Lightbox Ad
Experimental
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Summary
Sample AMPHTML ad using amp-lightbox.
Styling
This is an advanced example that requires some styling to make it look and function properly. The styling designed here is responsive and will work with various ad sizes.
<style amp-custom>
/* Main element that contains the creative. */
.root-container {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
overflow: hidden;
width: 340px;
height: 240px;
position: relative;
margin: 0 auto;
display: block;
}
.logo-img {
display: block;
}
.stretch {
flex: 1;
}
.button {
text-transform: uppercase;
padding: 8px;
color: #fff;
display: inline-block;
background-color: #2979ff;
text-decoration: none;
}
.button:active {
background-color: #92bbff;
}
/* Basic cards styling */
.cards-container {
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
left: 0;
right: 0;
}
.card {
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
}
/* Position expand button absolutely on top of the card */
.expand-button {
padding: 0;
width: 44px;
height: 44px;
line-height: 44px;
text-align: center;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1;
left: 40%;
top: 40%;
font-size: 24px;
box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
}
/* Change position of the expand button for the middle card */
.card-gauges .expand-button {
left: 90px;
top: 50px;
}
/* Lightbox styling */
amp-lightbox {
font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
}
.lightbox {
height: 100%;
margin: 0 auto 0;
max-width: 600px;
background: #fff;
color: #888;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
box-shadow: 0 5px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
}
.lightbox-main {
flex: 1;
display: flex;
max-width: 340px;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
text-align: center;
padding: 30px 20px;
line-height: 20px;
align-self: center;
}
.lightbox-main p {
margin: 5px 0;
}
.lightbox-main h3 {
text-transform: uppercase;
margin: 10px auto 0;
font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: 2px;
font-size: 14px;
color: #000;
align-self: center;
max-width: 320px;
}
/* Creates decorative underline for h3 headers */
.lightbox-main h3:after {
display: block;
content: " ";
background-color: #2979ff;
width: 20px;
height: 3px;
margin: 12px auto 10px;
}
.lightbox-close-container {
text-align: center;
border-top: 1px solid #eee;
padding: 18px 0;
}
.lightbox-header {
background: #000;
text-align: center;
padding: 10px 0;
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
.lightbox-header h1 {
display: inline;
color: #fff;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-weight: normal;
font-size: 14px;
border-left: 1px solid #fff;
margin: 0 0 0 12px;
padding-left: 12px;
}
.lightbox-hero {
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
.learn-more a {
padding: 8px;
text-transform: uppercase;
display: inline-block;
color: #2979ff;
text-decoration: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
.learn-more a:active {
background-color: #f0f0f0;
}
/* Responsive styles so that the lightbox does not over-stretch */
@media (max-height: 500px) {
.lightbox {
max-width: 400px;
}
.lightbox-hero {
max-height: 160px;
}
.lightbox-hero-img {
margin-top: -30px;
}
}
@media (max-height: 360px) {
.lightbox-hero-img {
display: none;
}
.lightbox-header {
position: static;
}
}
</style>
Banner markup
amp-ad-banner is a dummy AMP element that is used by the AMP runtime to determine the position of the ad when a lightbox is opened.
Please note that amp-ad-banner is still in experimental stages and is likely to change in the future. See this GitHub issue for tracking.
<amp-ad-banner class="root-container" layout="container">
Cards
AMP has a system in place for events and actions. It uses a domain-specific language to describe how actions are triggered. In this example, we set the on attribute so the lightbox will activate when a card button is tapped.
Each button opens the lightbox related to the card that triggers it.
<div class="cards-container" id="cardsContainer">
<div class="card card-seats">
<div class="button expand-button"
role="button"
on="tap:lightbox-seats.activate">+</div>
<amp-img src="/static/samples/img/car-seats.jpg"
width="340"
height="240"
layout="responsive"
alt="Ergonomic Leather Seats"></amp-img>
</div>
</div>
Lightboxes
The amp-lightbox component defines the child elements that will be displayed in a full-viewport overlay. We set a different id for each lightbox so they can be opened and closed by actions on other elements. Its content is normal AMP HTML.
<amp-lightbox id="lightbox-seats" layout="nodisplay">
<div class="lightbox">
<div class="lightbox-hero">
<amp-img src="/static/samples/img/car-seats.jpg"
width="608"
height="342"
layout="responsive"
alt="Ergonomic Leather Seats"
class="lightbox-hero-img"></amp-img>
<div class="lightbox-header">
<amp-img src="/static/samples/img/car-logo.png"
width="72"
height="32"
layout="fixed"
alt="Howdy"
class="logo-img"></amp-img>
<h1>The all-new WX-S R5</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div class="lightbox-main">
<h3>Ergonomic Leather Seats</h3>
<p>
Available in Comfort Suede and leather. High-contrast stitching colors available.
</p>
<p class="learn-more">
<a href="https://amp.dev/documentation/examples/" target="_blank">Learn more</a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="lightbox-close-container">
<div class="button lightbox-close-button" role="button"
on="tap:lightbox-seats.close">
Close
</div>
</div>
</div>
</amp-lightbox>
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