EAB updated ! (may 2008) - Page 5

Harrison · 06 June 2008, 16:18

The lightbox feature for attached images is a new feature built into the new version 3.7 of vB. Currently the only options for controlling this in the vB Options settings are as follows.

The options setting is:

Use Image Lightbox
Use the lightbox for quick display of attached image thumbnails rather than instantly loading the full size image on a new page.

With the options being:

No
Yes, click
Yes, Hover
Yes, click or hover

For me, when I first heard about the lightbox being added to vB as a standard feature I was very pleased. However I'm not quite so pleased since updating my forum to 3.7 as it hasn't been full implemented as I expected.

I wanted it to work, so that when you click a thumbnail the lightbox would appear, then as with most lightbox viewers, you can click the left and right edges of the image to move between the thumbnails attached in the thread, or the close button to close it. That would have made the feature much more useful and I hope this addition is added by the vB team soon.

The lightbox being used in vB is very basic. Many have currently disabled it and use a different lightbox called Highslide, which is perfectly capable of doing next/previous images, and click to open and click to close again. Take a look at the official site http://vikjavev.no/highslide/ to see how it can work.

Pyromania · 07 June 2008, 05:43

RCK, the new version is awesome. Thanks on all your hard work.

06 June 2008, 16:18	#81
Harrison classicamiga.com Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Age: 50 Posts: 155	The lightbox feature for attached images is a new feature built into the new version 3.7 of vB. Currently the only options for controlling this in the vB Options settings are as follows. The options setting is: Use Image Lightbox Use the lightbox for quick display of attached image thumbnails rather than instantly loading the full size image on a new page. With the options being: No Yes, click Yes, Hover Yes, click or hover For me, when I first heard about the lightbox being added to vB as a standard feature I was very pleased. However I'm not quite so pleased since updating my forum to 3.7 as it hasn't been full implemented as I expected. I wanted it to work, so that when you click a thumbnail the lightbox would appear, then as with most lightbox viewers, you can click the left and right edges of the image to move between the thumbnails attached in the thread, or the close button to close it. That would have made the feature much more useful and I hope this addition is added by the vB team soon. The lightbox being used in vB is very basic. Many have currently disabled it and use a different lightbox called Highslide, which is perfectly capable of doing next/previous images, and click to open and click to close again. Take a look at the official site http://vikjavev.no/highslide/ to see how it can work. Last edited by Harrison; 06 June 2008 at 16:32.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
EAB member meeting summer 2008 - V	viddi	Amiga scene	105	03 January 2009 14:50
EAB member meeting summer 2008 - IV	viddi	Amiga scene	9	03 December 2007 15:03
EAB member meeting summer 2008 - II	viddi	Amiga scene	57	11 November 2007 21:16
EAB member meeting summer 2008	viddi	Amiga scene	119	01 October 2007 21:10
EAB updated ! (July 2007)	RCK	project.EAB	46	09 July 2007 23:06

07 June 2008, 05:43	#82
Pyromania Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,375	RCK, the new version is awesome. Thanks on all your hard work.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)