# Anyone familiar with Shadowbox (javascript)
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-shadowbox-javascript/478392
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 23, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-shadowbox-javascript/478392 "2008-12-23T00:49:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-shadowbox-javascript/478392/1 "2008-12-23T00:49:07Z")
We are trying to use the Shadowbox plugin with no success. If only the guy would give a simple example, but he basically just says “look at my homepage” which is a massive mess of CSS and HTML mixed in.
Anyone know of a page that provides a simple example?
[link](http://www.mjijackson.com/shadowbox/index.html)
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-shadowbox-javascript/478392/2 "2008-12-23T00:56:43Z")
Are you familiar with javascript? It’s not really a plugin, as such.
Download the files and put them where they need to be, relative to your page.
In the head of his HTML there are three links to javascript with the word shadowbox in them. Two point offpage, the third has the code embedded. Copy and paste those where you want the media to be.
Then choose one of the different styles he showcases on the page, find it in the HTML, and copy and paste it into your page, changing the details to match where your media file is kept.
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-shadowbox-javascript/478392/3 "2008-12-23T01:19:32Z")
I am developing under windows, but the paths in the examples he give look like 'nix paths. Could that be the problem?
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### Author:  [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-shadowbox-javascript/478392/4 "2008-12-23T01:25:27Z")
here is what I have so far. All the .js files are being kept in the sandbox directory:
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\TESTING SHADOWBOX\
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