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CONTENTS OF THIS FILE
----------------------

  * Introduction
  * Installation
  * Adding Lightbox Functionality to your Images
    - No Grouping
    - With Grouping
    - Slideshow
    - Video
    - HTML Content Support
    - Inline Content Support
    - Turning the Image Caption into a Link
  * Keyboard Shortcuts
  * Translation of Configured Strings
  * Known Issues
    - Keyboard Shortcuts in Opera


INTRODUCTION
------------
Maintainers:
  Stella Power (http://drupal.org/user/66894)
  Daniel F. Kudwien (http://drupal.org/user/54136)
  Mark Ashmead (http://drupal.org/user/52392)

Documentation: http://drupal.org/node/144469

Licensed under the GNU/GPL License
Based on Lightbox v2.03.3 by Lokesh Dhakar
<http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/>

Originally written to make use of the Prototype framework, and Script.acalo.us,
now altered to use jQuery.

Permission has been granted to Mark Ashmead & other Drupal Lightbox2 module
maintainers to distribute the original lightbox.js via Drupal.org under this
license scheme.  This file has been subsequently modified to make use of jQuery
instead of prototype / script.acalo.us.

This module enables the use of lightbox2 which places images above your
current page, not within. This frees you from the constraints of the layout,
particularly column widths.

This module will include the lightbox CSS and JS files in your Drupal
Installation without the need to edit the theme. The module comes with a
Lightbox2 Lite option which does not use the jQuery libraries; it is therefore
less likely to conflict with anything else.


INSTALLATION
------------
1. Copy lightbox2 folder to modules directory.
2. At admin/build/modules enable the lightbox2 module.
3. Enable permissions at admin/user/access.
4. Configure the module at admin/settings/lightbox2.
5. Modify your image links to open in a lightbox where necessary, see "Adding
   Lightbox Functionality to your Images' section below.
6. If you need to play flv files, then you may need to install a FLV player.
   There are a number of freely available ones on the Internet, including
   http://www.jeroenwijering.com/


ADDING LIGHTBOX FUNCTIONALITY TO YOUR IMAGES
--------------------------------------------
No Grouping
===========
Add rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox.
For example:
<a href="images/image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox">image #1</a>
<a href="images/image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[][my caption]">image #1</a>

Optional: To show a caption either use the title attribute or put in the second
set of [] of the rel attribute.

With Grouping
==============
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][caption 2]">image #2</a>
<a href="images/image-3.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 3]">image #3</a>

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

If you have a set of images that you would like to group together in a
lightbox, but only wish for one of these images to be visible on your page, you
can assign the "lightbox_hide_image" class to hide the additional images.  For
example:

<a href="images/image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]">image #1</a>
<a href="images/image-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]" class="lightbox_hide_image">image #2</a>
<a href="images/image-3.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]" class="lightbox_hide_image">image #3</a>

Slideshow
=========
This is very similar to the grouping functionality described above.  The only
difference is that "rel" attribute should be set to "lightshow" instead of
"lightbox".  Using the same example as above, we could launch the images in a
slideshow by doing:

<a href="images/image-1.jpg" rel="lightshow[roadtrip]">image #1</a>
<a href="images/image-2.jpg" rel="lightshow[roadtrip][caption 2]">image #2</a>
<a href="images/image-3.jpg" rel="lightshow[roadtrip][caption 3]">image #3</a>

Video
=====
It's possible to show video content in the lightbox.  In this case the "rel"
attribute should be set to "lightvideo".  It's possible to group videos and 
to control the size of the lightbox by setting the 'width' and 'height
properties.  The properties can be configured like
"lightvideo[group|width:300px; height: 200px;]" and
"lightvideo[|width:300px; height: 200px;][my caption]".  The properties should
all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon.  If no
properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used.
See below for more detailed examples.

Basic example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765"
rel="lightvideo">Google video example - default size</a>

Basic example with caption:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765"
rel="lightvideo[][my caption]">Google video example - default size</a>

Grouped example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=29023498723974239479"
rel="lightvideo[group][caption 1]">Grouped example 1</a>
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765"
rel="lightvideo[group][caption 2]">Grouped example 2</a>

Controlling lightbox size example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765"
rel="lightvideo[|width:400px; height:300px;][my caption]">Google video example -
custom size</a>

Supported Video Formats
asx, wmv, mov and swf videos should all be supported.  A number of video
providers are also supported, for example YouTube and Google Video. For full
details on how to integrate these with lightbox, please see the online
documentation.

HTML Content Support
====================
It's possible to show webpage content in the lightbox, using iframes.  In this
case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightframe".  Again it's possible to
group the content, (e.g. "lightframe[search]") but in addition to that, it's
possible to control some of the iframe properties.  It's possible to set the
'width', 'height' and 'scrolling' properties of the iframe.  The properties are
separated from the group name by a '|', for example
"lightframe[search|width:100px;]" and
"lightframe[search|width:100px;][my caption]".  If no grouping is being used,
then the '|' is still used and the format would be "lightframe[|width:100px;]".
The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing
semi-colon.  If no iframe properties are set, then the default width and height
of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

Basic example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe">Search google</a>

Basic example with caption:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[][my caption]">Search google</a>

Grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search]">Search google</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search][Search Yahoo]">Search yahoo</a>

Controlling iframe property example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search google</a>

Controlling iframe property when grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;][Search Google]">Search google</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px;]">Search yahoo</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px;][Search Yahoo]">Search yahoo</a>

Inline Content Support
=======================
It's possible to show HTML snippets in the lightbox, that is on the same domain.
In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightmodal".  Again it's
possible to group the content, (e.g. "lightmodal[search]") but in addition to
that, it's possible to control some of the inline / modal properties.  It's
possible to set the 'width', 'height' and 'scrolling' properties of the inline
content.  The properties are separated from the group name by a '|', for example
"lightmodal[search|width:100px;]" and
"lightmodal[search|width:100px;][my caption]".  If no grouping is being used,
then the '|' is still used and the format would be "lightmodal[|width:100px;]".
The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing
semi-colon.  If no properties are set, then the default width and height of
400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

Basic example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal">Search</a>

Basic example with caption:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[][my caption]">Search</a>

Grouped example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[search]">Search</a>
<a href="search.php?status=1" rel="lightmodal[search][published]">Search published content</a>

Controlling modal property example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search</a>

Controlling modal property when grouped example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search</a>
<a href="search.php?status=1" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px;][Search published]">Search published content</a>
<a href="search.php?status=0" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px;][Search Unpublished]">Search unpublished content</a>



Turning the Image Caption into a Link
=====================================
If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the
following way:

<a href="images/image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[][&lt;a href=\"http://www.yourlink.com\"&gt;Clicky Visit Link&lt;/a&gt;'>image #1</a>

Note, the < and > characters have been changed to their HTML entities, and the "
have been escaped.


KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
------------------
Not all of the default keyboard shortcuts work in the Opera browser, for example
'z' for toggling the zoom and 'spacebar' for toggling play / pause in
slideshows.  This can be overcome by updating your shortcut settings in the
Opera preferences editor.

The default keyboard shortcuts are listed below.  You can override these on
admin/settings/lightbox2.

Close : x, o, c, ESC
Previous Image : p, Left Arrow
Next Image : n, Right Arrow
Toggle Zoom : z (not available in slideshow)
Toggle Play / Pause : Spacebar (slideshow only)


TRANSLATION OF CONFIGURED STRINGS
----------------------------------
In order to translate the lightbox2 configuration strings, such as the text for
the "View Image Details" link and the image count, please install the i18n:
internationalization module and follow the instructions at 
http://drupal.org/node/134002.


KNOWN ISSUES
------------

Keyboard Shortcuts in Opera
---------------------------
Not all of the default keyboard shortcuts work in the Opera browser, for example
'z' for toggling the zoom and 'spacebar' for toggling play / pause in
slideshows.  This can be overcome by updating your shortcut settings in the
Opera preferences editor.

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README.txt
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  1. CONTENTS OF THIS FILE

  2. ----------------------

  3. 

  4.   * Introduction

  5.   * Installation

  6.   * Adding Lightbox Functionality to your Images

  7.     - No Grouping

  8.     - With Grouping

  9.     - Slideshow

  10.     - Video

  11.     - HTML Content Support

  12.     - Inline Content Support

  13.     - Turning the Image Caption into a Link

  14.   * Keyboard Shortcuts

  15.   * Translation of Configured Strings

  16.   * Known Issues

  17.     - Keyboard Shortcuts in Opera

  18. 

  19. 

  20. INTRODUCTION

  21. ------------

  22. Maintainers:

  23.   Stella Power (http://drupal.org/user/66894)

  24.   Daniel F. Kudwien (http://drupal.org/user/54136)

  25.   Mark Ashmead (http://drupal.org/user/52392)

  26. 

  27. Documentation: http://drupal.org/node/144469

  28. 

  29. Licensed under the GNU/GPL License

  30. Based on Lightbox v2.03.3 by Lokesh Dhakar

  31. 

  32. 

  33. Originally written to make use of the Prototype framework, and Script.acalo.us,

  34. now altered to use jQuery.

  35. 

  36. Permission has been granted to Mark Ashmead & other Drupal Lightbox2 module

  37. maintainers to distribute the original lightbox.js via Drupal.org under this

  38. license scheme.  This file has been subsequently modified to make use of jQuery

  39. instead of prototype / script.acalo.us.

  40. 

  41. This module enables the use of lightbox2 which places images above your

  42. current page, not within. This frees you from the constraints of the layout,

  43. particularly column widths.

  44. 

  45. This module will include the lightbox CSS and JS files in your Drupal

  46. Installation without the need to edit the theme. The module comes with a

  47. Lightbox2 Lite option which does not use the jQuery libraries; it is therefore

  48. less likely to conflict with anything else.

  49. 

  50. 

  51. INSTALLATION

  52. ------------

  53. 1. Copy lightbox2 folder to modules directory.

  54. 2. At admin/build/modules enable the lightbox2 module.

  55. 3. Enable permissions at admin/user/access.

  56. 4. Configure the module at admin/settings/lightbox2.

  57. 5. Modify your image links to open in a lightbox where necessary, see "Adding

  58.    Lightbox Functionality to your Images' section below.

  59. 6. If you need to play flv files, then you may need to install a FLV player.

  60.    There are a number of freely available ones on the Internet, including

  61.    http://www.jeroenwijering.com/

  62. 

  63. 

  64. ADDING LIGHTBOX FUNCTIONALITY TO YOUR IMAGES

  65. --------------------------------------------

  66. No Grouping

  67. ===========

  68. Add rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox.

  69. For example:

  70. image #1

  71. image #1

  72. 

  73. Optional: To show a caption either use the title attribute or put in the second

  74. set of [] of the rel attribute.

  75. 

  76. With Grouping

  77. ==============

  78. If you have a set of related images that you would like to group, follow step

  79. one but additionally include a group name between square brackets in the rel

  80. attribute. For example:

  81. 

  82. image #1

  83. image #2

  84. image #3

  85. 

  86. No limits to the number of image sets per page or how many images are allowed

  87. in each set. Go nuts!

  88. 

  89. If you have a set of images that you would like to group together in a

  90. lightbox, but only wish for one of these images to be visible on your page, you

  91. can assign the "lightbox_hide_image" class to hide the additional images.  For

  92. example:

  93. 

  94. image #1

  95. image #2

  96. image #3

  97. 

  98. Slideshow

  99. =========

  100. This is very similar to the grouping functionality described above.  The only

  101. difference is that "rel" attribute should be set to "lightshow" instead of

  102. "lightbox".  Using the same example as above, we could launch the images in a

  103. slideshow by doing:

  104. 

  105. image #1

  106. image #2

  107. image #3

  108. 

  109. Video

  110. =====

  111. It's possible to show video content in the lightbox.  In this case the "rel"

  112. attribute should be set to "lightvideo".  It's possible to group videos and 

  113. to control the size of the lightbox by setting the 'width' and 'height

  114. properties.  The properties can be configured like

  115. "lightvideo[group|width:300px; height: 200px;]" and

  116. "lightvideo[|width:300px; height: 200px;][my caption]".  The properties should

  117. all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon.  If no

  118. properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used.

  119. See below for more detailed examples.

  120. 

  121. Basic example:

  123. rel="lightvideo">Google video example - default size

  124. 

  125. Basic example with caption:

  127. rel="lightvideo[][my caption]">Google video example - default size

  128. 

  129. Grouped example:

  131. rel="lightvideo[group][caption 1]">Grouped example 1

  133. rel="lightvideo[group][caption 2]">Grouped example 2

  134. 

  135. Controlling lightbox size example:

  137. rel="lightvideo[|width:400px; height:300px;][my caption]">Google video example -

  138. custom size

  139. 

  140. Supported Video Formats

  141. asx, wmv, mov and swf videos should all be supported.  A number of video

  142. providers are also supported, for example YouTube and Google Video. For full

  143. details on how to integrate these with lightbox, please see the online

  144. documentation.

  145. 

  146. HTML Content Support

  147. ====================

  148. It's possible to show webpage content in the lightbox, using iframes.  In this

  149. case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightframe".  Again it's possible to

  150. group the content, (e.g. "lightframe[search]") but in addition to that, it's

  151. possible to control some of the iframe properties.  It's possible to set the

  152. 'width', 'height' and 'scrolling' properties of the iframe.  The properties are

  153. separated from the group name by a '|', for example

  154. "lightframe[search|width:100px;]" and

  155. "lightframe[search|width:100px;][my caption]".  If no grouping is being used,

  156. then the '|' is still used and the format would be "lightframe[|width:100px;]".

  157. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing

  158. semi-colon.  If no iframe properties are set, then the default width and height

  159. of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

  160. 

  161. Basic example:

  162. Search google

  163. 

  164. Basic example with caption:

  165. Search google

  166. 

  167. Grouped example:

  168. Search google

  169. Search yahoo

  170. 

  171. Controlling iframe property example:

  172. Search google

  173. 

  174. Controlling iframe property when grouped example:

  175. Search google

  176. Search yahoo

  177. Search yahoo

  178. 

  179. Inline Content Support

  180. =======================

  181. It's possible to show HTML snippets in the lightbox, that is on the same domain.

  182. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightmodal".  Again it's

  183. possible to group the content, (e.g. "lightmodal[search]") but in addition to

  184. that, it's possible to control some of the inline / modal properties.  It's

  185. possible to set the 'width', 'height' and 'scrolling' properties of the inline

  186. content.  The properties are separated from the group name by a '|', for example

  187. "lightmodal[search|width:100px;]" and

  188. "lightmodal[search|width:100px;][my caption]".  If no grouping is being used,

  189. then the '|' is still used and the format would be "lightmodal[|width:100px;]".

  190. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing

  191. semi-colon.  If no properties are set, then the default width and height of

  192. 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

  193. 

  194. Basic example:

  195. Search

  196. 

  197. Basic example with caption:

  198. Search

  199. 

  200. Grouped example:

  201. Search

  202. Search published content

  203. 

  204. Controlling modal property example:

  205. Search

  206. 

  207. Controlling modal property when grouped example:

  208. Search

  209. Search published content

  210. Search unpublished content

  211. 

  212. 

  213. 

  214. Turning the Image Caption into a Link

  215. =====================================

  216. If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the

  217. following way:

  218. 

  219. image #1

  220. 

  221. Note, the < and > characters have been changed to their HTML entities, and the "

  222. have been escaped.

  223. 

  224. 

  225. KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

  226. ------------------

  227. Not all of the default keyboard shortcuts work in the Opera browser, for example

  228. 'z' for toggling the zoom and 'spacebar' for toggling play / pause in

  229. slideshows.  This can be overcome by updating your shortcut settings in the

  230. Opera preferences editor.

  231. 

  232. The default keyboard shortcuts are listed below.  You can override these on

  233. admin/settings/lightbox2.

  234. 

  235. Close : x, o, c, ESC

  236. Previous Image : p, Left Arrow

  237. Next Image : n, Right Arrow

  238. Toggle Zoom : z (not available in slideshow)

  239. Toggle Play / Pause : Spacebar (slideshow only)

  240. 

  241. 

  242. TRANSLATION OF CONFIGURED STRINGS

  243. ----------------------------------

  244. In order to translate the lightbox2 configuration strings, such as the text for

  245. the "View Image Details" link and the image count, please install the i18n:

  246. internationalization module and follow the instructions at 

  247. http://drupal.org/node/134002.

  248. 

  249. 

  250. KNOWN ISSUES

  251. ------------

  252. 

  253. Keyboard Shortcuts in Opera

  254. ---------------------------

  255. Not all of the default keyboard shortcuts work in the Opera browser, for example

  256. 'z' for toggling the zoom and 'spacebar' for toggling play / pause in

  257. slideshows.  This can be overcome by updating your shortcut settings in the

  258. Opera preferences editor.