Fancybox for phpBB 3.1

This is an abandon project. You are welcome to fork it.

This extension adds the Fancybox jQuery plugin to phpBB 3.1. The extension will work with the existing thumbnail and image display capabilities of phpBB. It will turn on a fancybox for displaying the large image of thumbnails. It defaults as a gallery showing all the attached images on the page.

Requirements

• phpBB 3.1.0 or higher

Note: This extension is in development. Installation is only recommended for testing purposes and is not supported on live boards.

Installation

Download Method

• Download the latest release and unzip it.
• Unzip the downloaded files and copy it to the ext directory of your phpBB board. The directory structure should be phpBB3/ext/lotusjeff/fancybox
• Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Manage extensions.
• Look for Fancybox under the Disabled Extensions list, and click Enable link.

Git Clone Method

cd phpBB3  (base forum install)
git clone https://github.com/LotusJeff/fancybox.git ext/lotusjeff/fancybox/

Activate

• Go to ACP -> tab Customise -> Manage extensions -> enable Fancybox

Configure

• Goto ACP -> Extensions -> Fancybox

Update

Download Installation Used

• Go to ACP -> tab Customise -> Manage extensions -> disable Fancybox
• Delete files in ext/lotusjeff/fancybox
• Download new files. Unzip and copy files to phpBB3/ext/lotusjeff/fancybox
• Go to ACP -> tab Customise -> Manage extensions -> enable Fancybox

Git Clone Installation Used

• Go to ACP -> tab Customise -> Manage extensions -> disable Fancybox

cd phpBB3/ext/lotusjeff/fancybox
git pull

• Go to ACP -> tab Customise -> Manage extensions -> enable Fancybox

Uninstallation

• Navigate in the ACP to Customise -> Manage extensions.
• Click the Disable link for Fancybox.
• To permanently uninstall, click Delete Data, then delete the fancybox folder from phpBB3/ext/lotusjeff/.

Problems

• Check the file structure where you installed the code. It must be in:

       <phpBB root folder>/ext/lotusjeff/fancybox

License

GNU General Public License v2

© 2015 - Jeff Cocking (LotusJeff)