lightbox2_helpers¶ ↑

This package contains helpers that allows the usage of www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/ directly on your rails projects.

Version of lightbox2 used: v2.04

Test application can be found in github.com/splendeo/lightbox2_helpers_test

Copy these two lines inside the head section of your layout file / view

<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
<%= lightbox2_helpers_includes %>

You can use link_to_lightbox2 from then on.

Easy example:

<% link_to_lightbox2 "See picture", @picture, :group => picture.gallery_id, :title => picture.title %>

Example with a block

<% link_to_lightbox2 @picture.path, :group => gallery.name, :title => picture.caption do %>
    <%=image_tag @picture.thumbnail_path %>
<% end %>

Copy this on config/environment.erb, inside the gems section

config.gem "splendeo-lightbox2_helpers", :lib => 'lightbox2_helpers', :source => "http://gems.github.com"

Then execute

rake gems:install

The first time you initialize your server after this (presumably with script/server) the necesary javascript files and css will be copied to the public/ directory.

I actually haven’t tried this, sorry I don’t know how to do it.

Several steps are needed:

• It is recommended that you uninstall the gem before installing a new version.

• You must remove this file: public/javascripts/lightbox2_helpers/lightbox.js

• And then install the new version

Commands for this:

sudo gem uninstall splendeo-lightbox2_helpers
rm public/javascripts/lightbox2_helpers/lightbox.js
rake gems:install

I haven’t got that part figured out yet.