress.
I have found a few references[1][2] scattered around the internet but I can't seem to piece it together.
Here's a fiddle of the first suggestion (With jQuery and CSS Transit for context): http://jsfiddle.net/thomseddon/gLjuH/
Thanks
[1] https://twitter.com/evilhackerdude/status/20466821462
[2] github.com/madrobby/zepto/issues/508

So I figured it out: http://jsfiddle.net/thomseddon/gLjuH/3/
The trick is to set each css property you are animating to its current value (possibly mid transition) like: $(this).css('prop', $(this).css('prop')); (Probably would want to store all properties in an object in the element with $(this).data(props); and loop through them).
Once you have explicitly set the properties you can run a 0s animation to override the previous animation and effectively halt the element.

There's a much simpler solution. If you want to just stop the transition (and not pause it). Just set the css to current computed style. For example in a custom scrolling solution, where top is transitioned property.
element.style.top=getComputedStyle(element).top;
and that's it.

How to keep div focus when the mouse enters a child node

So I have this page here:
http://www.eminentmedia.com/development/powercity/
As you can see when you mouse over the images the div slides up and down to show more information. Unfortunately I have 2 problems that i can't figure out and I've searched but haven't found quite the right answer through google and was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a tutorial.
The first problem is that when you mouse over an image it changes to color (loads a new image), but there's a short delay when the image is loading for the first time so the user sees white. Do I have to preload the images or something in order to fix that?
My second problem is that when you move your mouse over the 'additional content area' it goes crazy and starts going up and down a bunch of times. I just don't have any idea what would cause this but i hope one of you will!
All my code is directly in the source of that page if you would like to view the source.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Yes, you have to preload the images. Thankfully, this is simple:
var images_to_preload = ['myimage.jpg', 'myimage2.jpg', ...];
$.each(images_to_preload, function(i) {
$('<img/>').attr({src: images_to_preload[i]});
});
The other thing you have to understand is that when you use jQuery you have to truly embrace it or you will end up doing things the wrong way. For example, as soon as you find yourself repeating the same piece of code in different places, you are probably doing something wrong. Right now you have this all over the place:
<div id="service" onmouseover="javascript:mouseEnter(this.id);" onmouseout="javascript:mouseLeave(this.id);">
Get that out of your head. Now. Forever. Always. Inline javascript events are not proper, especially when you have a library like jQuery at your disposal. The proper way to do what you want is this:
$(function() {
$('div.box').hover(function() {
$(this).addClass('active');
$(this).find('div.slideup').slideDown('slow');
}, function() {
$(this).removeClass('active');
$(this).find('div.slideup').slideUp('slow');
});
});
(You have to give all the #industrial, #sustainable, etc elements a class of 'box' for the above to work)
These changes will also fix your sliding problem.

I can see your images (the ones that are changing) are set in the background of a div. Here is a jquery script that preloads every image found in a css file. I have had the same problem in the past and this script solves it. It is also very easy to use:
http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/update_automatically_preload_images_from_css_with_jquery/
I will take a look at your other problem...

1) You should be using the jquery events to drive your mouseovers. Give each div a class to indicate that its a category container and use the hover function to produce the mouseover/mouseout action you're after.
html
<div id="industrial" class="category"></div>
Javascript
$(".category").hover(
function () {
$(this).find('.container').show();
},
function () {
$(this).find('.container').hide();
}
);
I simplified the code to just do show and hide, you'll need to use your additional code to slide up and slide down.
2) Yes, you need to preload your images. Another option would be "sprite" the images. This would involve combining both the black and white and colour versions of each image into a single image. You then set it as the div's background image and simply use CSS to adjust the background-position offset. Essentially, sliding instantly from the black and white to colour images as you rollover. This technique guarentees that both images are fully loaded.