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Published: 2012-01-03 22:24:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 518907; 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 
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
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
Like me on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AkosNikhazyPh…
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/nikhazyakos
Watch me on deviantART: nakos.deviantart.com
Visit my website: nikhazy-dizajn.hu
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Comments: 1922
does it go like this? ?? i try it but it doesnt work ? i wanna put more photos though i get confused on it
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not scr src
Also you are not premium dA member so I am not sure it works anyway.
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Yea but I seen others as what im trying to explain they dont have a premium anyways is that how do they put photos like in the bio and under favs and everything or sometimes moving pics
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Well I am not sure but might work in descriptions like that.
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the generator works but when I put it on a fave art thing it takes away the art
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That is natural. It only acts as background in custom boxes in other boxes it hides content therefore you must write thumb codes in the text of the code to simulate it. Or img tags like this
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I'm a noob to codes so pardon me, but I have a few questions.
When you put the generator in the widget where it lets you feature one of your deviations, it leaves a big blank space at the top, and it does that
with other widgets as well like the other girl said.
I know that's where the deviation/picture/whatever would be if the background weren't to cover it up (I think?),
I cannot use the thumb code because my deviation shows up way too small and I need the picture of my deviation to direct you to it when you click it.
If I use the IMAGE URL code you provided and place it after the generator code, there's still a huge blank space at the top
and the image won't work, it shows a small little box which mean's the picture isn't working.
Is there something I can do? Thank you.
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Well, I need like a help thing this is very confusing D:
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Where you would put your text (in the code it shown as TEXT you put :thumbXYZ of the deviation or the img tag as i show it in the comment before.
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I am sorry I don't get it. I will try some other day! c:
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Whenever I try to center it, it doesn't work for some reason?
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Are you sure you copy the whole code? This error comes most of the time when some of the code missing
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I have when I used certain ones.
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how can i make it so when i put a space inbewteen words there wont be a huge gap
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It all comes to the formating of the text. Sadyl I have no control over this.
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Great app!
But the custom background doesn't really cover all the custom widget, there's still some space left on the sides.
Is that natural? What do I have to do to fix it?
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Use wider image. If you resize your browser window you will see the smaller the window the thinner the boxes are. Use at least 1000 pixel wide image so it shows good even on wide screens.
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This is really just a hack it has its limitations 
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For the Deviant ID, it keeps covering my info!
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that is natural. you can put data in the text part of the code.
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Thank you SOOOO much! This REALLY helped!
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My background fills the width of the custom box but keeps getting cut off at the top. is there any way to fix this? Thanks!
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It alway cuts some from the top. Sadly I have no control over this behavior.
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I found a solution, I gave my image a transparent top of about 20 pixels and it got rid of the cutting. Just thought I would let you know in case anyone else came to you with the same problem.
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Well that is smart! I take note of it
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The background image does not go behind the words and does not repeat
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Still worked. should not matter now, because it worked. God damn this website and their small expensive features
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The
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Hmm, it must be my computer, it never worked over my different accounts.
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Maybe an older version of the app loads for you. Try shift+f5 to deep refresh it, so the newest loads.
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At this point I have no better idea.
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i've tried everything i could but i can't get it this is the code:
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That is a local file on your computer, not a URL from the web. URL starts with http: // (without the space) and ends with .jpg .png or .gif.
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i was just wondering if that was even a valid code. my URL does start with http: // but doesn't ends with .jpg .png or .gif milathelovergirl19.deviantart.… it ends with a bunch of numbers. does that mean i can't get it?
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That is the page url. This is the image url: fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/201…
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well actually, i've tried it a minute ago an it says provide a valid image URL
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No way. You must have copied only part of the url from comment or part of it from the browser. If it is an url it will work for sure. But I put the code here for you, just do not forget to change the URL in the code to the full URL starting witth http:// ending with .png (because deviantART shorten it visually, so if you copy just that part it will not work.
YOUR TEXT / EMOTES / THUMBS
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yeah, i did accidently only copy it from the comment, but now i got it
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does this work for other boxes too? i used it on my bio and my picture went away along with the link at the bottom? help?
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Well at other boxes it just hides original content. You can still write in the code to reproduce the content hidden. This is really best for custom boxes.
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It's keeps saying undefined for some reason D:
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