What is this called and How do I do ti?

[shovenose]

On my website, I want to make an image open in a thing like this:
http://www.interactivemediasales.com/images/demo1.jpg
when the link is clicked. How Do I do it?

 

[DHDdirect]

in general terms they call it a lightbox.. you can find one like your example HERE

 

[kayla]

Yeah, lightbox... it's pretty simple to do and almost always looks great.

 

[Pheno]

One way of doing this and other nice effects is to use jquery

 

[notarypublic]

One way of doing this and other nice effects is to use jquery

I'm really starting to enjoy using jQuery. I wish it performed as quickly as flash for animations, but you can't have it all I guess.