Ok,
I tried the other method using Slimbox 2.0 but only had partial success. Now the lightbox effect works in all browsers including chrome but it no longer displays the "close" link at the bottom or the "next"/"previous" at the top.
I suspect this maybe a CSS issue ill continue testing.
In the meantime allow me to elaborate on what I did.
I left all the files in my jscript folder INTACT, all the old mootools files zen lightbox uses and calls up from slimbox.php file.
What I did change however is the slimbox code inside the slimbox.php file and the result looks like this:
<?php
/**
* Zen Lightbox
*
* @author Alex Clarke ([email protected])
* @copyright Copyright 2003-2005 Zen Cart Development Team
* @copyright Portions Copyright 2003 osCommerce
* @license http://www.zen-cart.com/license/2_0.txt GNU Public License V2.0
* @version $Id: slimbox.php 2008-12-15 aclarke $
*/
echo '<script type="text/javascript" src="' . $template->get_template_dir('.js', DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base, 'jscript') . '/'; if (ZEN_LIGHTBOX_TRANSITION_EFFECT != 'false') { echo 'zen_lightbox_mootools_custom'; } else { echo 'zen_lightbox_mootools_default'; } echo '.js"></script>';
?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"><!--
/*
Slimbox v2.04 - The ultimate lightweight Lightbox clone for jQuery
(c) 2007-2010 Christophe Beyls <http://www.digitalia.be>
MIT-style license.
*/
(function(w){var E=w(window),u,f,F=-1,n,x,D,v,y,L,r,m=!window.XMLHttpRequest,s=[],l=document.documentElement,k={},t=new Image(),J=new Image(),H,a,g,p,I,d,G,c,A,K;w(function(){w("body").append(w([H=w('<div id="lbOverlay" />')[0],a=w('<div id="lbCenter" />')[0],G=w('<div id="lbBottomContainer" />')[0]]).css("display","none"));g=w('<div id="lbImage" />').appendTo(a).append(p=w('<div style="position: relative;" />').append([I=w('<a id="lbPrevLink" href="#" />').click(B)[0],d=w('<a id="lbNextLink" href="#" />').click(e)[0]])[0])[0];c=w('<div id="lbBottom" />').appendTo(G).append([w('<a id="lbCloseLink" href="#" />').add(H).click(C)[0],A=w('<div id="lbCaption" />')[0],K=w('<div id="lbNumber" />')[0],w('<div style="clear: both;" />')[0]])[0]});w.slimbox=function(O,N,M){u=w.extend({loop:false,overlayOpacity:0.8,overlayFadeDuration:400,resizeDuration:400,resizeEasing:"swing",initialWidth:250,initialHeight:250,imageFadeDuration:400,captionAnimationDuration:400,counterText:"Image {x} of {y}",closeKeys:[27,88,67],previousKeys:[37,80],nextKeys:[39,78]},M);if(typeof O=="string"){O=[[O,N]];N=0}y=E.scrollTop()+(E.height()/2);L=u.initialWidth;r=u.initialHeight;w(a).css({top:Math.max(0,y-(r/2)),width:L,height:r,marginLeft:-L/2}).show();v=m||(H.currentStyle&&(H.currentStyle.position!="fixed"));if(v){H.style.position="absolute"}w(H).css("opacity",u.overlayOpacity).fadeIn(u.overlayFadeDuration);z();j(1);f=O;u.loop=u.loop&&(f.length>1);return b(N)};w.fn.slimbox=function(M,P,O){P=P||function(Q){return[Q.href,Q.title]};O=O||function(){return true};var N=this;return N.unbind("click").click(function(){var S=this,U=0,T,Q=0,R;T=w.grep(N,function(W,V){return O.call(S,W,V)});for(R=T.length;Q<R;++Q){if(T[Q]==S){U=Q}T[Q]=P(T[Q],Q)}return w.slimbox(T,U,M)})};function z(){var N=E.scrollLeft(),M=E.width();w([a,G]).css("left",N+(M/2));if(v){w(H).css({left:N,top:E.scrollTop(),width:M,height:E.height()})}}function j(M){if(M){w("object").add(m?"select":"embed").each(function(O,P){s[O]=[P,P.style.visibility];P.style.visibility="hidden"})}else{w.each(s,function(O,P){P[0].style.visibility=P[1]});s=[]}var N=M?"bind":"unbind";E[N]("scroll resize",z);w(document)[N]("keydown",o)}function o(O){var N=O.keyCode,M=w.inArray;return(M(N,u.closeKeys)>=0)?C():(M(N,u.nextKeys)>=0)?e():(M(N,u.previousKeys)>=0)?B():false}function B(){return b(x)}function e(){return b(D)}function b(M){if(M>=0){F=M;n=f[F][0];x=(F||(u.loop?f.length:0))-1;D=((F+1)%f.length)||(u.loop?0:-1);q();a.className="lbLoading";k=new Image();k.onload=i;k.src=n}return false}function i(){a.className="";w(g).css({backgroundImage:"url("+n+")",visibility:"hidden",display:""});w(p).width(k.width);w([p,I,d]).height(k.height);w(A).html(f[F][1]||"");w(K).html((((f.length>1)&&u.counterText)||"").replace(/{x}/,F+1).replace(/{y}/,f.length));if(x>=0){t.src=f[x][0]}if(D>=0){J.src=f[D][0]}L=g.offsetWidth;r=g.offsetHeight;var M=Math.max(0,y-(r/2));if(a.offsetHeight!=r){w(a).animate({height:r,top:M},u.resizeDuration,u.resizeEasing)}if(a.offsetWidth!=L){w(a).animate({width:L,marginLeft:-L/2},u.resizeDuration,u.resizeEasing)}w(a).queue(function(){w(G).css({width:L,top:M+r,marginLeft:-L/2,visibility:"hidden",display:""});w(g).css({display:"none",visibility:"",opacity:""}).fadeIn(u.imageFadeDuration,h)})}function h(){if(x>=0){w(I).show()}if(D>=0){w(d).show()}w(c).css("marginTop",-c.offsetHeight).animate({marginTop:0},u.captionAnimationDuration);G.style.visibility=""}function q(){k.onload=null;k.src=t.src=J.src=n;w([a,g,c]).stop(true);w([I,d,g,G]).hide()}function C(){if(F>=0){q();F=x=D=-1;w(a).hide();w(H).stop().fadeOut(u.overlayFadeDuration,j)}return false}})(jQuery);
// AUTOLOAD CODE BLOCK (MAY BE CHANGED OR REMOVED)
if (!/android|iphone|ipod|series60|symbian|windows ce|blackberry/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
jQuery(function($) {
$("a[rel^='lightbox']").slimbox({/* Put custom options here */}, null, function(el) {
return (this == el) || ((this.rel.length > 8) && (this.rel == el.rel));
});
});
}
If I still go ahead and remove the mootools files from the jscript folder it stops working. So although the new slimbox uses the jquery library, Zen Lightbox still seems to need and require the old mootools files. Needless to say Dave's fix didnt work for me, the great mage speaks in cryptic tones not decipherable by a dummy like me. Dave write us dummies a proper step by step post explaining the "obvious" and including some files pleeeez:unsure:
