Lightboxes

A lightbox is a great way to show enlarged versions of your images, without spoiling the flow of your website by forcing users to click away from the page.

Here are some of the possible uses for a lightbox...

  • Showing enlarged versions of thumbnail photos.
  • Photo Galleries
  • Contact forms
  • Videos
  • Login Forms
  • HTML content or external websites

Click on the images below for an example of a lightbox photo gallery...

Don Valley Stadium Wide view of Sheffield city centre Sheffield Winter Garden Surprise View, Hathersage

 

Example of using an external link in a lightframe...

Example Lightframe Image

Search Google (opens in a lightframe)

 

Example of embedding an external hosted video in a lightframe...

Example video thumbnail

Watch a YouTube video in a lightbox