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I can't get Lightbox Plus to work, why not?

The problem may be with your Wordpress theme, mangling image display properties. Try using another theme, that doesn't interfere with posted images. You may be lacking wp_head() function in your header.php of your Wordpress theme. Look at the default theme to see how it is implemented.

Alternately you may have other plugins that conflict with Lightbox Plus. Try disabling your other plugins and see if that helps. If it does, re-enable each plugin, one at a time to see which one is causing the conflict. Please let me know which plugin is causing the problem.

Finally, it seems that recent version of WordPress (or perhaps the plugin is causing this in some way I am not aware of) do not automatically add the link to the full size image. You must also make sure that when you are adding an image from the WordPress media dialog control you must make sure there is a link to the image in the Link URL field. The easiest way to get the correct link is to click on the link to image button beneath the field. Visual depiction of what is required when adding images in order for lightbox to function correctly.

Lightbox Plus doesn't work properly in browser X, Y, or Z (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Explorer 6, 7, etc)?

Yes it does, the problems are the same as above. It has been tested in Firefox 2, 3, Safari 3, 4, Opera 9, 10, Chrome 1, 2, Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8 on Windows and Firefox 2, 3, Safari 3, 4 and Opera 9 on OS X and Firefox 2, 3, Opera 9, and Konqueror on Linux.

Can I use this plugin and Lightview Plus, Lightbox 2 (either one), WP lightbox JS Plugin at the same time?

No other lightbox plugins can be used, they will most likely interfere with each other as they all modify the image URLs. Other image overlay plugins may possibly be compatible.

Can I add my own styles and images for the overlay?

Yes, you can easily create additional styles by adding a new folder to the CSS directory under wp-content/plugins/lightbox-plus/css/ by duplicating and modifying any of the existing theme folders or using them as examples to create your own.

How does Lightbox Plus differ from other Lightbox plugins for WordPress?

Performance wise the ColorBox jQuery plugin is smaller and generally faster and has more options than most lightbox JavaScript plugins. The regular expressions that handle the text are more robust handling a wider variety of characters and in addition it will also grab the image title from the image to use for the overlay image caption.

Does Lightbox Plus work with WordPress' built in gallery

Yes it does. There are few simple requirements however. You you must set Link thumbnails to: Image File or use [gallery link="file" for the gallery options. You must check Use For WP Gallery box under Other Lightbox Plus Settings

When resetting/re-initializing LBP the setting do not appear correctly when the page reloads, what gives?

This problem is only apparent in Chrome and Opera. It seems to works fine in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. There are some browser related issues and I am investigating the problem at this time. For Chrome the settings are being saved but not displayed immediately, click on the Lightbox Plus link under appearance and you will see the current settings. Opera for whatever reason is completely failing to save re-initialization settings, you must manually set and save them or use another browser. And, no, it doesn't make sense since it's server side activity.

Other Problems

If you have read and tried the above and you are still having problems, then, please post your issues, in detail (links, error messages) to my site.

http://www.23systems.net/plugins/lightbox-plus/

Known Problems

• Sometimes functionality degrades in Firefox - may be corrected in this version - please let me know.
• Reset re-initialize doesn't appear to work in some browsers. It does in fact work, however, the changes are not reflect on the page.
• In some instances performance may be slow in IE - this may be due to plugin conflicts or slow JavaScript performance in IE.

Plugin Conflicts

• Flickr Mini Gallery - Verified. Download hot fix for Flickr Mini Gallery (includes instructions)
• Tabbed Widgets - Verified
• DMSGuestbook - Un-verified
• Gengo - Un-verified

Note: These conflicts may now be mitigated as of version 1.6.3.