jQuery lightBox plugin
How to use
Parte 1 - Setup
jQuery lightBox plugin uses the jQuery JavaScript library, only. So, include just these two javascript files in your header.
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.lightbox-0.4.js"></script>
Include the CSS file responsible to style the jQuery lightBox plugin.
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jquery.lightbox-0.4.css" media="screen" />
Part 2 - Activate
You don´t need to modify your HTML markup to use jQuery lightBox plugin. Just use the power and flexibility of jQuery´s selector and create a set of related images.
The only necessity is to have a HTML markup likes it:
<a href="image1.jpg"><img src="thumb_image1.jpg" width="72" height="72" alt="" /></a>
or
<a href="image1.jpg" rel="lightbox"><img src="thumb_image1.jpg" width="72" height="72" alt="" /></a>
After it, select the links and call the jQuery lightBox plugin. See some examples:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
// Use this example, or...
$('a[@rel*=lightbox]').lightBox(); // Select all links that contains lightbox in the attribute rel
// This, or...
$('#gallery a').lightBox(); // Select all links in object with gallery ID
// This, or...
$('a.lightbox').lightBox(); // Select all links with lightbox class
// This, or...
$('a').lightBox(); // Select all links in the page
// ... The possibility are many. Use your creative or choose one in the examples above
});
</script>