FancyBox - A Good Mixture…
04 Mar '08 Filed under FancyBox, iWeb -
While I was working with a friend on the old-school iWeb application, he asked me for a good effect to enlarge images. Making images open in a new window really sucks. So, what you do is you look into the jQuery library for a script that would provide what you want. Didn’t take long and the outcome was FancyBox. FancyBox, by me, is made up of three things. jQuery, Lightbox and FancyZoom. Since it is a mixture of all of them, I called it FancyBox.
Now what is FancyBox? It is a jQuery based script that will make thumbnailed images zoom up and enlarge. Best way to understand what I am talking about is to look at the demo.
You can take a look at this awesome thing in a demo page I made in iWeb:
http://guimkie.com/fancybox-beta/
Please only view this in FireFox and Safari on a Mac. These are the only things with which I have tested it. Camino fails completely. 
I’ll open up the scripts as soon as I get it to work properly. That means I will have a pack for those who enjoy coding themselves and then I will have it integrated right into the next major update on iTweak! Yep - the next major update for iTweak, not the 1.2 version. You’ll see this stuff coming soon.
The more you nag me, the higher the chance I get this stuff done. I am kind of a person who always shifts things to the last minute, so tell me to be faster.
04 Mar 08 at 7:11 pm
Max, when will you put out the improved iTweak? And what features will it have? It has been a very long time since you told us something about it. Maybe a new iTweak post with more images and more detailed information would be great! Thank you!
05 Mar 08 at 4:32 am
you said to nag, so nag, nag nag… Would love to see itweak, I have a web redesign I am doing for my company, and I would love to use some of itweaks features. Please hurry hurry. your awesome Max
06 Mar 08 at 1:54 am
Come on Max, come on Max, come on Max! If there is one thing I’m good at its nagging when I want something. I can’t wait for the new iTweak….when are you going to release it!?! Thanks as always, sure appreciate all your work.
06 Mar 08 at 3:24 am
I hate naggers.
but it would be nice if we can get the iTweak very soon.
good luck
07 Mar 08 at 6:07 am
I would love to see iTweak too…but iCordion is very high on my list…I bought Accordion and then it went away….I am ready for a replacement.
Keep at it!
10 Mar 08 at 12:47 pm
hi max,
Is fancy box a edit on a photo page, meaning : that you make a photo page go to itweak and then use that with defining the site folder or can it be any image on any page and then u have to define it through i tweak? html or something and the site folder. Im woundering this because i have always liked to have it on small image on any page that can be made bigger and look nice. Or is it completely different?
Mitch.
P.S i love the new Imaps! it great!
i agree with joe i was going to buy accordion had the trail went to buy it and then u stopped selling it and the new one sounds good.!
Thanks for your good software.
10 Mar 08 at 5:38 pm
no mitch - it is even easier than that! you can use any image on your site that you want. you select a link, a box or whatever and you simply link it to a image. then, with the magic of itweak, it will make the link fade up in the box.
yes - sorry about icordion,b ut that was just how i decided to go with it. though, i have not forgotten about those who paid for the first version, and they will be the first to get the new version.
max
11 Apr 08 at 10:08 pm
Hi Max,
what happened to fancybox? I just downloaded the new itweak, but I don’t see fancybox. FB would be great for my site, and I am really hoping to use it. Thanks, Will