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What is a Web Site Light Box?

A light box is a tool designed for artists. It consists of a backlit piece of plexiglass or frosted glass. Many visual artists use light boxes in their daily work for things like looking at photographic negatives and tracing.

Quite true - but this is a physical light box that photographers use inside an office. So what exactly is a Web Site Light Box?

Ultimately it is a peace of site code that generates pretty much the exact same effect - creating a centered container to hold some element within your site. This image is usually surrounded by a dark opacity element, in order to highlight what you are looking at. Here is an example of a working site light box - click on the image to see it in action.

This is a REAL Light Box - inside a Web Site Light Box!Their are many various kinds of Light Box Utilities for web sites - for the example above we are using the NyroModal Javascript Light Box - which by utilizing jQuery Javascript, this can generate cool looking effects for content elements. In order to get it working we have to set the image link as followsin your site HTML code once the light box is correctly installed:

<a class="nyroModal" href="images/articles/lightBox.jpg" title="This is a REAL Light Box - inside a Web Site Light Box!"><img src="images/articles/lightbox_open.jpg" alt="This is a REAL Light Box - inside a Web Site Light Box!" /></a>

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