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Published: 2012-01-03 22:24:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 518877; Favourites: 11611; Downloads: 546
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Description

READ FAQ BEFORE ASK (i will not answer FAQ questions anymore. I just delete your notification.)  


Also READ COMMENTS BEFORE ASK(most problems answered there too. I really have no time to support this app anymore)  




Warning: No more updates.  This app stays as it is now. Why? Because Flash is essentially dead now. Browsers stop to support it etc. I might be create a HTML5 version of this app IF deviantART let us upload web apps in the future (as Newgrounds does). Until then this stays without any further improvements or updates. Thank you for all your comments and support I got for this app. It was a pleasure. I will respond and help as I can. This will not change. It changed I just do not fix anything in the app, also I do not add any new features after this.


Warning 2.0: With the new deviantart design called Eclipse this app will die along with the whole custom background code community for sure.

 
This little app generate Custom Box Background code after you provide an image url to it. This is the easiest way to get HTML code that makes your profile look awesome.

Tutorial video: youtu.be/WNnUhSB6QPQ

You can check preview after you generated code. Pressing CTRL+C (or CMD+C if you are Mac user) button will automatically copy the code for you, so you can paste it in the custom box.


Commissions are not open for code! (I edited this part so it tells "not" for everything Years ago it wasn't "not" )
For some reason you can't use this app? I will not send you the the code for 30 points. Do not check the commissions out on my profile pages's right side.  I will not accept your commission if you provide me all the info I need and you are a Core user.
 (I stopped doing that too  )

Mobile Users and people without Flash player (This is dead too)
Here is the mobile version for you:  customboxgenerator.nikhazy-diz…

You can add it to home screen too, as this is a mobile web app.
(I lost my server once, couldn't recover it and too much time to remake it  )

You do not have to buy to use it BUT you can buy to support me => (not anymore. Thank you for all the support)

Do you wanted to support me? On the right there was a small custom box background image pack (25 images in a zip file). In the past you clicked the Purchase button on the right. Want preview? Check this out: sta.sh/0qtpybyf6ej But consider this: I do not support this app anymore, so I do not really expect you to support me.
(i no longer accept your points for an app and deviantArt feature that is dead)

FAQ

  • It isn't look good with featured images, ID, donation etc.  Yeah. Because this works best with custom box widget. In any other cases there will be bugs like hidden content, spaces between content and top of widgets etc. There are workarounds for these but they will be still far from perfect.


  • How to get Image URL?: www.wikihow.com/Get-the-URL-fo…


  • I am not a Core user. Will it work for me? Nope. This works only for Core users.

  • Background image doesn't repeat This isn't an error. This is how it is. You must use a wide and tall image to cover all the background. (Update: As from v1.7.4 it is possible to repeat image vertically.) This is not an officially supported feature, so it is far from perfect.


  • Background image doesn't fill the box horizontally It is because you use a too small image. To understand this better try to resize the window and see how the layout changes, you will see eventually it will fill it. The minimum recommended width for the image to use is 1000px. That fills the background even on bigger screens. There are no other way for this. 

  • Does this work at Groups? Not perfectly. At groups the image will push the content down. So you can use small image as header or something, but not as background.

  • I am an Internet Explorer user. I don't have "copy image url" at right click. What to do? First of all: Don't be an Internet Explorer user. It is bad for your and your computer's health. But if you want to continue to be one, you should write a comment with an URL to the page that contains the image you want to use and I will give you the image URL.
    (Update: As from v1.8.0 it is possible get IMG URL in the app itself if the image is on deviantART or sta.sh. If you still have problems comment)

  • It hides donation button. What to do? Put several line breaks (press lot of enters in the text) before the last tag so the button is "pushed downwards". At donation polls it is a good idea to use low but wide image, so it only hides the donation amount.


  • How do I replace the hidden featured image? You put the image's :thumbXYZ: code in the text OR you use the  HTML tag also in the text. Where the a "width" parameter will change the width of the image and you should set it so you are happy with the result (thank you for kissingcyanide for pointing this out). Without the width parameter the image can be too big and appear strangely hidden on the sides.

  • There is a space on top of featured image widget: Set the view to "Normal view". There will be still a space at the top. But this is as close as you get. Remember the first FAQ.


Version history


    

  • Update v1.9.2: This update contains the following changes:
    • From now on the default text color is black. It was set red before this update that created some confusion.
  • Update v1.9.1: This update contains the following changes:
    • Minor bug fix at text color picker.
  • Update v1.9.0: This update contains the following changes:
    • New function: From now on you can select text background color. 
    • New function: From now on you can select text color. 
    • Centered text is optional now when background color is selected.
    • Preview text tells what options are selected (also in the code)
    • I added 100px to the height of the app, so it have space for rearrangement.
    • I rearranged the buttons, so now text based stuff is on the left, image related stuff is on the right
    • Preview is now fixed for big images. It show proper centered image as it is meant to be
    • Added llama giver button in help. Feel free to give me llama
    • I changed the background color to match dAs new color.
  • Update v1.8.0: This update contains the following changes:
    • For people who can't get image URL by right click a new function is added! Just press the "Get IMG URL for me" button and copy the deviation URL there! It will get the img url for you, you just have to press the Get Code button. As it depends on my websites server, when my website is down, this function will be down too.
  • Update v1.7.4: This update contains the following changes:
    • Vertical repeat added! From now on you can repeat background image downward. A little something for you guys with very long content. It will have a small space between repeats. Sadly this is how this works, but more than nothing.
  • Update v1.7.3: This update contains the following changes:
    • A bug fixed where the preview wasn't show well (may still occur, more testing needed). This bug doesn't affect the actual result.
    • Added Facebook button in help. If you like this consider liking my Facebook Page too, where I write news about this app too.
  • Update v1.7.2: This update contains the following changes:
    • Small bug fixes
    • New video link. This new version has new tutorial video about usage. youtu.be/WNnUhSB6QPQ
  • Update v1.7.1: This update contains the following changes:
    • Bug fixed: deviantART and Youtube button's help text was rendered behind the Get Code button.
    • Minor code improvement
  • Update v1.7: This update contains the following changes:
    • New function: text background. This is a deviantArt based white background for the text. Must be centered.
    • New function: Font size added! You can change font size 1-10. Not pixel. Old old html font size. deviantART still supports it
    • Preview is better now. You can set up its look while previewing
  • Update v1.6: This update contains the following changes:
    • deviantART button added. It opens a new window with a search for background images especially made for custom boxes
    • YouTube button now opens the video page as its description also has information about the video.
  • Update v1.5.1: This update contains the following changes:
    • YouTube button now have deviantART colour when it is inactive. This is a minor change for better look.
  • Update v1.5: This update contains the following changes:
    • Button logic works better. After generating a code, when you click on the URL input you get the normal state of the app. Before this if you were in preview mode you lost all buttons.
    • Minor change in source code.
    • Youtube button added. This way you can check out the video about using this app. Thanks for siannve for the awesome icon pack: fav.me/d21dm5r
  • Update v1.4: This update contains the following changes:
    • Better error message when not proper URL added, pointing to the help screen. Thanks for namenotrequired
    • Minor change in help text.
    • Help screen have new design.
    • Donate button added to help screen.
  • Update v1.3: This update contains the following changes:
    • Added better help text. I included how to get image url
    • From now on only image url's are accepted because lot of people tried to feed it with deviation url. This means only urls ending with .jpg, .jpeg, .png or .gif are good. You can copy urls that have ?something at the end, this isn't affect this rule (for example ...someimage.jpg?sometext)
    • I fixed the preview. Now the background image is centered, as the real life boxes are centered too.
  • Update v1.2: Better help text added. Thanks for Ilionej for suggesting it.
  • Update v1.1: Centered content checkbox added. It expands the code with a

    element that will render content centered in the custom box.



Why so much update? I got ideas from time to time from comments or just find a small error I want to fix. Wanna see the first version? Here you go: fav.me/d5zfdcu

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Watch me on deviantART: nakos.deviantart.com
Visit my website: nikhazy-dizajn.hu
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Comments: 1922

Captain-May In reply to ??? [2015-01-26 05:30:19 +0000 UTC]

or nevermind i got it

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Vampirekittycat3172 In reply to ??? [2015-01-20 21:09:57 +0000 UTC]

This is legit! Thanks for making this!

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BlazingDragonLord In reply to ??? [2015-01-17 22:55:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton for this

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bubbIeteas In reply to ??? [2015-01-15 21:45:31 +0000 UTC]

I'd like to make www.cybernetman.com/kb/attachm… repeat, is that possible...?

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NAkos In reply to bubbIeteas [2015-01-16 04:31:29 +0000 UTC]

Background image doesn't repeat This isn't an error. This is how it is. You must use a wide and tall image to cover all the background. (Update: As from v1.7.4 it is possible to repeat image vertically.) This is not an officially supported feature, so it is far from perfect.

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nightfallartsvoid In reply to ??? [2015-01-15 01:12:49 +0000 UTC]

Umm... how do I make it so that I can see images?

and custom boxes wont work

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NAkos In reply to nightfallartsvoid [2015-01-15 06:00:14 +0000 UTC]

I do not understand your question (how do you want to see images and where and what images) and what do you mean by "custom boxes wont work"? 

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nightfallartsvoid In reply to NAkos [2015-01-15 14:48:47 +0000 UTC]

The white boxes ((sorry my bad for being confusing))

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NAkos In reply to nightfallartsvoid [2015-01-15 15:23:41 +0000 UTC]

Are you sure you copy the whole code?

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nightfallartsvoid In reply to NAkos [2015-01-15 15:34:03 +0000 UTC]

absolutely

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NAkos In reply to nightfallartsvoid [2015-01-15 15:41:19 +0000 UTC]

As I see oyu use it for deviantID. In that case I am not sure everythig working as this method is mainly for custom boxes.

To put image there you can use :thumb code or the HTML tag.

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nightfallartsvoid In reply to NAkos [2015-01-16 14:06:58 +0000 UTC]

Okay umm if you would mine one question, when I try to put a background  in my favorites box it just turns it to the background, you cant see anything

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NAkos In reply to nightfallartsvoid [2015-01-16 20:00:02 +0000 UTC]

yeah. it works like this. it is for custom boxes. you can put thumb codes and img tags to emulate the effect.

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XxXKatrina-StarXxX In reply to ??? [2015-01-14 00:06:58 +0000 UTC]

I used it for  

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Aqua-Spirit22 In reply to ??? [2015-01-12 16:15:50 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tool thanks for creating it. I mainly clicked the download button for that place on description where it says the support you - I mean, some of those backgrounds look pretty neat but I prefer others I see, so mainly for support.
Once again thanks for creating this, it helped me a bit on my custom widgets since I am horrible with any type of coding

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NAkos In reply to Aqua-Spirit22 [2015-01-12 16:52:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much You are very kind. I am happy the app helped you out.

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Aqua-Spirit22 In reply to NAkos [2015-01-12 17:05:47 +0000 UTC]

It definitely helped and once I finally set up my new profile, I will be adding the link back here - hopefully it will help more people ^^

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NAkos In reply to Aqua-Spirit22 [2015-01-12 17:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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INKbug8 In reply to ??? [2015-01-10 04:18:13 +0000 UTC]

Excuse me. The text doesn't work!! This is a great tool but it will not allow me to post my text inside.
I've deleted the text/emote/thumb text you inserted but no matter what I do my words don't show up.
Please help me out! I really want to learn how to properly use this really unique customization utensil!
Thank you so much!!  

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NAkos In reply to INKbug8 [2015-01-10 07:58:03 +0000 UTC]

And you put the text in place of the "text/emote/thumb" text? It is just simple text there there is no trick. You just writre your stuff where the "text/emote/thumb" was before.

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INKbug8 In reply to NAkos [2015-02-09 00:04:32 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, sorry.  
Its been awhile but I've been meaning message you saying that I figured it out.
I wasn't doing something right, which usually is the case.
Sorry for the miscommunication awhile back. 

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NAkos In reply to INKbug8 [2015-02-09 04:40:41 +0000 UTC]

no problem. I am happy it worked out

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INKbug8 In reply to NAkos [2015-02-10 00:36:49 +0000 UTC]

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itsQueenOfTheSilence In reply to ??? [2015-01-09 08:07:28 +0000 UTC]

Just found this. Works perfectly.  While I can figure out DA coding, though depending on the situation it can take me a while, this saves me time.

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TeaBee-Art In reply to ??? [2015-01-09 03:04:19 +0000 UTC]

Am I allowed to ask for some advice?
It might sound like a dumb question, but when I pasted in the code for a wallpaper I've chosen, it doesn't fill up the whole custom box space.
It seems to be very narrow and only be as wide as an inserted text box will go.
How do I make it fill the whole space?

I would love hear any sort of feedback. Thank you.

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NAkos In reply to TeaBee-Art [2015-01-09 07:34:51 +0000 UTC]

It is because you use a too small image. To understand this better try to resize the window and see how the layout changes, you will see eventually it will fill it. The minimum recommended width for the image to use is 1000px. That fills the background even on bigger screens. There are no other way for this. 

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kuro-kotsu In reply to NAkos [2015-01-24 14:08:08 +0000 UTC]

sorry to ask this is probably a simple thing but how do you resize a window ? sorry if this sound stupid  

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NAkos In reply to kuro-kotsu [2015-01-24 15:03:56 +0000 UTC]

You grab the side of the window with the cursor by holding the left mouse button.

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kuro-kotsu In reply to NAkos [2015-01-24 15:07:47 +0000 UTC]

you mean as in my browser window? sorry for not really understanding XD....

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NAkos In reply to kuro-kotsu [2015-01-24 15:54:27 +0000 UTC]

yup

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kuro-kotsu In reply to NAkos [2015-01-24 16:00:12 +0000 UTC]

oh....

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TeaBee-Art In reply to NAkos [2015-01-09 07:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Ok thanks.

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DysfunctionalStalker In reply to ??? [2015-01-08 11:45:57 +0000 UTC]

When I change the font color, it comes up as the default color only to other users, to me it's red, but to others it switches to black no matter how much they refresh the page. What do I do?

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NAkos In reply to DysfunctionalStalker [2015-01-09 08:04:10 +0000 UTC]

I think you didn't copy the whole code.  I  have no other idea at this point.

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OhMyLittleWorld In reply to ??? [2014-12-29 20:50:24 +0000 UTC]

How can i make it work for featured deviation? because when i tried it, the deviation gets covered by the background :c

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NAkos In reply to OhMyLittleWorld [2014-12-29 21:23:18 +0000 UTC]

  • You put the image's :thumbXYZ: code in the text OR you use the  HTML tag also in the text. Where the a "width" parameter will change the width of the image and you should set it so you are happy with the result. Without the width parameter the image can be too big and appear strangely hidden on the sides.

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OhMyLittleWorld In reply to NAkos [2014-12-29 21:45:14 +0000 UTC]

Sorry but, i didnt undestand D: 

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NAkos In reply to OhMyLittleWorld [2014-12-29 22:07:56 +0000 UTC]

It is natural it hides the content as this method meant to be for custom boxes. In every other case it hides content. You replace the hidden content by emulating it with its thumb code or img html tag.

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OhMyLittleWorld In reply to NAkos [2014-12-29 22:43:12 +0000 UTC]

But when i use the thumb its a little bit small 

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NAkos In reply to OhMyLittleWorld [2014-12-29 22:58:35 +0000 UTC]

Because it is a thumb. That is why I suggest using the HTML code instead so it show bigger.

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OhMyLittleWorld In reply to NAkos [2014-12-29 23:03:44 +0000 UTC]

so im gonna use this generator for the background and the the  to replace the devianation?

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NAkos In reply to OhMyLittleWorld [2014-12-29 23:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Where you put the thumb code you put that tag instead with the url of the image you want to show there. 

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OhMyLittleWorld In reply to NAkos [2014-12-29 23:18:32 +0000 UTC]

Im not happy with the results :/ it leaves a lot of space on top of the deviation 

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NAkos In reply to OhMyLittleWorld [2014-12-29 23:21:00 +0000 UTC]

Set it to "Normal view" in the same place where you put the code. It might push it a little up, this way.

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Amaranthelle In reply to NAkos [2015-01-04 07:07:34 +0000 UTC]

I have a similar problem, I have it set on normal view, but theres still lots of excess space..

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NAkos In reply to Amaranthelle [2015-01-04 07:12:07 +0000 UTC]

Because this works like this, because this is for custom boxes mainly. Any other case is buggy. 

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OhMyLittleWorld In reply to NAkos [2014-12-29 23:44:02 +0000 UTC]

I have one ore question (im sorry :c) how does this work for the ID? 

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NAkos In reply to OhMyLittleWorld [2014-12-29 23:48:49 +0000 UTC]

In theory tha same way. Best if you do not put image in the ID or you put a small image in it and use the IMG tag to show off your image (you can upload to sta.sh a bigger version and use that image url for example). 

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Dovah-Kitty In reply to ??? [2014-12-27 01:57:39 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, thank you for sharing!

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IchigoMurasaki In reply to ??? [2014-12-26 21:23:57 +0000 UTC]

How do I use this for my background wallpaper? 

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