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Thursday 27 February 2014

Colorbox Pop-ups with Drupal Images and Videos

A lot of sites like to show media inside pop-ups. Using pop-ups can make it easier for visitors to quicky browse through multiple images or videos.
In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to use the Colorbox pop-up with Drupal.
We'll see how to display both image and video fields inside a pop-up window.

Installation

Install these two modules:
Now we need to get the actual Colorbox files:
  • Download the Colorbox plugin from https://github.com/jackmoore/colorbox/archive/1.x.zip
  • Unpack those files and rename the folder to "colorbox"
  • Upload those files to your "sites/all/libraries" directory. Make sure the path to the plugin file becomes: "sites/all/libraries/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js"
Now configure Colorbox:
  • Go to Configuration > Colorbox
  • Check the box "enable colorbox load"

Colorbox with Image Fields

  • Go to Structure > Content types > Manage fields
  • Add an image field
  • Click the Manage Display tab
  • Set the format the image to Colorbox.
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  • Click Save.
  • You'll now see some formatting options for the colorbox on this field:
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  • Click the small cog icon and those images will show:
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  • Go and create a content item using your new image field. In this example, I've uploaded 4 beach photos:
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  • Click any image and you'll get the videos showing inside a colorbox. If this doesn't happen the first time for you, clear Drupal's cache.
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Colorbox with Video Fields

Now we'll show you to display video inside a pop-up. We're going to use the Video Embed Field.
  • Install the Video Embed Field module.
  • Go to Structure > Content types > Manage fields
  • Add a Video Embed field
  • Click Manage Display
  • Set the Format to Thumbnail Preview w/Colorbox:
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  • Go and create a content item using your new video field:
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  • Drupal will automatically create a thumbnail for you from the video:
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  • Click the thumbnail and you'll get the video inside a pop-up:
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