Lightbox isn't working properly

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I'm currently trying to implement lightbox onto my website, but I cannot get it to work, I don't think there is anything conflicting with it, and I have placed all of the files in the correct locations and linked them how it tells you to on the lightbox 2 website. (http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/)

Just to double check:

 <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="css/lightbox.css" rel="stylesheet">

is in the head tags,

<script src="js/lightbox.js"></script>

Is at the bottom of the page, just before the closing body tag.

lightbox.css is in the css directory lightbox.js is in the js directory

<li><img src="images/1.png" data-lightbox="image-1" /></li>

and above is what all of my image tags look like.

I'm unsure why it isn't working. I have the files uploaded to a server, and it doesn't work on there either.

Thanks in advance

Put lightbox.css above jquery, just in case, also... Did you check console for errors? — sinisake, Sep 28 '15 at 21:48
Any errors in your [JavaScript console](http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/8525/how-to-open-the-javascript-console-in-different-browsers)? — Paul Roub, Sep 28 '15 at 21:54

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 28 '15 at 21:53

The problem is that you're using an img tag, and they explicity say to use an anchor a one.

For me, it's working like a charm:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lightbox2/2.8.1/js/lightbox.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lightbox2/2.8.1/css/lightbox.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<ul>
  <li>
    <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/d7/24/f9/d724f9e2e1a300dbdcb11b1d0491c884.jpg" data-lightbox="panda">Cute baby panda</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/25/17/52/2517525a674d91b127938e55a72f0f12.jpg" data-lightbox="panda">Another</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qfsRZsvraD8/hqdefault.jpg" data-lightbox="panda">Last one</a>
  </li>
</ul>

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '15 at 21:54

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The documentation says to use <a> (anchor tag) to trigger the lightbox.

<li>
  <a href="images/1.png" data-lightbox="image-1">
    <img src="images/1.png" />
  </a>
</li>

answered Sep 28 '15 at 21:54

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