Lightbox

In this section...

• Overview
• Setting up a Lightbox
• Adding and Removing images from the Lightbox
• Viewing the Lightbox
• Advanced Lightbox Features (saving, opening, emailing etc)

Related sections...

• Lightbox FAQ's
• Pricing and Delivery Details
• Ordering Media
• Security and Privacy Policy

Overview

The lightbox is a way to group together images you are potentially interested in. The Lightbox adds some powerful features to the website, including;

• Add and remove your favorite images at will.
• View thumbnails or closeups of all your favorite images grouped together
• Leave the website and come back and your Lightbox stays intact (for up to 30 days)
• Add the whole Lightbox to your shopping cart at one time
• See a running total of the images you wish to purchase before adding them to your shopping cart
• Order lightbox contents as downloadable images or prints.
• View lightbox contents as a slideshow.
• Clearly separate Royalty Free from Rights Managed images.
• Save lightboxes for review later **
• Share lightboxes by sending saved lightboxes through email **

Limitations

• You can only have one Lightbox open at once. To create a second Lightbox you will need to clear the first one and start again.
• You need to allow 'cookies' on your machine to set up this feature.

** client access required

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Setting up a Lightbox

Setting up your own Lightbox requires very little action on your part. You do need to make sure your browsers security and privacy settings allow for the use of cookies. Normally your default setting will allow for the use of cookies and many other website use similar features.

To set up an Lightbox, just add at least one image by clicking on the 'Add to Lightbox' button or link from either the thumbnail or closeup view. Continue browsing through images and adding them to your Lightbox as you go..

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Adding and Removing images from the Lightbox

Any image can be added to the lightbox by clicking on the 'Add to Lightbox' button or links from either the thumbnail or closeup view. When the item is in your lightbox the icon will change to 'Remove from Lightbox' for that item.

When viewing the lightbox you can remove images in several ways;

• One at a time by clicking on the 'remove' text below the thumbnail
• Multiple images at a time by selecting (checking select below) more than one image and then selecting 'With Selected' and then 'Remove' from the drop down toolbar menu.
• All images by selecting 'Remove ALL' from teh dropdown toolbar menu OR by clicking on the icon.

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Viewing the Lightbox

You can easily view the current contents of your lightbox anytime by clicking on 'Lightbox' from the top menu bar on any page. The items in your lightbox will all be displayed on one page as thumbnails and conveniently separated into Royalty Free (RF) and Rights Managed (RM) if necessary. Click on any thumbnail to view more details about that image. Click on more details again to view additional details including pricing.

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Advanced Lightbox Features

The 'Lightbox toolbar is the key to managing your Lightbox. The icons that control lightbox features will appear when you click on the 'View Lightbox' link. Hovering over any icon will give you a brief description of the icon function. Here is a summary of these tools in the order they appear;

Note: Some of the more advanced features such as saving and retrieving lightboxes require you to have an account setup with World of Stock first.

Many of these features can also be launched from the dropdown toolbar menu.

1. ** Open a Previously Saved Lightbox: Allows you to open a previously saved lightbox. If you are logged in to a client account you will see a list of previously saved lightboxes to select from, or you can enter the name of the lightbox you wish to open. When opening a lightbox you can choose to either append it to your currently displayed lightbox or overwrite the currently displayed lightbox.

2. ** Save Lightbox for Later: Saves your currently displayed lightbox to our database so you can retrieve it later or email it to someone to view. You can even add comments for your viewers to read specific to that lightbox. You will need to use a name that is between 4 and 24 characters in length and is not used anywhere else.

3. ** Share Lightbox with others. Allows you to email the saved lightbox to anyone with a valid email address. This is very convenient when you want to get a second or third opinion on your selections. In order to share (email) a lightbox to someone you will need to save it first. The recipient will receive a snapshot of the thumbnails in the lightbox and by clicking a link on the email can view your lightbox online. You can also add your own comments to the top of the email and select your own subject line.

4. Play Lightbox as Slideshow. Plays all images in your lightbox as a slideshow so you can view the images in more detail one at a time. When a slideshow is playing you can click the stop icon to stop at any time or pause, speed up or slow down the slideshow from the slideshow controls.

5.. Add Lightbox to Cart: Allows you to price out and potentially purchase all or some of the items in your Lightbox. How this will function will depend on the mix of licensing types currently in your Lightbox.

• If all of the images in your Lightbox are Royalty Free you will be able to add all images to your shopping cart at once and take advantage of our volume discounts.
• If all of the images in your Lightbox are Rights Managed you will need to calculate licensing fees individually and add the items to your shopping cart one at a time based on the actual usage.
• If your lightbox is a mix of both licensing types you will be given the option to add all of your Royalty Free images to the Shopping Cart only or to price out all the items individually.

In the dropdown menu you also have the option to add SELECTED images to cart, rather than all images AND you have the option to purchase ALL or SELECTED items as Prints.

6. Clear Lightbox: Clears all images in your currently displayed lightbox. Note, this will not delete any previously saved lightboxes. You will still be able to open a previously saved lightbox. You can also remove SELECTED images only by selecting (checking) specific thumbnails and selecting 'With Selected' and 'Remove' from the dropdown menu.

** these features require client access.

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