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Using lightboxes to display content

Using lightboxes to display content

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Using lightboxes to display content

- If you put several images on a page perhaps in a single page using the photo grid option there is a cool option that allows you to see all of that content in a Lightbox. This makes it easy for the user to click and see one image at a time. And depending upon the theme or template this option may already be turned on by default. Now to do this, we need to access our settings. Come on over here to global settings and then go to the site options. You'll see a tab here for Lightbox for images. It's currently on in this theme but I suggest you click to enable it if it's not currently active. Then choose a color. I prefer my images over a simple medium gray. This way it's non-distracting. You also can adjust the opacity if you want it to give you a slight peak of what's down below. When you're ready, click done. Now let's preview this and we'll take a look at the travel section. Notice how all the images are in a…

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