If you're a regular blog reader, you've probably noticed that Blogger-hosted blogs now display blog photographs in a new way. It's called "Lightbox" and photos appear against a black overlay accompanied by thumbnails; the images are smaller that they used to be and there's no longer the extra click-to-enlarge-even-more facility. Irritating? Along with many other bloggers including My Ancestors and Me, I think it is.
If your blog is hosted by Blogger, it's easy enough to switch Lightbox off and revert to Blogger's previous way of displaying images. From the Blogger dashboard, click on the Settings tab. From the Settings page, click on Formatting then cursor down to Show images with Lightbox, change the box alongside to read No. Click on Save Settings at the bottom of the page and you're done.
I've switched Lightbox off on both of my Blogger blogs - Hove Daily Photo and Archive - much better!
On my blogger blog, I had to go to settings, then "posts and comments" to switch mine off. I find it irritating that when you go to a picture, then click the back arrow on the browser, you don't go back to the blog, but back from the blog to a previous page. Thanks for the tip!
Posted by: Mary de B | Friday, November 18, 2011 at 08:37 PM
Thanks for the tip - off to do it now!
Julie xxxxxxxx
Posted by: julie | Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 07:22 AM
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU ! ! !
I am a happy blogger once again --
without that Lightbox effect.
Thank you
hugs
Gerry
Posted by: GerryART | Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 05:19 PM
Came via Julie, to follow instructions, very grateful, I HATE lightbox. All gone now. :)
Best wishes
Eleanor
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Posted by: Eleanor | Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 10:38 AM