Joomla Lightbox User Manual

Adding Lightbox Module

In order to add the Lightbox to your Joomla website you just have to install it through Extensions> Extensions manager> choose the zip file> upload> module manager> activate

And it’s done!

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Making Lightbox work

After activation of Lightbox module, you need to add images and videos in source code section in your article. Images are usually warped in <a> tag with a few styling such as real size of the images, but in case the image is not in <a> tag, you should add it manually, and lightbox will automatically work on those images.

For example:

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General Options of Lightbox

With the help of these options you can make any changes on Lightbox. Most of its elements are able to change according to your preferences.

Internationalization

  • Lightbox style

    Select one from 5 styles of the lightbox.

  • Transition type

    Choose how to open the popup.

  • Opening speed

    Select the speed of popup opening in milliseconds.

  • Closing speed

    Select the speed of popup closing in milliseconds.

  • Show the title

    Select, if you need to display the title of the item.

  • Overlay transparency

    Set the degree of transparency of the lightbox background.

  • Auto open

    If selected it will automatically opens the fist item as you reload.

  • Overlay close

    If selected you can close the item by clicking on the overlay.

  • ESC close

    Choose to close the item pressing the Esc button.

  • Keyboard navigation

    Choose to be able to navigate with left/right buttons.

  • Loop content

    If “true” gives the ability to move from the last image to the first image while navigation.

  • Show close button

    Choose whether or not to display close button.

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Positioning

  • Popup size fix

    Choose if you need the width and height to be fixed.

  • Popup position

    Set the position of popup.

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Dimensions

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  • Popup height

    Choose the preferable height for popup.

  • Popup width

    Choose the preferable width for the popup.

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  • Popup max width

    Configure unfixed content max width.

  • Popup max height

    Configure unfixed content max height.

  • Popup initial height

    Choose the initial height of opening.

  • Popup initial width.

    Choose the width size of opening.

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Slideshow

  • Slideshow

    Select to enable slideshow.

  • Slideshow interval

    Set the time between each slide.

  • Slide show auto start

    If “true” it works automatically.

  • Slideshow start button text

    Set the text on start button.

  • Slideshow stop button text

    Set the text of stop button.

  • Fix position

    If “true” the popup does not change it’s position while scrolling up or down.

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