Comments on: How to Embed Large Photo Slideshows in WordPress using Fancybox

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:21:39 +0000

Any chance you can update this for 2013?

By: Martin Beddall

Martin Beddall — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:23:35 +0000

Hi, Excellent instructions – but is there a way to set the size of the trigger image from the gallery when it appears on the blog? Also, can it link to a slideshow of a private gallery or does the gallery have to be public?

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:18:02 +0000

@Johnny, That’s a good question. The license link on the bottom of my FancyBox windows is something I added after the article was written. It’s just an image I made in Photoshop that links to the corresponding gallery in my PhotoShelter archive. I’ll add the instructions later today.

By: Johnny Anthon Wichmann

Johnny Anthon Wichmann — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 05:32:28 +0000

Hi Chris Great tutorial. But how did you make the license link in the bottom of your slideshow? Johnny

By: Todd Bigelow

Todd Bigelow — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:14:30 +0000

Chris, Thanks for the insight. I’d love to do this, but here’s the (possibly stupid) question. I’ve been using a WordPress.com site for over a year, as opposed to the Wordress.org site. I’d like to switch over to utilize the customization features, slideshows etc since .com doesn’t allow plug-ins. Is there any way to switch from a theme on the WP.com platform to WP.org without losing all of the content etc? Thank you, Todd Bigelow

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:48:10 +0000

Hi Herman, Visit http://wordpress.org/ to get a free install.

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:27:43 +0000

@Jurgen You have a really GREAT website. You’re providing your clients with lots of good, well organized information. It’s a very good presentation of your style of shooting and the services you offer. I’ve added in the step as you’ve pointed out. Thank you! Keep in touch! Chris

By: Chris Owyoung

Chris Owyoung — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:21:00 +0000

@Patrick Baldwin, Hello fellow low light performance photographer! Thanks for the comment. My guess would be that you included the static image in the code that calls up the slideshow, which is why both the static image and the slideshow are being pulled into the FancyBox. However, this matters quite little if you don’t like the way FancyBox looks to begin with. =) If you want to give it another go, send me message through my website.

By: Hernan Zenteno

Hernan Zenteno — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:02:19 +0000

Hi, Many thanks for this. But anyone knows a method for a free account of WordPress? or for wordpress.com not org. Again thanks in advance

By: Jurgen Banda-Hansmann

Jurgen Banda-Hansmann — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:45:38 +0000

Thanks for sharing this advice. I played around with it and noticed that you need to add a 15th step :) In order to get the slideshow displayed correctly, you need to define the size of your slideshow in the Fancybox settings under the “Other” tab. My slideshow size is 950×712 and so changed the default settings to that size. I hope that helps.