Ninja ShadowBox


Version
2.0.9 (last update on Dec 12, 2009)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
72
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
166731
Date Added
13 April 2008
- Tired of JavaScript conflicts for your lightbox?
- Want to be able to show images, links, flashfiles, and virtually any type of video using the one extension?
- Sick of the headache of having to manage a separate media extension, gallery extension, popup extension, iframe extension and wish you could do them all in one?
- Want to link to articles or media on other sites, without having your visitors run away?
Shadowbox is the answer.
Shadowbox is a cross-browser, cross-platform, cleanly-coded and fully-documented media viewer application written entirely in JavaScript. Using Shadowbox, website authors can display a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating away from the linking page.
Ninja Shadowbox makes it even easier for you to work with shadowbox, with advanced options in the back-end it allows you to quickly change the way Shadowbox works globally.
Choose between multiple JS Libraries including Jquery, Prototype, EXT, YUI and Dojo.
Choose between the 2 default CSS files or upload your own custom css.
Changelog
v2.0.9 (Dec 09)
* Added better support for image map shadowboxes
v2.0.8 (Nov 09)
* Fixed FLV player bug - now works perfectly
v2.0.7 (Sep 09)
* Added fix for IE8.
* Updated jquery to latest version.
v1.3 - Bug Fix Release:
* Fixed Undefined Variable issue
* Fixed Missing Loading Image
* Fixed Joomla 1.0 Mambot Missing Arguments
v1.1:
*General Code Clean Up
*Bundled Mediaplayer - now plays .flv files out of the box
Excellent module, I use it on different sites and it is running perfectly well. On a new site I entered a problem, caused by Joomfish, the support was very helpful and I can only recommend this product.
I installed several similar extensions prior to this one and I realized I was spending bunch of time to get them to work. There wasn't much documentation about how to use their extensions, modules.
There is an excellent documentation about how to use this module, and if you are still struggling to get it to work developer has great support. I had few questions and he immediately addressed those issues. I don't even get this type of service from some of the paid products.
Thanks for the great module and great service!
There is an excellent documentation about how to use this module, and if you are still struggling to get it to work developer has great support. I had few questions and he immediately addressed those issues. I don't even get this type of service from some of the paid products.
Thanks for the great module and great service!
Professional just like True Ninja, very flexible, does exactly what is needed, simply perfect! and believe me i had a question for the team on the weekend they replied to me immediately. Mark you the best and i thank the whole team for letting us have this extension. God Bless
I tried quite a few extentions before finding Ninja Shadowbox. It does everything I want. Very professional looking.
With a little coding in articles where I inserted my pictures this nice and powerful peace of code managed to resolve my problem of showing pictures in shadowbox manner in IE and FF on one specific site. That was quite a problem for some other extensions. I suppose the reason is some other extensions on this site but ninja_shadowbox beat them all. I found PDF manual which is very helpful and comprehensive. Thank you!
Bruno.
Bruno.
Hi,
I highly recommend this extension. The extension itself is great but first of all the developers will help you with all your problems within hours. They will answer all your questions and make sure that it is work properly for you!
Mat
I highly recommend this extension. The extension itself is great but first of all the developers will help you with all your problems within hours. They will answer all your questions and make sure that it is work properly for you!
Mat
I'm new to joomla, but this module is so easy to use to use that I decided to use it on all the pop-up links on my website, i even use it to open links like "Forgot Your Password" and "Register for an new Account". The support given by the author is superb, thorough and well-thought-through.
Will be exploring other products by the author.
Thank.
Will be exploring other products by the author.
Thank.
I installed the Shadowbox on one Joomla site and it worked straight away without any problems. However, one should read the supporting PDF tutorial, which gives the relevant code to place into your page. The module itself is easily installed with standard procedure.
Then I tried to install Shadowbox on another Joomla site and it didn't work. I contacted the forum and got an answer from Mark the next day. It turned out that the module was published to a position, which did not exist in my template, i.e. the left position by default. One has to pay attention to that as the module doesn't physically show in the front end, still it has to be published in an available template position. Perhaps the default position should NOT be 'left' but rather top or bottom, which are perhaps positions used by every template. Perhaps the PDF tutorial should point this out too, maybe I missed that.
I have two suggestions for a future release. Firstly, it would be great if the JavaScript would allow for a 'mouseover open' additionally to the 'on click opening'.
Secondly, it would be great to have a 'next' and 'previous' link appear in the image when the mouse moves over the right or left part of the image as seen on other Lightbox effects on the web. This is a neat feature.
All in all, this is an excellent extension which is easy to install and easy to use even for a relative novice like myself. Moreover, the support in the forum is super.
Then I tried to install Shadowbox on another Joomla site and it didn't work. I contacted the forum and got an answer from Mark the next day. It turned out that the module was published to a position, which did not exist in my template, i.e. the left position by default. One has to pay attention to that as the module doesn't physically show in the front end, still it has to be published in an available template position. Perhaps the default position should NOT be 'left' but rather top or bottom, which are perhaps positions used by every template. Perhaps the PDF tutorial should point this out too, maybe I missed that.
I have two suggestions for a future release. Firstly, it would be great if the JavaScript would allow for a 'mouseover open' additionally to the 'on click opening'.
Secondly, it would be great to have a 'next' and 'previous' link appear in the image when the mouse moves over the right or left part of the image as seen on other Lightbox effects on the web. This is a neat feature.
All in all, this is an excellent extension which is easy to install and easy to use even for a relative novice like myself. Moreover, the support in the forum is super.
Outstanding service
Hi all,
I’ve installed this module and it did not display images on my site.
I turned to the Ninja forum, and got a solution within less than 24 hours!
I believe that an EXCELENT service is as important an EXCELENT product.
Many thanks to Mr. Mark Simpson, who solved this illusive problem I had…
Regards,
Ami.
Hi all,
I’ve installed this module and it did not display images on my site.
I turned to the Ninja forum, and got a solution within less than 24 hours!
I believe that an EXCELENT service is as important an EXCELENT product.
Many thanks to Mr. Mark Simpson, who solved this illusive problem I had…
Regards,
Ami.
I have used the ninja shadow box for youtube videos, it works fine...but while trying to use as inline content, it didn't work. I tried from the code which is given in the documentation pdf file but it goes no where....It would help a lot if it has some clear documentation regard to this matter. For the rest, ninja is superb, work like a charm.
Thanks...
Thanks...
This is a nice module! It really makes my website stand out! You can turn old boring links into cool and clean pop ups. I think the're working on more documentation for it, but between the documentation they have and the active ninjaforge Forum, help is close at hand.
I recently implemented the shadowbox plugin into my site and after a little tweaking got it up and running... beautifully. I am not technical, so when it did not work in IE8 I was worried. But, the joomla ninjas here actually provide excellent customer support (a real rarity) and with 2 lines of code added... presto. Works like a charm. Thanks!
Page 1 of 2







