Link Captions to Lightbox

Would you like to add link captions to your Soliloquy lightbox images? With Soliloquy this is very easy to do! We’ll walk you through how to create link captions to your Soliloquy Lightbox!

• Setup
  1. Create a new slider
  2. Edit slider images
  3. Enable the lightbox
  4. The CSS (optional)
  5. Publish your slider
• FAQs
  • How do I just link the image?

Setup

Step 1 – Create a new slider

Your first step is to create a new slider. You can follow along with our documentation for creating your first slider.

Step 2 – Edit slider images

Next, you’ll need to edit your slider images to add the caption and link.

To do this, click the blue pencil icon on the image.

A new window will open called Edit Item. This is where you can enter all your metadata about the image such as title, links, captions and alt text.

In the caption field, type out your text and select the text you want to link. Then click the link button to open a new popup to enter the link information and if the link should open in a new window.

Once you’ve added the link click Add Link button and the popup will close.

Now that you’ve added the link, click the Load in Lightbox? checkbox and then click Save Metadata to save your changes.

Step 3 – Enable the lightbox

To finish off the slider settings, it’s now time to enable the lightbox. Click on the Lightbox tab and check the box to Enable Lightbox?

Step 4 – The CSS (optional)

If you’d like to style that lightbox link, we’ve given you some basic CSS below to get started with!

Step 5 – Publish your slider

Finally, your last step is to click Publish or Update on the slider to save the changes.

And that’s it! Would you like to know how to display the caption below the slider image? Have a look at our article on How to Display Caption Below Slider.

FAQs

How do I just link the image?

A: You can easily disable the lightbox and just have the slider images link by following our guide on How to Add Links to Slides.