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andyjamesnelson

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Aug 24, 2003
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Jacob's house
Hey I'm looking to put a image loading window on a page but I don't know how to do it all...

I want the window to be able to load new images when clicked directly onto and take point from nav links beside it. I would also like the window to be able to change the images itself in some kind of slideshow type mode (but I dont actually want to images to slide as such).

How hard are such things to implement? Do I need to know flash or is it all Java script? Can I use pre-existing code and drop it into my site - then position it with css?

Thanks. Andy
 

angelwatt

Moderator emeritus
Aug 16, 2005
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Most of them are JavaScript based. I have one actually, but I haven't gotten around to adding navigation buttons to move to other images. One of the scripts that started this craze is LightBox (version 2).

Which Lightbox is right for you?

Here's a list of 27 LightBox clones to choose from.

They vary in difficulty to install. Mine is easy, just add a single script tag, but a lot of the others seem to require you to add multiple scripts and also change your HTML. Just look through them to see what would work best for you.
 
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