problem with lightbox after hosting

kempachi · 03-01-2010, 02:33 AM

i just recently uploaded my website to the internet using cpanel and the problem is that my lightbox wont work this is the page that is supposed to display http://J:\senior project\website\halopics.html but this is the page that is being displayed http://obtp.net/halopics.html and i cant figure out why lightbox isnt working on my page.

also the videos i put on my site wont display,, they are in flv format

ishie · 03-01-2010, 02:36 AM

Make sure you scale the photos down. Problem with lightbox happens when graphics are bad.

kempachi · 03-01-2010, 03:10 PM

well the problem is that the lightbox itself isnt working, it works when i test it with dreamweaver but when i upload it to the server it doesnt work

sysgenmedia · 03-01-2010, 09:06 PM

Hi Kempachi,

First, the original file path you linked is to a local file on your computer, not a web url.

However, going to the second link to to obtp.net website, it looks like a lot of the file path's are incorrect. When you click a picture it's attempting to load it from a obtp.net/pictures folder, but that folder doesn't seem to exist. That's also why the first 14 pictures show up as broken images.

Looking at the source, it appears that you're trying to load the images from "../pictures/" but you won't be able to go back a directory from your root web directory. I recommend making a pictures folder and uploading all the larger images there and linking to "/pictures/filename.jpg" instead of "../pictures/filename.jpg".

This may solve your problem.

kempachi · 03-02-2010, 03:10 PM

thank you im going to try that

sysgenmedia · 03-02-2010, 04:25 PM

Hi Kempachi,

I took another look, and some of the image links got fixed, but it looks like lightbox still isn't working. This looks like another file path issue. In the source, you're trying to load the scripts from "js/prototype.js", "js/lightbox.js", etc.

However, there doesn't seem to be a "js" folder, these scripts are in your root directory. You should either create a new folder called "js" and put the scripts in them or simply remove the js from your file paths to the scripts so that they become "prototype.js", "lightbox.js", etc.

Fairly sure this'll get lightbox working for you.

kempachi · 03-02-2010, 08:54 PM

thank you very much i got it to work great now

also im trying to put videos on my website to. im using wmv, and flv but when i go to my website they just display as a white box do you know what the problem is

03-01-2010, 02:33 AM	#1
kempachi New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13	problem with lightbox after hosting i just recently uploaded my website to the internet using cpanel and the problem is that my lightbox wont work this is the page that is supposed to display http://J:\senior project\website\halopics.html but this is the page that is being displayed http://obtp.net/halopics.html and i cant figure out why lightbox isnt working on my page. also the videos i put on my site wont display,, they are in flv format

03-01-2010, 02:36 AM	#2
ishie Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 505	Make sure you scale the photos down. Problem with lightbox happens when graphics are bad. __________________ Long Term Care Plans \| LTC Articles

03-01-2010, 09:06 PM	#4
sysgenmedia Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Huntington Long Island New York Posts: 79	Hi Kempachi, First, the original file path you linked is to a local file on your computer, not a web url. However, going to the second link to to obtp.net website, it looks like a lot of the file path's are incorrect. When you click a picture it's attempting to load it from a obtp.net/pictures folder, but that folder doesn't seem to exist. That's also why the first 14 pictures show up as broken images. Looking at the source, it appears that you're trying to load the images from "../pictures/" but you won't be able to go back a directory from your root web directory. I recommend making a pictures folder and uploading all the larger images there and linking to "/pictures/filename.jpg" instead of "../pictures/filename.jpg". This may solve your problem. __________________ Sysgen Media is a long island website design company. In addition to website design services and Joomla! CMS expertise, we provide Magento consulting, search engine optimization (SEO), website hosting, and general website consulting services. We have a combined 15+ years of experience in website development. To learn more about us visit http://www.SysgenMedia.com. Need a vendor locator, dealer locator, or store locator? Check out our Store Locator extension for Joomla!

03-02-2010, 04:25 PM	#6
sysgenmedia Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Huntington Long Island New York Posts: 79	Hi Kempachi, I took another look, and some of the image links got fixed, but it looks like lightbox still isn't working. This looks like another file path issue. In the source, you're trying to load the scripts from "js/prototype.js", "js/lightbox.js", etc. However, there doesn't seem to be a "js" folder, these scripts are in your root directory. You should either create a new folder called "js" and put the scripts in them or simply remove the js from your file paths to the scripts so that they become "prototype.js", "lightbox.js", etc. Fairly sure this'll get lightbox working for you. __________________ Sysgen Media is a long island website design company. In addition to website design services and Joomla! CMS expertise, we provide Magento consulting, search engine optimization (SEO), website hosting, and general website consulting services. We have a combined 15+ years of experience in website development. To learn more about us visit http://www.SysgenMedia.com. Need a vendor locator, dealer locator, or store locator? Check out our Store Locator extension for Joomla!

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03-01-2010, 03:10 PM	#3
kempachi New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13	well the problem is that the lightbox itself isnt working, it works when i test it with dreamweaver but when i upload it to the server it doesnt work

03-02-2010, 03:10 PM	#5
kempachi New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13	thank you im going to try that

03-02-2010, 08:54 PM	#7
kempachi New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13	thank you very much i got it to work great now also im trying to put videos on my website to. im using wmv, and flv but when i go to my website they just display as a white box do you know what the problem is