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.

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16 Comments

adam posted:
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!
Bob posted:
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
Jon posted:
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.
jo posted:
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
Joe posted:
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!
mitch posted:
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.
Max Karreth posted:
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
Will posted:
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
Piotr J. posted:
20 Sep 08 at 11:52 am
Max!

What happened to fancybox? It looks just great! I would love to use it! Please, let me (us!) know, if you ever going to show me (us), how to do it.

All the Best . Piotr J.
Max Karreth posted:
22 Sep 08 at 9:43 pm
Someone was faster than me:

http://fancy.klade.lv/

Max
Piotr J. posted:
23 Sep 08 at 11:48 pm
Truth it works on his side, but you are the only one, who can explain this complex language easy and good, so that it works without any problems in iWeb! I hardy understand HTML, so his explanations don’t help me much. I can create a good graphic though. Any ideas?

Piotr J.
Max Karreth posted:
24 Sep 08 at 8:26 pm
How about I make a tutorial which tells you how to integrate Klades FancyBox into your iWeb site.
Piotr J. posted:
24 Sep 08 at 11:19 pm
Max!

That would be just brilliant!
Hey men, you are amazing!
What do you need for it? My iWeb Site?
Piotr J.
Max Karreth posted:
26 Sep 08 at 2:54 pm
Here you go: http://guimkie.com/iweb/tutorial-image-zoom-in-iweb/
cvh posted:
05 Oct 08 at 1:39 am
just wondering if are posting the instructions and code for fancy box soon? looking forward to it! Thanks for all you do!!
Max Karreth posted:
07 Oct 08 at 10:29 pm
CVH - No, not fancybox. Only FancyZoom. Though, the instructions are quite similar. You can just modify the tutorial to work for FancyBox.

Guimkie