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HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<a href="http://stackoverflow.com" id="awesome-link">trigger colorbox (pay attention to the little box before the main content loads)</a>

CSS

/*
    ColorBox Core Style:
    The following CSS is consistent between example themes and should not be altered.
*/
#colorbox, #cboxOverlay, #cboxWrapper{position:absolute; top:0; left:0; z-index:9999; overflow:hidden;}
#cboxOverlay{position:fixed; width:100%; height:100%;}
#cboxMiddleLeft, #cboxBottomLeft{clear:left;}
#cboxContent{position:relative;}
#cboxLoadedContent{overflow:auto;}
#cboxTitle{margin:0;}
#cboxPrevious, #cboxNext, #cboxClose, #cboxSlideshow{cursor:pointer;}
.cboxPhoto{float:left; margin:auto; border:0; display:block; max-width:none;}
.cboxIframe{width:100%; height:100%; display:block; border:0;}
#colorbox, #cboxContent, #cboxLoadedContent{box-sizing:content-box; -moz-box-sizing:content-box; -webkit-box-sizing:content-box;}

/* 
    User Style:
    Change the following styles to modify the appearance of ColorBox.  They are
    ordered & tabbed in a way that represents the nesting of the generated HTML.
*/
#cboxOverlay{background:#000;}
#colorbox{border: 0px solid #ebebeb;}
    #cboxContent{background:#fff; overflow:hidden;padding: 0px; margin: 0px;}
        .cboxIframe{background:#fff;}
        #cboxError{padding:50px; border:1px solid #ccc; margin: 20px;}
        #cboxLoadedContent{margin-top:20px;}
        #cboxTitle{position:absolute; bottom:0px; left:0; text-align:center; width:100%; color:#999;}
        #cboxCurrent{position:absolute; bottom:0px; left:100px; color:#999;}
        #cboxSlideshow{position:absolute; bottom:0px; right:42px; color:#444;}
        #cboxPrevious{position:absolute; bottom:0px; left:0; color:#444;}
        #cboxNext{position:absolute; bottom:0px; left:63px; color:#444;}
        #cboxLoadingOverlay{background:#000 no-repeat 5px 5px;}
        #cboxLoadingGraphic{display: none;}
        #cboxLoadingOverlay{display: none;}
        #cboxClose{position:absolute; top:0; right:5px; display:block; color:#444;}

/*
  The following fixes a problem where IE7 and IE8 replace a PNG's alpha transparency with a black fill
  when an...

JavaScript

// ColorBox v1.3.20.1 - jQuery lightbox plugin
// (c) 2012 Jack Moore - jacklmoore.com
// License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
(function ($, document, window) {
    var
    // Default settings object.
    // See http://jacklmoore.com/colorbox for details.
    defaults = {
        transition: "elastic",
        speed: 300,
        width: false,
        initialWidth: "0",
        innerWidth: false,
        maxWidth: false,
        height: false,
        initialHeight: "0",
        innerHeight: false,
        maxHeight: false,
        scalePhotos: true,
        scrolling: true,
        inline: false,
        html: false,
        iframe: false,
        fastIframe: true,
        photo: false,
        href: false,
        title: false,
        rel: false,
        opacity: 0.9,
        preloading: true,

        current: "image {current} of {total}",
        previous: "previous",
        next: "next",
        close: "x",
        xhrError: "This content failed to load.",
        imgError: "This image failed to load.",

        open: false,
        returnFocus: true,
        reposition: true,
        loop: true,
        slideshow: false,
        slideshowAuto: true,
        slideshowSpeed: 2500,
        slideshowStart: "start slideshow",
        slideshowStop: "stop slideshow",
        onOpen: false,
        onLoad: false,
        onComplete: false,
        onCleanup: false,
        onClosed: false,
        overlayClose: true,
        escKey: true,
        arrowKey: true,
        top: false,
        bottom: false,
        left: false,
        right: false,
        fixed: false,
        data: undefined
    },
    
    // Abstracting the HTML and event identifiers for easy rebranding
    colorbox = 'colorbox',
    prefix = 'cbox',
    boxElement = prefix + 'Element',
    
    // Events
    event_open = prefix + '_open',
    event_load = prefix + '_load',
    event_complete = prefix + '_complete',
    event_cleanup = prefix + '_cleanup',
   ...