RokZoom is a custom ground up script written in motools 1.1+ that has the features of slimbox with an exciting zoom effect transition to give your image galleries and popups an added flair. Equinox fully integrates the JavaScript and the CSS for RokZoom so all you have to do to utilize this technique is install the RokZoom mambot and add an extra element to your image link.

Check out the demo below:

The Syntax

The Syntax is {rokzoom}image_url{/rokzoom} If you want the image to be part of an album, you can use the syntax {rokzoom album=|albumname|}image_url{/rokzoom}. To provide text descriptions, please use the syntax {rokzoom title=|your description|}image_url{/rokzoom}. You can also use both album and title in the same tag.

{rokzoom album=|colo|}images/stories/colorado/image1.jpg{/rokzoom}
{rokzoom album=|colo| title=|some title|}
  images/stories/colorado/image4.jpg{/rokzoom}
{rokzoom}images/stories/colorado/image3.jpg{/rokzoom}

The above syntax only operates when the RokZoom mambot is enabled. Therefore, if you do not have the mambot or wish to have more control over the rokzoom script than the mambot provides, there is still the HTML option. The syntax below is the code form of the examples shown above.

<a href="images/stories/colorado/image1.jpg" rel="rokzoom[colroado]"
 title="Image 1">
<img src="images/stories/colorado/image1_tn.jpg" alt="image1" 
class="album" /></a>

An exemplified preview is constructed below to aid your understanding of the HTML format of rokzoom

<a href="main image url(relative path)" rel="rokzoom[album name]" title="Title in popup">
<img src="thumbnail url(relative)" alt="Image name" class="album" /></a> 

The RocketTheme RokZoom Mambot

The new RocketTheme RokZoom mambot helps to dynamically create Photo galleries with minimal effort from yourself. This great utility also produces thumbnails of your selected photos/images, which, on selection, generate the whole image/photo in a javascript based window. It is the perfect tool to showcase photographs and other gallery images in a professional environment.

How to implement RokZoom

RokZoom galleries or single images can inserted in Content, Static Content and Custom modules. By utilising a few simple commands, you can easily insert a gallery onto your page. For this tutorial, we will be using the TinyMCE editor and be inserting rokzoom images into a Static Content Item. The procedure is identical with ordinary content and custom module.

• Step 1 - Login
  Login to the Joomla! Administration Control Panel. Go to www.yoursite.com/administrator. Enter the Administrator's Username and password.

• Step 2 - Navigation
  Navigate to the Static Content Manager. Once you have logged in, hover over the Content link on the top taskbar, scroll down to Static Content Manager.

• Step 3 - Static Content Manager
  When you have selected the Static Content Manager link, you will be sent to the Static Content Manager control panel. Select either Edit or New, depending on whether you want to add typography to an existing or new item.

• Step 4 - RokZoom Commands
  You now need to enter the syntax into your content editor. This should resemble the screenshot below. The syntax, in both HTML and mambot formats can be found at the section located here.