lightbox2_helpers
This package contains helpers that allows the usage of www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/ directly on your rails projects.
Version of lightbox2 used: v2.04
Usage
Copy these two lines inside the head section of your layout file / view
<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
<%= lightbox2_helpers_includes %>
You can use link_to_lightbox2 from then on.
Easy example:
<% link_to_lightbox2 "See picture", @picture, :group => picture.gallery_id, :title => picture.title %>
Example with a block
<% link_to_lightbox2 @picture.path, :group => gallery.name, :title => picture.caption do %>
<%=image_tag @picture.thumbnail_path %>
<% end %>
Installation
As a gem
Copy this on config/environment.erb, inside the gems section
config.gem "splendeo-lightbox2_helpers", :lib => 'lightbox2_helpers', :source => "http://gems.github.com"
Then execute
rake gems:install
As a plug-in
I actually haven’t tried this, sorry I don’t know how to do it.