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PLEASE NOTE THESE DO NOT WORK ON THE CURRENT FORMAT OF DA ECLIPSE
I am using deviant arts own help topic found here help.deviantart.com/81/ . I will be expanding upon what they have with examples, to make it easier to understand. Just so you know I am using their outline and explanation, if you would like to know which parts were mine and which are theirs just go to the site above
How can I create links to other deviants, deviations, or websites?There are a few formats you can use, either a link of the users name, displaying the members avatar, or by linking with a personal description.
Avatar linking
:iconusername: will display the member's or group's avatar as a link to their page. Remember, however, that the limit for posting blocks of avatars is sixty four per post, and this will not work in signatures.
This seems easy enough, here I will use my own name. :iconamarantheans: will give you
Username linking
:devusername: -or- @username will give you the member's or group's name as a link.
Now if you just want to link the name of the other deviant this will help you out. Basicly it will make a clickable link so that anyone who wants to go directly there can just click on it, and if they have notifications enabled, the deviant that you link with get a message saying that their name was linked.
Both of these will make the same result as you will see...
:devamarantheans: gives you Amarantheans
@amarantheans gives you Amarantheans
Text linking
There are HTML tags which can be used to add a link to something everywhere on deviantART. The standard link will show the first part of the URL truncated by an ellipsis (http://deviantart.com/devia…). This is achieved by simply pasting a URL to the page, For example, view one of your images, copy the address down and then just paste it wherever.
The second method is to use HREF tags (which will NOT work in the shout box) to give your link a name, for example, copy the address to the image down, and then use this format: Name of Image
The first part here is self explanatory, so I will go into more depth on the second part. I will use my own image for an example. I will link you to my most favorited deviation... DA Trophy and you will get this: DA Trophy
Image linking
This will work with images that are on DA and on other sites as well.
To link images in your journal please follow the code here, and replace the URL Address and Image URL Address with the proper information:
First let's link the picture of the DA Trophy in the example above:
Now to link and image that is off site that cannot be linked with a :thumb: code:
Before we go on I will explain the difference between the URL address and the Image URL address.
You get the URL Address from the web address bar at the top of your browser, when you are on the deviation you would like to use. (If you are off dA trying to use an item you will need to right click and select "copy address".)
You get the Image URL address when you right click on the image itself and scroll down to "copy image address" and select it.
Deviation linking
To link to images found on deviantART in your journal please visit the deviation page and in the sidebar to the right under the "share" or "details" header please copy the code that starts with ":thumb:". Once you have copied that :thumb: code you can paste it in to your journal and it will automatically generate a thumbnail image for that deviation when the journal is displayed on site.
This is quite simple again lets use my trophy icon: :thumb519333483: looks like:
Also if you would like for the image to be larger than the usual thumb try this:
:bigthumb603858821:
Regular :thumb:
Bigger :bigthumb:
(heads up this only works in the comments section if you are a core member or have a premium membership, for those of us before core.)Now thumb codes work for everyone! Thumbnails in Comments Now Available to Everyone
Note: Regrettably, though it is allowed for you to use thumb codes and such in the comments and on your journals it is unfortunate that it is a core exclusive when it comes to adding them to a deviation description You can always make a complaint to the help desk to hopefully get DA to amend its ways. Here is the link: help.deviantart.com/contact/?t…
Media embedding
To embed a media widget please use the following code:
For example:
- dA Film:
- YouTube:
- Vimeo:
- Soundcloud:
This will work in your journals, comments, and widget boxes.
and the first one:
Looks like this:
Pop up descriptions (tooltips)
You can also add popup descriptions with a dotted underline to your links by using the < acronym>< /acronym> tag, and close using the tag, the format for this is the following.
< acronym title="popup text">< a href="link Url">link description< /a>< /acronym>
So the following command;
deviantART FAQ
would result in the link, deviantART FAQ
If however you wish to use this code without a dotted underline then you need to use the following code below.
deviantART FAQ
which would create the link, deviantART FAQ
Ok lets try this one out with a link to my current contest...What this will cause is a small pop up to, pop up when you put your mouse on the link: in my case it will say "Come Join In On The Collaborative Fun!"
< acronym title="Come Join In On The Collaborative Fun!">< a href="amarantheans. deviantart.com/journal/Awareness-of-the-Arts-Into-The-Stars- 591369580">Awareness of The Arts Contest< /a>< /acronym>
Awareness of The Arts Contest
And for the no line:
< a title="Come Join In On The Collaborative Fun!" href="amarantheans .deviantart.com/journal/Awareness-of-the-Arts-Into-The-Stars- 591369580">Awareness of the Arts Contest< /a>
Awareness of the Arts Contest
(This last part is really not wanting to work in the journal format it keeps rewriting itself, so I had to add spaces throughout the example text, if you would like to copy and paste it from the original article see help.deviantart.com/81/ )
I hope this helps!
Anita/Amarantheans
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Yeah, you just use the proper links from your deviation and link
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Does the image code work for mobile devices? Cause I've tried using my phone and tablet and it does not work! Do you have to paste the Url three times, because I don't understand it?
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I would have to ask which code and where you are attempting to put it. As you are not a Premium Member you will be unable to link any image in your deviation description. You should be able to put the code in no matter the device you chose to use.
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This code: I don't understand it?
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I will explain the difference between the URL address and the Image URL address.
You get the URL Address from the web address bar at the top of your browser, when you are on the deviation you would like to use. (If you are off dA trying to use an item you will need to right click and select "copy address".)
You get the Image URL address when you right click on the image itself and scroll down to "copy image address" and select it.
you have to place the url in place of the words between "quotes" it is not necessary to place anything where the name of image is. If you show me the image you are trying to link I will just write it up for you in the comments here so you can copy and paste
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Ok, I think I get it thank you.
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Glad you found it useful.
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How can I add drawing in description like this:
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How would you link something using a thumb? Like if I wanted to use a youtube Icon and have my youtube linked to it?
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Look in the deviants description on the above icon.
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Thank you Eve. 
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Well I am not Eve, however I do know that there are many tutorials around DA (I have a lot of them in my Favorites folder here: amarantheans.deviantart.com/fa… ) You can also buy Profile and Gallery skins from deviants like UszatyArbuz , she also takes commissions so that you can match up your profile, gallery and journal skin.
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Thank you, and I'm sorry. I must have seen this journal because she'd faved it or something. Using the DA mobile app is very confusing. So sorry, but thank you for the info. 👍🏻
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No reason to be sorry, I found an awesome photographer to watch out of it. I refuse to use the official da app too confusing I use a third party app.
Anyway you are welcome for the info I like to help.. that’s why I made the tutorial here in the first place
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Thank you....I deleted the darn app. I've made to many mistakes on that thing. And thank you for the help. And the watch.
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i tried linking my group but the name is so similar to my account name it just linked my account instead... is there a way to make an icon link that takes case sensativity into account?
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Nevermind, I found a workaround that did the trick. I had to use html coding lmao.
Here's the code I had to use to bypass the lack of case sensitivity used in DeviantArt's implementation:
< a href="Group URL Here"> < /a >
P.S. I edited out the URL's for this one in case someone else wants to use it as a base to edit their own into 
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Ah... I am glad you figured it out.
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orig00.deviantart.net/c1b5/f/2… " alt="Play time"> works?
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What are you trying to do
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Know how to use images
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Ok... it looks like you are trying to use Play time . All you need to do is use the thumb code :thumb120768820 : (no spaces) and you will get this result...
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How do you code it so that if you click on a thumb, it brings you to a link?
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I don't think that I understand what you are asking.
If you use a :thumb: code, it automatically links you back to the original deviation when you click on it.
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I mean like, I want to use an icon and make it link to a sta.sh? :0
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Here is what you want to do check out this deviation <- this one in particular links back to the deviation however you can see the code below that will allow you to, say... link it to your personal Facebook page. If you plan to use a feature like this with an icon be sure you asked permission to use it, fave it, or see that it is free to use (basically just follow whatever rules the creator has set up to use it)
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I have a question about sizing, how would you go about changing the width and height of a journal link, like say if you wanted a journal thumb except making it bigger?
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The literature deviations and journals work the same you can’t really enlarge the thumbs. If you change it to full size by right clicking it the format changes so that you can read it.
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sorry, but you are welcome
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Do you know how to post a link to a video without the actual video showing up, and it goes to the website? Like how the very bottom of the description says "deviantART FAQ"?
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< a href="link Url">link description< /a>
Weather
Will give you a external link that looks like this:
Weather
it works on da internal links as well.
Here is a link to a youtube video
Simon Cat
Simon Cat
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You are welcome, glad to help
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Done!
poem was awesome by the way, I can see why you picked it for this. Plus this was a really fun drawing to make
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Ok, I am a little confused... But I am happy if my tutorial helped you with the links.
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Sorry! I posted onto the wrong thing
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I've done that twice in the past week. I shouldn't post at 3 in the morning
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xD It is really cute that you do that for your dog <3
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Indeed, they deserve that loyalty
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