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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.
- Better error message when not proper URL added, pointing to the help screen. Thanks for namenotrequired
- 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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Visit my website: nikhazy-dizajn.hu
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Comments: 1922
xXxBulletproofxXx In reply to ??? [2014-09-18 16:52:40 +0000 UTC]
Alright. I'll just use red then.
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PokemonSpriter11 In reply to ??? [2014-09-17 13:31:37 +0000 UTC]
What i think would be cool is if you could inlarge the image to fit to the entire box (not just the repeat thing)
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NAkos In reply to PokemonSpriter11 [2014-09-17 13:40:10 +0000 UTC]
If there would be a method to do that I would build it in. For now the best way is to use large enough image.
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A-Rude-Awakening In reply to ??? [2014-09-14 20:49:09 +0000 UTC]
It wont fit the whole box!
How do I fix?
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NAkos In reply to A-Rude-Awakening [2014-09-14 22:10:20 +0000 UTC]
Well it is just an image, and box gets bigger as screen is bigger (for example you resize you browser window you will see it will fit). Bast way is to use image at least 1000px wide so it fills box even for those who has very wide screen.
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A-Rude-Awakening In reply to NAkos [2014-09-14 23:37:07 +0000 UTC]
(this is gonna sound retarted)
How do i make it 1000px
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NAkos In reply to A-Rude-Awakening [2014-09-15 07:07:21 +0000 UTC]
Open it in an image editor, search for image size menu and resize it there. Even deviantART Muro can do that in File menu. sta.sh/muro/
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A-Rude-Awakening In reply to NAkos [2014-09-15 21:56:54 +0000 UTC]
I have no idea how to do that. Thx anyways.
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NAkos In reply to A-Rude-Awakening [2014-09-16 06:50:22 +0000 UTC]
Simpliest thing ever... jut open the image in an image editor like GIMP, Photoshop, deviantART Muro and search the "image size" menu. Tyep 1000 in the weight and the image is resized to 1000px wide. Save. Upload and do the background image process again to get the code for that one.
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CombotheBeehen In reply to ??? [2014-09-13 19:30:36 +0000 UTC]
Great idea! Thank you very much!! *A*
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Princess-Trixie-SB In reply to ??? [2014-09-05 06:15:28 +0000 UTC]
Really helpful ^^ Thank you.
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movedacccounts In reply to ??? [2014-09-01 20:23:59 +0000 UTC]
It doesn't fit the whole box QAQ
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NAkos In reply to movedacccounts [2014-09-01 21:15:10 +0000 UTC]
It depends on the size of the image you use and the size of the screen. For example if you resize the window you will see it fits for smaller screen. It is a good idea to use at least 1000px wide image, so it fits even on bigger screens.
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movedacccounts In reply to NAkos [2014-09-02 10:03:40 +0000 UTC]
Okay, thank you for the help
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SunflowerInTheRain In reply to ??? [2014-08-29 18:21:42 +0000 UTC]
I love you forever for this *w*
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Sabliime In reply to ??? [2014-08-22 02:49:25 +0000 UTC]
It works, but when I tried to paste it into a custom box for my group, it doesn't show up right.. I'm not sure if it also works on groups though
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NAkos In reply to Ambers-Adopts [2014-08-21 21:53:33 +0000 UTC]
Because you are not a Premium member
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fireflywish In reply to ??? [2014-08-16 18:09:09 +0000 UTC]
This is awesome. It works very easily and isn't hard to learn how to use.
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zieziepun In reply to ??? [2014-08-15 08:12:40 +0000 UTC]
Hi, so I have a slight problem. Everything works and all, except the background appears zoomed out. I used your code for my custom box titled "kyun <3". I would like my background to appear full-size like my donation pool's background, if possible. Any solutions?
Thank you! <3
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NAkos In reply to zieziepun [2014-08-15 09:36:30 +0000 UTC]
Well this is new to me too. I try to figure it out.
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NAkos In reply to zieziepun [2014-08-17 11:53:15 +0000 UTC]
No luck so far :/ Something has changed or it was like this all the time and went without notice so far. I don't see any way to fix it, but when I find solution I will update the app.
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zieziepun In reply to NAkos [2014-08-17 20:43:15 +0000 UTC]
Ahhh, I appreciate the effort-thank you so much! One of my friends told me that it was a problem of how my browser interprets the code. (my primary browser is currently Chrome) It works fine on Firefox, but I'd still like Chrome users to be able to see it regularly, if possible. Maybe this helps somehow..? I don't know, but thank you so much again! <3
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NAkos In reply to zieziepun [2014-08-17 22:02:15 +0000 UTC]
Good point, it could be browser based stuff, there is nothing that I can do with that on code level sadly.
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o0BeautifulRedRose0o In reply to ??? [2014-08-10 10:39:58 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for making this!
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xxsukixx152 In reply to ??? [2014-08-06 20:36:55 +0000 UTC]
do u have to be a member to have a background?
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NAkos In reply to xxsukixx152 [2014-08-06 20:43:44 +0000 UTC]
Exactly. Only premium members can use it right.
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King-Mettaton In reply to ??? [2014-08-06 04:20:46 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for making this. It helped me out a lot and I purchased it to help you out if you still need it. Keep up the good work hon. Fantastic job.
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BlueFire-Phoenix In reply to ??? [2014-08-06 03:58:35 +0000 UTC]
Do you know why it won't work for the groups?
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NAkos In reply to BlueFire-Phoenix [2014-08-06 06:30:08 +0000 UTC]
Simply because groups layout and CSS is different, so it react in different way to the same code.
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CorruptedSouI In reply to ??? [2014-08-05 23:33:58 +0000 UTC]
Is there any possible way I could get codes any other way, unfortunatly I do not owna computer or laptop.
I use a galaxy tab3 and I cannot install flash or java.
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NAkos In reply to CorruptedSouI [2014-08-05 23:39:02 +0000 UTC]
In this tutorial you have the basic code in description, you can copy it form there. But you need premium membership too: www.deviantart.com/art/Custom-…
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CorruptedSouI In reply to NAkos [2014-08-05 23:42:17 +0000 UTC]
Im going to be getting it soon, so Im preparing myself with the coding
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NAkos In reply to imoutoprincess [2014-08-05 14:18:23 +0000 UTC]
even if you select all the code by hand and press ctrl+c on your keyboard?
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imoutoprincess In reply to NAkos [2014-08-05 14:20:53 +0000 UTC]
I use a Mac, and I did the cmmd+c. It copied the URL, but it couldn't paste.
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NAkos In reply to imoutoprincess [2014-08-05 14:23:47 +0000 UTC]
cmd-v doesn't do the job? :S Or right click: paste or stg like that? At this point we speaking about basic operating system level stuff that I have no control over. It should just work.
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imoutoprincess In reply to NAkos [2014-08-05 14:25:56 +0000 UTC]
Okay, thanks so much for your help. c:
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NAkos In reply to imoutoprincess [2014-08-05 14:30:54 +0000 UTC]
Sorry if I seem unhelpful but there are cases where it is hard to explain or I can not do anything about it. If there anything else I can help just let me know
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imoutoprincess In reply to NAkos [2014-08-05 14:31:42 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, you were helpful! Thank you!
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LittleCloudie In reply to ??? [2014-08-04 05:07:28 +0000 UTC]
It wont make my text centered?!?!
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