Lightboxes and Drupal 7

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In these series we will cover what a lightbox is along with the Lightbox2 and Colorbox modules. We will cover the configuration pages of each module and then go over some techniques for using a lightbox on your site. Some of the techniques we will cover is how to use each of these modules in certain ways. Such as an image gallery, image slideshow, html content, and even placing a node in a lightbox.

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Drupal 7
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A Lightbox brings content to the user's attention.

To decide which Lightbox module you should use for your Drupal project, think about what you will use it for. Do you need to handle images and video? HTML? Integration with other modules? Various browsers?

Once you choose one to meet your needs, we’ll show you how to go about using it.

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Drupal Lightbox Comparison

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In this lesson we will cover the configuration pages for the Lightbox2 module. This module offers a ton of options and the configuration page can be daunting. Later in the series, as we get into using Lightbox2, we will demonstrate how to apply some of these configurations.

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Drupal Lightbox Comparison

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Lightbox2

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In this lesson, we will take a look at the Colorbox module and its configuration page. We also will discuss some other helper modules that work great with Colorbox. Later in the series, we will demonstrate some uses of Colorbox and techniques to make the most of it.

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External

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In this lesson we will use both the Lightbox2 and Colorbox modules in actual real world uses. We will demonstrate how to use each module or helper modules to use with images, create slideshows and galleries.

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In this lesson we will cover using Lightbox2 and Colorbox with content in your site. Taking a lightbox beyond just enlarging images, we will demonstrate displaying nodes and using Views with a lightbox.