The other day I ran across what is probably the best video guide to learn how to use Lightbox Plus ColorBox and easily add fancy light box photo effects to your WordPress site. I wish I could say that I created it, but frankly writing tutorials, guides and documentation is not my forte.
The author of this excellent guide is Philip Gledhill and he does an brilliant job covering all aspects of Lightbox Plus ColorBox. The tutorial is available on Philip’s site as Lightbox Plus WordPress Plugin video guide. If you are trying to get a better understanding of how to use Lightbox Plus ColorBox I can’t recommend his guide enough!
Lightbox Plus ColorBox 2.6; HTML5 valid code option, better gallery handling
Lightbox Plus ColorBox has been release at version 2.6 which includes additional fixes for WordPress galleries not loading correctly and the option to output HTML5 valid code. There are now 26 styles included with Lightbox Plus ColorBox.
See the change log after the jump for details.
Lightbox Plus 2.5.4 Available, Gallery Fixes and a Dozen New Styles
Lightbox Plus has been updated version 2.5.4 which includes fixes for WordPress galleries not loading correctly and and update to correct lightboxing galleries based on the Use for WP Gallries checkbox. In addition there are over a dozen new styles added for Lightbox Plus.
See the change log after the jump for details.
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Lightbox Plus 2.5.3 Now Out, Bugfixes and up to 1000 inline lightboxes
I have updated Lightbox Plus version 2.5.3 which includes additional fixes to the PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser and the ability to have up to 1000 inline lightboxes. More importantly I corrected a problem for servers that don’t have the PHP mbstring extension installed.
See the change log after the jump for details.
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Lightbox Plus 2.5 released with new features and WordPress 3.5 compatibility
Lightbox Plus is updated to version 2.5.1 which include compatibility with WordPress 3.4 and 3.5 and also updated Colorbox to version 1.3.20. This release includes a major interface overhaul and additional features and options including the ability to position the lightbox in a specific location on a page, the ability to set the position of the lightbox to stay in the viewport even when the page is scrolled, per page usage of Lightbox Plus and the ability to auto-launch the lightbox on page load and specify lightboxes on individual pages.
See the details of the post after the jump for details.
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Lightbox Plus Gallery Tutorial
Learn how to add fancy lightbox effects to your images in WordPress. You can add the lightbox effect to individual images or all images, and your photo galleries. Lightbox Plus is a small easy to use lightweight plugin. It’s a good compliment to the more powerful and more complicated NextGEN Gallery.
From Lightbox Plus (fancy photos) @ Using WordPress
Many thanks to the creator of this wonderful tutorial!
Lightbox Plus Video Tutorials
I ran across a couple of different videos by other folks show some of the usage of Ligthbox Plus so I thought I’d share them. Thanks to those who created the videos!
Installing Lightbox Plus (August 2011)
From Plugins – Lightbox Plus For wordpress @ Q8lol.me
Lightbox Plus WordPress Plug In Overview (November 2011)
From WordPress Favorite Plugins @ Intentional Magic
Displaying an External Site with Lightbox Plus (January 2012)
From External website inside WordPress using Lightbox Plus @ HotWPMag
Lightbox Plus 2.4.5 – WordPress 3.3. Compatibility
Lightbox Plus is updated to version 2.4.5 which include compatibility with WordPress 3.3 and also updated Colorbox to version 1.3.19. This is an interim release to bring Lightbox Plus up to compatibility with version 3.3 or WordPress. I am currently in the process of preparing a beta release of version 2.5 which has a major interface overhaul as well as the addition of numerous options such as the ability to position the lightbox in a specific location on a page, the ability to set the position of the lightbox to stay in the viewport even when the page is scrolled, per page usage of Lightbox Plus and the ability to auto-launch the lightbox on page load.
See the rest of the post after the jump for details.
Beta Testers Wanted
I’m looking for some folks to beta test the upcoming version of Lightbox Plus (v.2.5). It’s undergone some major changes and I’d like to do a little extra testing with it. I’m also looking for some people who might be willing to translate Lightbox Plus into other languages.
Please contact me using one of the following links to let me know if you are interested in beta-testing or translating or both.
See after the jump for details of the new changes.
New features coming to Lightbox Plus
I have a number of new features in the works for Lightbox Plus for WordPress and I thought I’d go ahead and mention some of them here now. I was hoping to release the version today or tomorrow but it looks like it’s probably going to be later in the week. In any event I have the following items planned.
Lightbox Positioning
An option to set fixed positioning that will keep the lightobox centered in the visitor’s viewport while scrolling the page. Also the option to specify the horizontal and vertical position of the lightbox on the page.
Lightbox Plus Interface
Option to turn on or off grouping labels, and a fix for the grouping labels not always saving when changed. Option to turn of scroll bars even if content overflows the lightbox. And finally and option to open the lightbox immediately when a visitor lands on the page.
Inline Lightboxes
Ability to set additional option for them such as Overlay Opacity, Overlay Close, Transition Type and Resize Speed.
Lightbox Plus for WordPress Admin Interface
I intend to reorganize some of the elements of the WordPress admin interface to provide a more consistent experience for users and make it easier to find settings.
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