I just wanted to ask if i could install and enable lightbox 2 for other images (i.e. in blocks) and that this would not cause any conflicts?

thx

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eclipsegc commented
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This was absolutely designed with that sort of strategy in mind, so yes Lightbox2 will take over in any way that it handles settings for the lightbox itself. Imagefield_gallery_lightbox2 module actually checks to see if that module is installed, and if it isn't sets up its own defaults, and if it is, it should just work with lightbox2.module's settings.

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avolve commented

Thank you for clarifying this so quickly. Kudos for having the foresight for this to be a feature of your module!

FYI i am quite impressed with your module after creating a couple of scenarios (and seeking to create something like this from scratch). I am not sure if it will fit into one of my current projects however, as i am looking at using panels2 to override node layouts for the specific CCK type and the client may prefer a node per image (in this instance photographs). You may have some insight on this??

A determining factor may be how successful i am in getting panels2 to do what i want. I would want it to override the taxomonyID nodes as well (a central aspect of what i am trying to achieve).

Again, thanks for the prompt response and for putting this module together.
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eclipsegc commented

A single image-per-node instance largely eliminates why you'd use this module to begin with, however... it is lighter-weight than using the lightbox2 module, but less feature-full (today). With that in mind, I know of at least one ubercart installation that is using this, so, it certainly works for that application. Really the details come down to this:

Are you going to require the lightbox for a view? If so, as of today the lightbox2 module is probably the way to go to achieve that as I haven't done any views integration beyond what the modules do together for teaser and full node views (i.e. they work) but anything else is almost certainly going to fail for the moment.

I did a bit of work to make sure this and panels would play nice together, but frankly that hasn't been tested completely (i.e. I know there are people successfully using it, but I've not done much myself short of trouble shooting for them). With that said, i've done no work for this + panels2, but again, try it and see, I don't know any reason they wouldn't work together.

Hope this answers your questions, and sorry it took so long to get back to you.

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