ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : Lightbox Mod is Great! https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:29:13 +0000 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:09:31 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4869 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[Lightbox Mod is Great! : I believe that there are times...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18704.html#18704 Author: l.Breen
Subject: 4869
Posted: 22-November-2011 at 5:09pm

I believe that there are times that the embedded video in the description might make sense, but in general we are working so hard to get the necessary info on the product page without cluttering the page that the lightbox is something that works out very well.

There are also times where a video is not to be considered a product and yet could be useful to some customers. Rather than making everyone deal with those, I can now put  a link in the product description that explains what it is and that way only those that want will have to deal with it.
An example of this is HERE
]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:09:31 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18704.html#18704 <![CDATA[Lightbox Mod is Great! : Just my two cents but I think...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18703.html#18703 Author: TrekLightGear
Subject: 4869
Posted: 22-November-2011 at 4:01pm

Just my two cents but I think the Lightbox mod makes much more sense from an e-commerce perspective than just embedding the video into the description.  Or at least I'll say that it works great in addition to having the embed option.   It keeps it from taking up too much valuable real estate in the description, puts it exactly where customers would expect it (along with the thumbnail pictures)and if one product has have more than one video you could easily have multiple videos without all the embedded space.  

Seems like a great feature that does make more sense to me as a standard feature (video is becoming as crucial to e-commerce as pictures) rather than a custom build.  In my opinion of course.

]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:01:13 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18703.html#18703 <![CDATA[Lightbox Mod is Great! : The Litghbox looks nice, but...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18701.html#18701 Author: ProductCart
Subject: 4869
Posted: 22-November-2011 at 1:39pm

The Litghbox looks nice, but you can also just embed YouTube (or other) code directly in the HTML product description. The code to embed is very small and you can adjust the size of the window as you wish.

That's what we do on our blog, for example:
http://blog.earlyimpact.com/2011/11/introducing-sales-manager-for.html
]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:39:43 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18701.html#18701 <![CDATA[Lightbox Mod is Great! : I just updated from V3.1 to 4.5...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/lightbox-mod-is-great_topic4869_post18700.html#18700 Author: l.Breen
Subject: 4869
Posted: 22-November-2011 at 1:15pm

I just updated from V3.1 to 4.5 and am thrilled with the upgrades.
Product Cart has worked well for us and I'm glad we had it updated.
One modification that I asked the developer (Tim @ Copper Pixel) that did the upgrade to do was to make it possible for us to use product videos on product pages WITHOUT having to let the costumer navigate away from our product page.
He has integrated a lightbox that will accept youtube, vimeo, or just webpages.
I really think that this will be a huge selling tool for us.
Check it out HERE

I'd definitely recommend that EI look into this as an add-on for Product Cart as video will be more and more necessary as a sales tool.


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