Title: Customizing Lightboxes
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Customizing Lightboxes

 *  [dosuntai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dosuntai/)
 * (@dosuntai)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-lightboxes/)
 * Since you asked for all this, here it is:
 * NextGEN Gallery v. 2.0.66.37
    NextGEN Plus v. 1.1.3 WordPress v. 4.1 Mac OS 10.9.5
   Chrome Browser
 * (please confirm the following, with your server host tech) :
    • MySQL up to date(
   at least 5.0)? 5.5.37-cll • PHP up to date (at least 5.2.4)? 5.3.25 • The mod_rewrite
   Apache module activated? Server : Apache/2.2.24 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.24 OpenSSL/
   0.9.8e-fips-rhel5 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635
   mod_fcgid/2.3.5 • PHP Safe Mode OFF? OFF
 * Additional information that will help us find a solution:
    • Who are you hosted
   with? Lunarpages.com • What theme are you running? Weaver II • Which plugins 
   do you have installed and activated? o All In One SEO Pack o BackupBuddy o Contact
   Form 7 o Duplicator o Easy FancyBox o Google XML Sitemaps o iThemes Sync o Page
   Excerpt Widget o Responsive Add Ons o Social Media Widget o Weaver II Theme Extras
   o WP Simple Paypal Shopping cart o WP UI – Tabs, accordions and more. • Does 
   this error still occur if you switch your theme to a WordPress Twenty series 
   theme and deactivate all plugins except NextGEN Gallery? (please be sure to clear
   your browser cache and reload your site after deactivating) N/A
 * Page in question:
    [http://todddawsondesign.com/test/ds-fa/paintings/figurative/](http://todddawsondesign.com/test/ds-fa/paintings/figurative/)
 * Since upgrading to the new NextGen Gallery 2.x, I have been unable to clearly
   understand how to set up/customize the plugin (and/or the NextGen Gallery Plus
   plugin).
 * • I want the style of gallery shown on the page noted.
    • I want to use a lightbox
   effect when you click on the images. o I want to have arrows prompting me to 
   click through the gallery o I want captions on the lightbox images o I want to
   be able to (and USED to be able to) customize the overlay settings
 * On [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/lightbox-styles/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/lightbox-styles/),
   you unhelpfully note:
    You have the option to choose from this list of effects:
   Lightbox Fancybox Highslide Shutter Shutter2 Thickbox
 * If you’re an actual USER, you would instantly realize how totally useless this
   information is, since I can see this list clearly from my installation.
    What
   would actually be helpful is for you to include: • what do those effects look
   like? (screenshots, please) • where would I go to customize each of them? • what
   customizations are available in each of them?
 * On [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/pro-lightbox-help/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/pro-lightbox-help/)
   you show how to customize that option. I have done that, but the option to show
   that lightbox only shows on the general settings of the plugin as a whole. The
   gallery was installed on the page in question, and does not show that lightbox.
   Changes to the pro-lightbox don’t show up when I click on the images.
    What am
   I missing? Thank you for any help you can lend.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customizing-lightboxes/#post-5597199)
 * [@dosuntai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dosuntai/) – Thank you for such
   a detailed report but unfortunately you are asking for assistance primarily with
   NextGEN Plus which is not hosted on the WordPress Plugins repository and as such
   these forums are not to be used for its support.
 * Please contact our support team directly via your member’s area at [http://nextgen-gallery.com/](http://nextgen-gallery.com/)
   for any questions or concerns with NextGEN Plus (and of course, NextGEN Gallery).
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.

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