<script type="text/javascript" src="css/jquery-1.2.6.pack.js"></script>
<script>

$(document).ready(function() {

//select all the a tag with name equal to modal
$('a[name=modal]').click(function(e) {
//Cancel the link behavior
e.preventDefault();

//Get the A tag
var id = $(this).attr('href');

//Get the screen height and width
var maskHeight = $(document).height();
var maskWidth = $(window).width();

//Set heigth and width to mask to fill up the whole screen
$('#mask').css({'width':maskWidth,'height':maskHeight});

//transition effect
$('#mask').fadeIn(1000);
$('#mask').fadeTo("slow",0.8);

//Get the window height and width
var winH = $(window).height();
var winW = $(window).width();

//Set the popup window to center
$(id).css('top', winH/2-$(id).height()/2);
$(id).css('left', winW/2-$(id).width()/2);

//transition effect
$(id).fadeIn(2000);

});

//if close button is clicked
$('.window .close').click(function (e) {
//Cancel the link behavior
e.preventDefault();

$('#mask').hide();
$('.window').hide();
});

//if mask is clicked
$('#mask').click(function () {
$(this).hide();
$('.window').hide();
});

});

</script>
<style>
#mask {
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:0;
z-index:9000;
background-color:#000;
display:none;
}

#boxes .window {
position:fixed;
left:0;
top:0;
width:440px;
height:200px;
display:none;
z-index:9999;
padding:20px;

}
#boxes #dialog3 {
width:375px;
height:203px;
padding:10px;
background-color:#ffffff;
}
</style>

<a href="#dialog3" name="modal">Read News</a>
<div id="boxes">
<div id="dialog3" class="window">
<p align="right"><a href="#"class="close"/>Close it</a></p><br />
<?php
include 'news/index.php';
?>
</div>
<div id="mask"></div>
</div>