Title: Custom Lightbox Effect Not working. Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Custom Lightbox Effect Not working. * [saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) * (@saturngirl3773) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/) * Hi! * I would like to make a custom lightbox effect. There are a few things my client wants added that the current light boxes do not have…but I want to make sure I can link one up correctly before I do too much. I feel like I must be missing something.. because when I set it up, the gallery looks ok, but when I click on the image no lightbox comes up 🙁 * I can’t find any information on how to properly set up a custom lightbox for NextGen. Also, I am working from a localhost right now. I even made sure mine was in the same folder that the Nextgen light boxes are kept in * This is what I have: * Code: class=”acefancybox” rel=”%GALLERY_NAME%” * Style URL: localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery3/products/ photocrati_nextgen/modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/jquery.acefancybox.css localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/ modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/jquery.acefancybox.min.css * Javascript URL: localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery3/ products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/jquery.easing. js localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/ modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/jquery.acefancybox.js localhost:8888/acewordpress/ wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/lightbox/ static/acefancybox/jquery.acefancybox.min.js localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/ plugins/nextgen-gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/lightbox/static/ acefancybox/jquery.mousewheel.js localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/ nextgen-gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/ jquery.acefancybox-.js localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen- gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/nextgen_acefancybox. js localhost:8888/acewordpress/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery3/products/photocrati_nextgen/ modules/lightbox/static/acefancybox/nextgen_acefancybox.min.js * Thank you! Anything helps! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317139) * [@saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) – It appears you may be using a “MAMP” installation (as noted by your port 8888 in the URL). Have you tried setting the local install to the Apache default ports of 80 and 3306 respectively for localhost and MySQL? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) * (@saturngirl3773) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317265) * Hi, * Sorry for the delayed response. Yes, I did try changing it. It did not do anything 🙁 Any other suggestions? Am I putting in the correct info? * Thanks! * Danyon * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317268) * [@saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) – Have you contacted the Lightbox library’s author to ensure you are using the correct file references? * – Cais. * Thread Starter [saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) * (@saturngirl3773) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317291) * I believe I am using the correct file references. Even if I try to link to the lightboses that already exist in there, such as shutterbox or your fancy box, it does nothing. If you could give me a list of steps to follow that anyone is suppose to do while connecting a custom lightbox? that would be appreciated. That is what I am not if I am doing correctly or not. There’s no instructions on how to do this anywhere that I can find. * Maybe then I can find an issue of something in the steps I am missing. * I guess my other question is, is the “code” suppose to say the exact gallery that it is referencing? or is that % make it so it is all galleries that it is applied to? I should also tell you, I am not using any short codes. I am just using the insert with the one image place holder. It was my understanding that this 2015 version does not use short codes. * Thanks! * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317296) * [@saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) – Perhaps there is an underlying issue to be addressed … do the bundled Lightbox Effects work as expected if selected via the drop-down? * Also, although recommended to use the IGW you can still use shortcodes with NextGEN Gallery. * – Cais. * Thread Starter [saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) * (@saturngirl3773) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317299) * Yes, those lightboxes work fine that are already included in nextgen on the dropdown menu. I just thought I would try to link those in the custom settings, just to see if I could get the custom option to work or not since i know those lightboxes DO work. * -saturngirl3773 * Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/) * (@photocrati) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-lightbox-effect-not-working/#post-6317305) * [@saturngirl3773](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saturngirl3773/) – Do you a public link to the “custom” Lightbox library you were trying to originally use? * – Cais. 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