Displaying Multimedia Content In A Floating Window Using FancyBox

<p> While surfing the web you may have come across websites with images and other multimedia content that, when clicked, were displayed in a floating window that hovered above the web page. Perhaps it was a page that showed a series of thumbnail images of products for sale, where clicking on a thumbnail displayed the full sized image in a floating window, dimming out the web page behind it. Have you ever wondered how this was accomplished or whether you could add such functionality to your ASP.NET website? </p><p> In years past, adding such rich client-side functionality to a website required a solid understanding of JavaScript and the of various web browsers. Today, thanks to powerful JavaScript libraries like <a along with an active developer community creating plugins and tools that integrate with jQuery, possible to add snazzy client-side behaviors without being a JavaScript whiz. </p><p> This article shows how to display text, images, and other multimedia content in a floating window using <a a free client-side learn how it works, see what steps to take to get started using it, and explore a number of FancyBox demos. also a demo available for download that shows using FancyBox to display both text and images in a floating window in an ASP.NET website. Read on to learn more! <br /><a More &gt;</a></p>

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