elegantlogic.com.au - FAQs

1. Firstly, you must have installed the JCE Mediabox Plugin and published it.  You can follow the same steps to install JCE to installjust about any other component or plugin: How to install the Joomla Content Editor (JCE)

2. While editing your article, you will need to create something to be a 'link' to your video or image.  For this example, write some text - something like "Click here for the video".

3. Grab a copy of the URL / address for your video or image to your clipboard (CTRL + C).  For example, open your video in YouTube, go to the address bar in your web browser, highlight and copy the full address (right click and 'copy' or CTRL + C).

4. Go back to your Joomla admin panel where you were editing your article. With your mouse, highlight the text you created for your video link (i.e. hold down left mouse button and drag across the desired text).
5. Click on the Insert Link icon: in the toolbar.

6. In the URL field at the top, paste in your image or video URL / address.

7. Click on the advanced tab.

8. In the Classes List field, select 'jcepopup'.

9. Click on the INSERT button at the bottom of the pop-up window to apply your changes to the editor.

10. You now need to click on the SAVE or APPLY buttons in your article, as usual, to save your changes.

11. Have a look at your article in your website, and you should find that your link now looks a little unusual, and when clicked, will initiate a cool shadowbox to display your content.