Comments on: Shadowbox 2.0 RC1

By: Trent Tompkins

Trent Tompkins — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:46:19 +0000

I have spent the last two days modding this, and all I can say is WOW. I didn’t want something buggy or bloated, and after two days I have an awesome, single file, 22kb lightbox that is 100% what I wanted. I’m not using a framework, so I added DomEvent to fire it off, and added some custom functions to keep it from failing if it’s clicked before the init. The code was great to work with, WELL worth the $20! It works GREAT in everything!

It breaks if I compress it with script diet, so I compressed it with YUI, which is better anyway because now I can use straight PHP code to change the options.

By: spulp

spulp — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:20:19 +0000

I created a [gallery], but the images display (upon load) starting with the last one first. How can I fix this. I’m obviously a beginner - help. Thanks.

By: Bon

Bon — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:23:26 +0000

Hi, how can I have a page without an extension work with shadowbox through rel? something like website.com/login/ Thanks for your help.

By: mjijackson

mjijackson — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:16:23 +0000

@Tigger: Please read the other comments before writing something. Your issue is directly addressed exactly two comments above yours.

@mrbabyqc: The only advantage to using Shadowbox in stand-alone mode is that you won't have as many files to load. The disadvantage is that you won't have all of the functionality of the underlying framework (should you need it).

By: mrbabyqc

mrbabyqc — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:11:44 +0000

Hi mjijackson, Very exciting job ! I use the first version of shadobox on my blog. Since the version 2.0rc1 give us the ability to implement shadobox in standalone mode, can you tell us what can be the benefit to use it in conjunction with any open source JavaScript framework (like prototype, mootools, etc) ? In term of load time, functionality ?

TIA

By: Tigger

Tigger — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:04:13 +0000

Great work!

But I found some problems when using version 2.0 RC1. With least version of jQuery and the jquery adapter, the shabowbox open very very slow in IE7 and IE8 while other browsers are okay (included IE6).

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:03:52 +0000

Great! I should have known better and headed there first. Damn this allergy medicine….

By: mjijackson

mjijackson — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:15:35 +0000

@David: The problems with IE7 are being discussed in the forums and will be fixed in the final release.

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:52:35 +0000

Is it just me or has IE7 taken a big performance hit? I’m getting really choppy animations and sluggish performance.

By: David

David — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:47:02 +0000

@mjijackson Oh, yes, or course… I mean “in addition to”… bleh. What I mean to ask is if we can control the fade duration the same way we can the resize duration. lol