WP-Lightview is a WordPress plugin that lets you integrate in an easy way the Lightview image overlay mechanism in your WordPress posts and pages. What WP-Lightview plugin does is to include all the mandatory CSS and Javascript files required by Lightview in the header of your blog.
The plugin has only been tested on WordPress 2.3, but should work on previous 2.x releases.
HOW TO INSTALL IT
- Extract the ZIP archive into your “wp-content/plugins/” directory. A new folder named “wp-lightview” will be created.
- Log into your administration panel, click on “Plugins” tab and activate the “WP-Lightview” plugin.
CONFIGURATION
Lightview requires Prototype and Scriptaculous libraries to work properly. Those libraries are bundled with WP-Lightview. So you can start using WP-Lightview without any extra configuration. But in case you’ve already had some plugins that add Prototype and Scriptaculous, you may end up with conflicts. By editing the “wp-content/plugins/wp-lightview/wp_lightview.php” file, you can disable the inclusion of Prototype and Scriptaculous. Just set the “$include_Prototype_Scriptaculous” variable to “false”.
HOW TO USE IT?
When editing a blog post or a blog page through the administration panel, simply add rel=”lightview” attribute to any link tag you want to configure. For instance: ““
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.