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Ninja ShadowBox 
Version
2.0.7 (last update on Nov 19, 2009)
Rating
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38
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48
License
GPL
Non-Commercial
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52152
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.
Not only that, but Ninja Shadowbox comes in a variety of options, pick between either a Module or Plugin.
Changelog
v2.0.7
* 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
*Mambot/Plugin now works on all Pages.
bychristopher9123 on November 17, 2009
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.
bywebuser on August 26, 2009
Doesn't work in IE and if you open up an image that it bigger than the browser window there are no scrollbars so the user has to know they can click on the image itself and drag it around. Use http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/photos-a-images/photo-gallery/4135 instead.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback webuser.
Yes you are correct that there are issues with it working IE8 (only) but if you look on our forum, these can be fixed with a few changes to your site template.
Also, if you want scrollbars, you simply have to specify the size of the popup window, instead of letting it choose itself.
bymike177 on August 16, 2009
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!
byamitkahan on July 3, 2009
This is a very nice module...
Works same as author writes...
Very nice lightbox effect...
Very easy to integrate...
Very nice documentation...
So, what else is needed...?
Works same as author writes...
Very nice lightbox effect...
Very easy to integrate...
Very nice documentation...
So, what else is needed...?
bygazpachu on June 30, 2009
Using the plugin version:
Everything works fine but the FLV playback on IE8 doesn't work. Looks like it doesn't find the flash player plugin even if it's installed.
Everything works fine but the FLV playback on IE8 doesn't work. Looks like it doesn't find the flash player plugin even if it's installed.
bycesarflores on June 14, 2009
After looking and trying for a good, easy extension for lightbox or similar FX, finnaly I could found this one. I'm not kidding, I've been using Joomla for 4 or 5 years and other extensions requiere something more complicated to make 'em work. This one is just -1 Install -2 Publish Module -3 Link something in your content and add the rel "shadowbox" via text mode edition or inside the WYSIWYG editor.
I love this extension. By the way. V. 1.4 is already on their site and no registration required to download it.
I love this extension. By the way. V. 1.4 is already on their site and no registration required to download it.
byjuicyart on April 16, 2009
This extension is perfect except for one thing: disabling slideshow mode does not work. I use this with Morfeoshow, and even if I set Slideshow Delay to "null" it still plays my Morfeoshow galleries as slideshows. Other than that, I love this!
And yes - I know you have to enable advanced mode.
And yes - I know you have to enable advanced mode.
bytreebeard on March 28, 2009
Finally, somebody got it right!!! I have been wasting hours searching for this! thank you :)
PS: Don't forget to download the Documentation, it helps!
PS: Don't forget to download the Documentation, it helps!
bycoolmaster on February 16, 2009
Ninja Shadowbox is an excellent extension, and the customer support through the ninjaforge forums is incredible.
Thank you very much for this tool, it's exactly what i was looking for and it works!!!
bynick7268 on February 9, 2009
A real good product really, not only works well easy and flawlessly. In the begining it was hard to understand but is was because i do not read the info when i read it it was super fast. thanks
I think it would be a cool plug in if it had better support for beginners. I have no idea how to install it however, it is supposed to be installed and it is exactly what I wanted. I can't find any installation tips, it just says install and go about your business. How do I create a gallery with it, etc.?
not good for beginners like myself
would love a guide or something
not good for beginners like myself
would love a guide or something
Owner's reply
Hi kgainez,
We have information on the site, or you can check out the original shadowbox homepage. (just put shadowbox into google)
Basically just put rel=shadowbox into your links to make it work.
e.g. A pic of me
Then the picture will show up in a shadowbox when you click the link.
byweatherfront on February 8, 2009
Using J 1.5.9 with VM 1.1.13. Was having problems with 2 versions of Slimbox and IE7. Changed to just Shadowbox and it looks good so far on my test site.
byimperyal on January 20, 2009
For people that already know shadowbox, this is the easyest way to use it on joomla! very nice and simple to install. Perfect!
byMHLF2 on November 27, 2008
Simply AWESOME!!! I searched five days for a good, simple gallery for Joomla 1.5 native which can do the following:
1. shadowbox for single images
2. shadowbox for multiple images
3. good handling of large images (several options, ex: resize)
This Plugin is very easy to handle. I really recommend to read the instructions, your answers should be solved then. I didn't get any errors during install or so.
1. shadowbox for single images
2. shadowbox for multiple images
3. good handling of large images (several options, ex: resize)
This Plugin is very easy to handle. I really recommend to read the instructions, your answers should be solved then. I didn't get any errors during install or so.
byjackbremer on October 24, 2008
Works beautifully, and allowed me to do some creative customisation. Definitely the slickest of all the lightbox extensions.
Unfortunately, WMV files don't seem to play in Google Chrome browser - it just says you need to download the Windows Media Player, which you can do as many times as you like, but to no avail...
Unfortunately, WMV files don't seem to play in Google Chrome browser - it just says you need to download the Windows Media Player, which you can do as many times as you like, but to no avail...
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback Jack,
I think this is an issue with Chrome and not with Shadowbox itself.
byshadowraith on September 30, 2008
I test drove several media widgets prior to deciding upon this widget. It definitely outdoes all of them in ease of installation, tasteful end user interface, and extensibility. Kudos to the developer!
bytoudai on September 21, 2008
This extension is available for free members on their website and is definitely worth downloading. Because you can choose from different javascript libraries like mootools, prototype, yui, dojo, it is easy to avoid conflicts with other scripts and thanks to the very professional support in their forum, I got this working in now time.
bycbouldin on September 11, 2008
I finally found what I was looking for in a Shadowbox and iframe module but can't use this because no matter what I did I couldn't get IE to load the page. I fine with just using Firefox the 50% of my visitors will get an error upon visiting home page of my site. Sorry.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback. We have had lots of other sites working fine in IE. Did you change the library to one of the other options? If you are using a template with mootools already loaded that is probably the cause of your problem.