jonhI’m currently finishing up a project that needed a way to display images relating to different job sites – before and after pictures. I wanted the AJAX effect that fades out the background and pulls the image to the forefront – while allowing links to go back and forth in the “mini-galleries”. I tried a couple of AJAX ideas and ended up going with a pre-built system that has done exactly what I needed to do…and with ease. The one I chose is called “ThickBox 3.1” from developer Cody Lindley.
Here’s what ThickBox is (in the developer’s words):
“ThickBox is a webpage UI dialog widget written in JavaScript on top of the jQuery library. Its function is to show a single image, multiple images, inline content, iframed content, or content served through AJAX in a hybrid modal.”
Check them out online at http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/
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