Re: [WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc
If you're using a lightbox you must have some javascript in there somewhere so: You can use javascript to detect your viewport size and only fire your lightboxes if it's of a certain size. *Joseph R. B. Taylor* /Web Designer/Developer/ -- Sites by Joe /"Clean, Simple and Elegant Web Design/ Web: http://sitesbyjoe.com Email: http://j...@sitesbyjoe.com On 1/18/11 8:21 AM, designer wrote: - Original Message - *From:* David Laakso <mailto:da...@chelseacreekstudio.com> *To:* wsg@webstandardsgroup.org <mailto:wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:34 PM *Subject:* Re: [WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc On 1/18/11 6:49 AM, designer wrote: I making an html5 site with a few galleries, each one being a grid of images 4 rows of three thumbnails. Clicking the thumbnails provides a 600px wide image via lightbox++. The images are all 600px wide, but the heights are different. When it comes to making the galleries visible on a mobile phone I do not have a problem since I've made the structure elastic and the grid shrinks to 6 rows of 2 images. Fine. BUT : clearly, the lightbox images simply do not fit on the small screen and I wondered if anyone has solved the problem of how to stop the lightbox working on small screens? Media queries? All suggestions welcome. Many thanks, Bob Try it the other way around: lay it out in mobile first? @media only screen and (max-width:480px),only screen and (max-device-width:480px) {...} Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ Thanks David, I've done that, no problem. But for 'normal folk on larger screens' I want the lightbox to show the larger images. I don't want two sites . . . ?? Bob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *** *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc
- Original Message - From: David Laakso To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc On 1/18/11 6:49 AM, designer wrote: I making an html5 site with a few galleries, each one being a grid of images 4 rows of three thumbnails. Clicking the thumbnails provides a 600px wide image via lightbox++. The images are all 600px wide, but the heights are different. When it comes to making the galleries visible on a mobile phone I do not have a problem since I've made the structure elastic and the grid shrinks to 6 rows of 2 images. Fine. BUT : clearly, the lightbox images simply do not fit on the small screen and I wondered if anyone has solved the problem of how to stop the lightbox working on small screens? Media queries? All suggestions welcome. Many thanks, Bob Try it the other way around: lay it out in mobile first? @media only screen and (max-width:480px),only screen and (max-device-width:480px) {...} Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/Thanks David,I've done that, no problem. But for 'normal folk on larger screens' I want the lightbox to show the larger images. I don't want two sites . . .??Bob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
Re: [WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc
On 1/18/11 6:49 AM, designer wrote: I making an html5 site with a few galleries, each one being a grid of images 4 rows of three thumbnails. Clicking the thumbnails provides a 600px wide image via lightbox++. The images are all 600px wide, but the heights are different. When it comes to making the galleries visible on a mobile phone I do not have a problem since I've made the structure elastic and the grid shrinks to 6 rows of 2 images. Fine. BUT : clearly, the lightbox images simply do not fit on the small screen and I wondered if anyone has solved the problem of how to stop the lightbox working on small screens? Media queries? All suggestions welcome. Many thanks, Bob Try it the other way around: lay it out in mobile first? @media only screen and (max-width:480px),only screen and (max-device-width:480px) {...} Best, ~d -- http://chelseacreekstudio.com/ http://chelseacreekstudio.com/fa/ *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***
[WSG] Lightbox++ and mobiles etc
I making an html5 site with a few galleries, each one being a grid of images 4 rows of three thumbnails. Clicking the thumbnails provides a 600px wide image via lightbox++. The images are all 600px wide, but the heights are different. When it comes to making the galleries visible on a mobile phone I do not have a problem since I've made the structure elastic and the grid shrinks to 6 rows of 2 images. Fine. BUT : clearly, the lightbox images simply do not fit on the small screen and I wondered if anyone has solved the problem of how to stop the lightbox working on small screens? Media queries? All suggestions welcome. Many thanks, Bob *** List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ***