Slimbox vs. Scriptylightbox
Dan Jasker
6 Feb, 2010
Play: Slimbox vs. Scriptylightbox
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In this screencast you’ll learn how to use the MooTools Slimbox Action and the ScriptyLightbox Action in Freeway. Both actions have their own unique advantages and disadvantages, but overall they can display visual items on your website in a unique way. Both actions are free to download from actionsforge.com and make sure to use the search box (at the top right of actionsforge.com) to easily locate them. After downloading these two actions it’s important to note that they have different installation types and Slimbox requires a different approach, so make sure to read the documentation.
Here is a list of other topics that are covered:
- An example of Slimbox
- How to setup thumbnails for Slimbox
- What each option means in the Actions palette
- How to attach captions to your Slimbox images
- How to attach multiple images to a single thumbnail using Slimbox
- How to setup thumbnails for ScriptyLightbox
- What the options are for ScriptyLightbox
- What additional actions are needed to make ScriptyLightbox work
- How to load in video content in ScriptyLightbox
Runtime: 18 min, 10 seconds
The screencast can be read about by clicking the ‘Play’ button as well as being purchased via the store link in the navigation bar on danjasker.com or by clicking on the link at the bottom of the entry at danjasker.com.
Enjoy!
