✨ Utilised Aceternity flip-words to enhance home page.

app/page.tsx

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
 import FeaturedEvent from '@/components/custom/FeaturedEvent';
 import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
 
+import React from 'react';
+import { FlipWords } from '@/components/ui/flip-words';
+
 export default function Home() {
   const router = useRouter();
   const [isClient, setIsClient] = useState(false);
@@ -17,10 +20,19 @@ export default function Home() {
   }, []);
 
   function searchForEvents() {
-    if (inputRef.current.value == "") return;
-    router.replace("/events?q=" + encodeURIComponent(inputRef.current.value));
+    if (inputRef.current.value == '') return;
+    router.replace('/events?q=' + encodeURIComponent(inputRef.current.value));
   }
 
+  const words = [
+    'adventure',
+    'concert',
+    'outing',
+    'journey',
+    'hackathon',
+    'conference',
+  ];
+
   return (
     <>
       <Header />
@@ -44,9 +56,17 @@ export default function Home() {
         {/* Page Content Over the Video */}
         <div className="relative z-20 min-h-screen bg-gradient-to-b from-transparent to-gray-900 pt-20">
           <div className="container mx-auto p-4">
-            <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold text-white text-shadow-lg">
-              Book your next adventure <div className="inline bg-white p-2 rounded-lg shadow-lg text-black">on the <span className="bg-clip-text text-transparent bg-gradient-to-r from-pink-500 to-pink-600">Flare</span> blockchain</div>
-            </h1>
+            <div className="container mx-auto justify-center items-center p-4">
+              <div className="text-4xl font-bold text-white text-shadow-lg">
+                Book your next
+                <FlipWords
+                  words={words}
+                  className="text-light-purple text-opacity-75"
+                />
+                on the Flare blockchain.
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
             <div className="flex items-center justify-center mt-6 flex-col gap-4">
               <Input
                 type="text"
@@ -57,7 +77,9 @@ export default function Home() {
               <Button
                 className="bg-pink-600 bg-opacity-50 text-white px-4 py-6 text-lg w-full hover:bg-pink-500"
                 onClick={searchForEvents}
-              >Search for events</Button>
+              >
+                Search for events
+              </Button>
             </div>
             <main>
               <section className="mb-8 mt-4 mx-auto grid grid-cols-4 gap-4">
@@ -67,7 +89,9 @@ export default function Home() {
                   location="Birmingham, UK"
                   eventStartDate={1729980000}
                   eventHost="0x225C73C8c536C4F5335a2C1abECa95b0f221eeF6"
-                  imageURL={"https://www.guildofstudents.com/asset/Event/7572/Halloween-Fab-XO-Web-Event.jpg"}
+                  imageURL={
+                    'https://www.guildofstudents.com/asset/Event/7572/Halloween-Fab-XO-Web-Event.jpg'
+                  }
                 />
                 <FeaturedEvent
                   name="Halls Halloween Spooktacular"
@@ -75,7 +99,9 @@ export default function Home() {
                   location="Birmingham, UK"
                   eventStartDate={1730307600}
                   eventHost="0x225C73C8c536C4F5335a2C1abECa95b0f221eeF6"
-                  imageURL={"https://www.guildofstudents.com/asset/Event/41187/Spooktacular-Web-Event-2024.png"}
+                  imageURL={
+                    'https://www.guildofstudents.com/asset/Event/41187/Spooktacular-Web-Event-2024.png'
+                  }
                 />
                 <FeaturedEvent
                   name="Housing Fair"
@@ -83,7 +109,9 @@ export default function Home() {
                   location="Birmingham, UK"
                   eventStartDate={1730804400}
                   eventHost="0x225C73C8c536C4F5335a2C1abECa95b0f221eeF6"
-                  imageURL={"https://www.guildofstudents.com/asset/Event/41111/Housing-Fair-Web-Event.png"}
+                  imageURL={
+                    'https://www.guildofstudents.com/asset/Event/41111/Housing-Fair-Web-Event.png'
+                  }
                 />
               </section>
             </main>
@@ -93,4 +121,4 @@ export default function Home() {
       </div>
     </>
   );
-}
+}

components/ui/flip-words.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+'use client';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import { AnimatePresence, motion } from 'framer-motion';
+import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
+
+export const FlipWords = ({
+  words,
+  duration = 3000,
+  className,
+}: {
+  words: string[];
+  duration?: number;
+  className?: string;
+}) => {
+  const [currentWord, setCurrentWord] = useState(words[0]);
+  const [isAnimating, setIsAnimating] = useState<boolean>(false);
+
+  // thanks for the fix Julian - https://github.com/Julian-AT
+  const startAnimation = useCallback(() => {
+    const word = words[words.indexOf(currentWord) + 1] || words[0];
+    setCurrentWord(word);
+    setIsAnimating(true);
+  }, [currentWord, words]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!isAnimating)
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        startAnimation();
+      }, duration);
+  }, [isAnimating, duration, startAnimation]);
+
+  return (
+    <AnimatePresence
+      onExitComplete={() => {
+        setIsAnimating(false);
+      }}
+    >
+      <motion.div
+        initial={{
+          opacity: 0,
+          y: 10,
+        }}
+        animate={{
+          opacity: 1,
+          y: 0,
+        }}
+        transition={{
+          type: 'spring',
+          stiffness: 100,
+          damping: 10,
+        }}
+        exit={{
+          opacity: 0,
+          y: -40,
+          x: 40,
+          filter: 'blur(8px)',
+          scale: 2,
+          position: 'absolute',
+        }}
+        className={cn(
+          'z-10 inline-block relative text-left text-neutral-900 dark:text-neutral-100 px-2',
+          className
+        )}
+        key={currentWord}
+      >
+        {/* edit suggested by Sajal: https://x.com/DewanganSajal */}
+        {currentWord.split(' ').map((word, wordIndex) => (
+          <motion.span
+            key={word + wordIndex}
+            initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 10, filter: 'blur(8px)' }}
+            animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: 'blur(0px)' }}
+            transition={{
+              delay: wordIndex * 0.3,
+              duration: 0.3,
+            }}
+            className="inline-block whitespace-nowrap"
+          >
+            {word.split('').map((letter, letterIndex) => (
+              <motion.span
+                key={word + letterIndex}
+                initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 10, filter: 'blur(8px)' }}
+                animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: 'blur(0px)' }}
+                transition={{
+                  delay: wordIndex * 0.3 + letterIndex * 0.05,
+                  duration: 0.2,
+                }}
+                className="inline-block"
+              >
+                {letter}
+              </motion.span>
+            ))}
+            <span className="inline-block">&nbsp;</span>
+          </motion.span>
+        ))}
+      </motion.div>
+    </AnimatePresence>
+  );
+};