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JT Shadowbox Module

This module will display a gallery of thumbnail images in any module position, when an image is clicked, it will open the full sized image in a shadowbox style lightbox.
Checkout the demo!

You may set:

Folder for images
All shadowbox options including options to use it as a slideshow
Optional Title
Image alignment: Left, Center or Right
Vertical or Horizontal layout of images
A placeholder message when the image is not set.

Nice new features/options include:

Automatic detection and use of thumbnail images
Use a scaled version of the full image if a thumb does not exist
Automatically use the image file name as the title for the shadowbox i.e. My_Car.jpg becomes "My Car"
Custom resizing of thumbnails

To use:

Install module
Select your image folder, there are 2 options either choose a folder from the /images/ folder, or choose a folder in the /images/stories/ folder.
Activate!

Tips:

To use thumbnail images instead of scaling down the full image, simply place an image in the same directory with the same file name, but add the _thumb suffix. I.e. My_Car_thumb.jpg will be used as the thumbnail for My_Car.jpg

Do not use spaces in file names for better compatability, use underscores or hyphens instead.

This is 2.0Beta so bugs/feedback is welcomed via the official project page @ JayTucker.com

Report

2011-02-03
Reviews: 2
Exactly, what I was looking for! A module to place images (with auto thumbnail) in a module position!
A 5 star module!
2010-07-05
Reviews: 27
Very handy and does what it says. Could have an option to display a number of images, but is still great. Congratulations.
2010-04-04
Reviews: 8
Hi Jay, Thanks for this wonderful extension. was looking for this longtime. Simple to install, It does what it says.. Thanks once again.
Owner's reply

Thank you for your wonderful feedback, FYI, there is a new version out which is even better! :)