How to Use

Part 1 – Setup

1. Lightbox
   2 uses the Prototype Framework and Scriptaculous Effects Library. You
   will need to include these three Javascript files in your header (in
   this order).
   
   <script type=”text/javascript” src=”js/prototype.js”></script>
   <script type=”text/javascript” src=”js/scriptaculous.js?load=effects”></script>
   <script type=”text/javascript” src=”js/lightbox.js”></script>

2. Include the Lightbox CSS file (or append your active stylesheet with the Lightbox styles).
   
   <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”css/lightbox.css” type=”text/css” media=”screen” />

3. Check the CSS and make sure the referenced
   prev.gif

   and

   next.gif

   files are in the right location. Also, make sure the

   loading.gif

   and

   close.gif

   files as referenced near the top of the

   lightbox.js

   file are in the right location.

Part 2 – Activate

1. Add a
   rel="lightbox"

   attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox. For example:
   

   <a href=”images/image-1.jpg” rel=”lightbox” title=”my caption”>image #1</a>

   
   Optional: Use the

   title

   attribute if you want to show a caption.

2. If
   you have a set of related images that you would like to group, follow
   step one but additionally include a group name between square brackets
   in the rel attribute. For example:
   <a href=”images/image-1.jpg” rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“>image #1</a>
   <a href=”images/image-2.jpg” rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“>image #2</a>
   <a href=”images/image-3.jpg” rel=”lightbox[roadtrip]“>image #3</a>

   
   No limits to the number of image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each set. Go nuts!