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WordPress

Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Posted by Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

Lightbox and Wordpress

I'm trying to build a simple lightbox for my WP theme, using the code used in the jQuery Basics, Simple Lightbox course. I'm getting the overlay to show, and small blank image icon in the top left of the browser window. However in the console I'm getting the following error

http://localhost:8888/wordpress/imageLocation 404 (Not Found)

Here is my jQuery code, andy help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {

    var $overlay = $('<div id="portfolioOverlay"></div>');
    var $image = $('<img>');


    $overlay.append($image);
    $('body').append($overlay);

    $('.gallery a').click(function(event){
        event.preventDefault();
        var imageLocation = $(this).attr('href'); //here is the problem error
        $image.attr('src', 'imageLocation');
        $overlay.show();
    });

});

1 Answer

jag
jag
18,266 Points
jag
jag
18,266 Points

You are calling in a string "imageLocation" rather than calling $(this).attr('href') for starters.

 $image.attr('src', imageLocation);
Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points
Gabriel Ward
Gabriel Ward
20,222 Points

Hi jag,

Thanks for that, I needed a fresh pair of eyes to read over it. Such a simple mistake.