Link to a file not working

Question

Hi, I'll try to be clear, but it ain't gonna be easy! I am planning putting a portfolio of illustrations on the web. When a visitor clicks on an image thumbnail, it will open a larger version of the image in the same window—I was even able to create a rollover where the color image switches to its greyscale version, thanks to the help I received previously on this board (thanks!). Everything works fine when tested online.
Now, having discovered Shadowbox, I have decided to incorporate it to my iWeb site by following their directions as well as those found at
http://www.imaginatestudio.com/iWebUnlimited/iwebtips/Entries/2009/8/22_19-_Shadowbox_iniWeb.html
The way I understand it, for Shadowbox to work, the hyperlink for the image to enlarge must be not to "One of My Pages", but to "A File".
The thing is I cannot figure out how to make this work: I create a page in iWeb, I insert a jpeg image that I size down to a thumbnail, select it and choose "Enable as a hyperlink > Link To > A File". Then I click "Choose", navigate to my image folder located on the hard drive, select the image, click "Open", BUT… when I check "Make hyperlinks active", nothing happens. If I hover my cursor over the thumbnail, the path to the file pops up, but that's it, it does not link to anything, the link is no more!
All of this does not augur well for my success with scripting in Shadowbox So, if anyone can tell me how to make the hyperlink to "A File" work, at least I'll feel like I left the starting blocks. Thank you in advance. (And if someone has managed to make Shadowbox work in iWeb '09 without too much headache, please let me know too.)

Answer 1

jpbuquet wrote:
BUT… when I check "Make hyperlinks active", nothing happens.
The following may be relevant to what you're seeing: Checking "Make hyperlinks active" applies only to making hyperlinks active within iWeb for testing prior to publishing. However, the hyperlinks set up via "Link To > A File" are an exception and cannot be made "active", i.e. clickable within iWeb. ...A hyperlink to a file is only active/clickable when viewing the published site in a browser.
jpbuquet wrote:
The way I understand it, for Shadowbox to work, the hyperlink for the image to enlarge must be not to "One of My Pages", but to "A File".
I haven't tried implementing what that tutorial suggests so the following may not help, but it mentions this alternative:
• HTML: Simply enable as a hyperlink your image, shape, text to an *+external page+*.
...Try changing your "Link To > A File" to "An External Page" where your image is located on a server, e.g.
http://idisk.me.com/membername/Public/MyFolder/MyImage.jpg