Is this possible? (Lightbox question?)

Pulsedriver · 4 Jul 2011 at 00:09

Hey folks,

Is this possible...

What I would like is, to have a thumbnail, well , let's say 25 thumbnails on a page, however when you click the thumbnail, it opens in a lightbox (or similar) on the page and displays information from ANOTHER webpage.

Example;

I have a series of my apps in a thumbnail view, yet when you click one I want it to show (example is just one app)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ilumbergh-office-space-bill/id441404157?mt=8

The content of that page, in the lightbox.

Now, I would like to keep the 'view in itunes' link etc, so wouldn't need to change any code, simply just to display that. Each thumbnail would have a different link (but still itunes).

Is it possible at all?

Kind regards

gord · 4 Jul 2011 at 09:37

Don't know if lightbox specifically would let you do this. But there are other overlay methods where you can have html in the overlaid element (jquery tools, overlay), which means you can use an iframe to bring in the content from the itunes site.

Dj_Jestar · 4 Jul 2011 at 09:53

lookup jqModal. As what you want isn't technically lightbox, but a modal window.

Tilluss · 4 Jul 2011 at 10:02

I don't know if you can do it in lightbox but I know there are other variations that allow for an iFrame which would do what you want I think.

Dj_Jestar · 4 Jul 2011 at 10:04

Seriously.. jqModal. Stop looking elsewhere

SMB30 · 4 Jul 2011 at 10:54

We did something similar with a project recently and used Fancybox - http://fancybox.net/

We had mixed media from a page being generated server-side and then set as the link for the fancybox.

visibleman · 4 Jul 2011 at 12:43

Lightbox won't do it but there are plenty of JQuery modal plugins about that will - Colorbox is what i tend to use, otherwise as SMB30 said, Fancybox will do it as well. If you want something basic and simple then use jqModal as Dj_Jestar suggested.

Pulsedriver · 4 Jul 2011 at 21:32

As always, I knew you guys would help, many thanks to ALL of you this is a massive help, will get trying on these now and see which one works best for an amateur like me!

Kind regards & thank you again