In Ajax, Lightbox is a very useful concept, where the content of a link that is clicked, or an image, or video is loaded in a container window without taking the user to a separate page. Lightbox also turns a set of images found on the page into a slideshow in the container window. The original Lightbox script was written in the Prototype framework. In jQuery, there are lots of implementations available. However, the ColorBox plugin takes a lead with a better user interface and features. In this recipe, we'll see how to use the ColorBox plugin to improve Lightbox.