Sorry for the delay, hang really tough

I’m unbelievably busy at the moment so the gallery script is on the back burner. Once things slow down just a bit I’ll jump back on it, promise.

Also, I’m having no luck with my RSS feed as it shows up empty. The W3C feed validator is having trouble finding it so I’m unable to analyze it for syntax. Any ideas? FYI: feed is generated by Wordpress 1.5.1

Update: I’m planning on upgrading to Wordpress 2.x shortly. That should resolve the RSS issue.

But.. while I have your attention. Go check out Chris Campbell from Particle Tree’s excellent work in extending the script to allow for non-image content: Lightbox Gone Wild

Jan 26, 2006
STILFX

Dreamhost is where its at… well at least in my experience. They increase your space/bandwidth each week you host with them. I’ve been there 5 years now, and can’t say enough about them.

~ stilfx

Jan 26, 2006
bitterfly

I use Dreamhost as well and I do agree - they rule! For $7.95/mo you get 1TB of bandwidth. And their customer service is great.

Jan 26, 2006
Pete (TheLastOutpost.co.uk)

Site5.com all the way for me. Excellent uptime, unparalleled support (wow, long word) and great shared packages (ooh-err missus).

Did I mention their extremely reasonable prices?

Jan 26, 2006
jason

my girlfriend just got hosting from http://www.site5.com - good bandwidth and pricing.

Jan 26, 2006
Adam

Site5 has had a long and great reputation, and especially recently has become pretty affordable with good bandwidth.

Jan 26, 2006
Andrew

I recommend Dreamhostas well. I signed up in November of 2005 and have been nothing but impressed. You get 20 GB of diskspace and 1 TB of transfer a month plus 8 GB transfer extra permantly added every single week. When I signed on it was only 2.5 GB diskspace and 100 GB transfer a month with 1 GB transfer added a week. Needless to say I was very shocked..

You may still be able to get the Crazy Domain Insane deal for just $10 for your entire first year if you use promo code 777 before checkout. This would be the way to go if you want to give it a try. I know it sounds way too good to be true, but I guarantee that you won’t be disappointed with them. You can see what you can do with their hosting plans here

I am going to pay full price next year gladly for their service. bitterfly is more than correct, their customer service is definitely top notch even for the $10 year promo accounts. It’s just unbelievable.

Jan 26, 2006
Andrew

Oh, and with Dreamhost you also get full shell access without having to send in a copy of your ID and whatnot. You can also create additional shell users (up to 75 with Crazy Domain Insane) and your own groups. They even allow access to screen! These were major selling points to me.

Jan 26, 2006
Wayne Godfrey

Dreamhost for sure. They have a couple of deals right now that are unbelieveable… Make sure you at least check them out.

Jan 26, 2006
Connie

Dreamhost has some restrictions for scripting, PHP scripts etc,

I recommend siteground.com and maybe eleven2.com

Jan 26, 2006
Guy

eleven2.com

Jan 26, 2006
Minor

i stay away from companies with no infrastructure of their own. most of these “low price” hosting joints merely rent rack space from data centers.

my personal favorite: www.hostingplex.com

in addition to on-line “live chat”, they have a toll-free tel. # and a real office in Toronto, ON/Canada.

it’s my 3rd year with them.. pretty impressed with all the features/price/service.

Jan 27, 2006
leif

b-one.net

Jan 27, 2006
stilfx

Dreamhost has its own datacenter.

Jan 27, 2006
eric

ASO (Asmallorange.com) is very good.

Jan 27, 2006
Lee

I recommend Dreamhost!

Jan 27, 2006
Mark

I use yohost for their excellent personal service and wide variety of technologies available at your disposal - at least on their Windows plans:

ColdFusion MX
PHP
mySQL
Access
SQL Server
Perl
eCommerce carts
cheap static IPs & SSL certificates
etc etc,

Space isn’t overly generous - my middle of the road plan gives me 5 domains and 250Mb of disk along with 6Gb of bandwidth per month.

But I’m running 4 sites off there. If it wasn’t for my need of CF space I’d probably jump ship to Dreamhost though.

Jan 27, 2006
Mark

Oops typo in url above should be Yohost

Jan 27, 2006
Bob

Yes, Dreamhost is my recommendation too. They have everything I need, great service, and the space is incredible — $7.95/month for 20 GB disk space and 1 terabyte bandwidth. If you do sign up for them, use someone’s link to give them rewards for referrals. (Here’s mine). For a more expansive take on why Dreamhost is the best, see Mike D.’s blog.

Thanks for the script–I’ll keep trying to make it work in Wordpress (I can’t get it to work using Wordpress 2.0 with the K2 theme). It looks great, though.

Jan 27, 2006
Phil

bluehost.com. can’t get any better than that!

Jan 27, 2006
Prashant

I can reccomend you these two hosts:

(mt) Media Temple - http://www.mediatemple.net
A Small Orange - http://www.asmallorange.com

I have used both hosts and they’re both very reliable.

Jan 28, 2006
Naina Redhu

DreamHost all the way [ read more on my blog - I positively love their service - and they are affordable ] I host three of my blogs and my website with them.

Jan 30, 2006
Krystyn

A few people have mentioned it, but I also recommend ASO (Asmallorange.com) — unless you need ASP. They’re the cat’s meow.

Jan 30, 2006
na

Thought this was applicable:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/01/25

Jan 31, 2006
James

Almost all hosts rent space from data centers. I can’t imagine one having the backbone needed for all the servers (or all the servers, depending on the size of their client base)…

The big numbers are usually massive oversell. They use the numbers to attract you knowing there’s no possible way you’re going to need a terabyte plus 8 new gig of bandwidth every week.

I recommend eleven2 simply because Travis has helped me learn a lot about actionscript… I’m upgrading to a reseller account with them tomorrow most likely.

Jan 31, 2006
Mattyb

Mr. Lokesh,

I’m rockin’ out with Hostrocket. Rollover bandwidth cheap hosting, shell access, the full nine.

Feb 1, 2006
Alex

Phpwebhosting is the best i know. it cost like 13$ USD per month with no bandwith limite, no Database limit, no swf/html/php limit nothing is limited, its the best and its fast, located in North-eastern of American continent…..very good! and fast…and no limits!!!

Feb 1, 2006
hhw

I have just opened a dreamhost account due to the fact that I need some bandwidth and ruby on rails support.
I however have been using mediatemple.net and I am incredibly happy with them. Their support is top notch. They are quick to respond to tickets and you can pick up the phone and get through to them on the phone no matter the hour. Great people.

HHW

Feb 2, 2006

Thanks for all the comments on hosting options. I’m looking into them now.

Feb 2, 2006
=T=

Great stuff Lokesh!! Really.

Now I tried to use it with polygon area shapes, but that doesn’t seem to work. Does anyone know how I can make this work??

www.chicmosaique.nl/index2.html

Feb 2, 2006
Anonymous

#29 =T=

See several imagemap comments under the “…JS - update” post
http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2006/01/10/lightbox-js-update/

Feb 2, 2006
Anonymous

Don’t know if you knew yet. but lightbox works great in MS Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2

Feb 2, 2006
codecraig

…still working on the gallery?

Feb 3, 2006
NM

I love this script, and I’m going to use it on my site - IF someone can explain why I get a strip down the right side of my screen (about 60px wide) that the overlay does not cover.

Feb 4, 2006
Tim

Incredible work

Feb 4, 2006
Thomas Silkj

Incredibly nice script there -just having some small problems with javascript conflicts, using lightbox (newest release).

If i call any javascript before i call lightbox.js, the first called doesnt work, and opposite, lightbox will only work in MSIE and FF if its the last one called.. In safari it works anyways

Feb 6, 2006
anon

I disagree with the poster that indicated success with ie7b. The script debugger complains on page load/unload.

Feb 7, 2006
codecraig

is a gallery really coming?

Feb 10, 2006
Chris Perardi

Regarding the RSS feeds, have you tried updating to WordPress 2.0.1?

Also, thanks to everyone on the thread who recommended Dreahost as a hosting service.

Oh, and I love Lightbox. Don’t work yourself to death on the next version. Quality is worth the wait.

Feb 12, 2006
Stacy C

Lightbox script is terrific. Thanks for sharing this.

Feb 12, 2006

#33 NM - To remove the strip on the right side, try getting rid of the default margin applied to the body tag as so:
body{ margin: 0; }

#38 Chris Perardi - The RSS is still acting up and I think you’re right, upgrading to Wordpress 2.0.1 is something I should do anyway and it would likely resolve the issue.

Feb 13, 2006
NM

That fixed it!

Thank you!!

Feb 16, 2006
sentifux

Lokesh,

thanx for the great script. Ranked “Best Idea 2006″.

Kind regards,
sentifux

Feb 17, 2006
Sanuel

Use dreamhost with the promo code: sales and get $90.

Feb 17, 2006
sandie

wow lokesh, your blog is blowing up. this is nuts.

hope you’re doing a+

Mar 1, 2006
Busy

This is just a guess, since I don’t mess with RSS too much, but did you try linking to the exact file in your code, instead of just the directory?

For example

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/feed/filename.xml

instead of

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/feed/

BTW, Lightbox is awesome, I love it!

Mar 3, 2006
Mark

I am getting the same problem as NNM with the overlay not covering the whole are in Explorer (Mozilla is OK).

tried margin: 0 but it still happening. any suggestions?

Mar 3, 2006
Mark

nevermind.. found the problem: padding has to be “0″ as well. uhm.

Apr 6, 2006
Ata

Asd

Apr 6, 2006
testing

Wherever

Jul 12, 2006
checkmet

I have used TRY90 to get 90$ off all hosting plans . This is the best working code around

Mar 6, 2007
omar

March 1, 2006 @ 7:23 am

This is just a guess, since I don’t mess with RSS too much, but did you try linking to the exact file in your code, instead of just the directory?

For example
http://unidadlocal.com/

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