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Published: 2012-01-03 22:24:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 519126; 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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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

NAkos In reply to ??? [2014-02-04 13:47:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Lintu47 In reply to NAkos [2014-02-04 17:52:09 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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EintoeRn In reply to ??? [2014-02-04 12:20:34 +0000 UTC]

GENIOUS !

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namenotrequired In reply to ??? [2014-02-04 11:58:16 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on the DD

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NAkos In reply to namenotrequired [2014-02-04 13:20:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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iDJPanda In reply to ??? [2014-02-04 10:47:36 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on the DD!

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NAkos In reply to iDJPanda [2014-02-04 10:58:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Cookieteller In reply to ??? [2014-02-01 05:55:39 +0000 UTC]

I have a problem. The custom background doesn`t cover all the spaces in the custom box. So you know how to cover all the spaces?

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NAkos In reply to Cookieteller [2014-02-01 08:04:44 +0000 UTC]

If it doesn't cover the sides: you need to use wider image. It should be at least 1000px in width as there is no way to repeat it sideways.


 As I see you use the repeat function of the app. If you mean that little gap between the image: there is nos solution for that. It is how it is.

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Cookieteller In reply to NAkos [2014-02-01 08:23:50 +0000 UTC]

I tired using a background that`s 1000px. But still, it became worse. The gaps were still there

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NAkos In reply to Cookieteller [2014-02-01 10:34:35 +0000 UTC]

well the widht of the box depends on the width of you screen. You have wide screen you see bigger gap. For example I see no empty space on the sides because I have 1024 screen. The wider piture you use the more poeple will see it well.

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XDiamondTheWolfX In reply to ??? [2014-01-30 12:06:34 +0000 UTC]

You must bean work a long time OoO

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NAkos In reply to XDiamondTheWolfX [2014-01-30 16:23:46 +0000 UTC]

Well it wasn't easy but every update was 30-60 mins to do (except minor ones).

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Pyro-WoIf In reply to ??? [2014-01-30 05:12:39 +0000 UTC]

hey this works great but how can I get my ID pic and the other pic's I have in my custom box to stay in front of the background

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NAkos In reply to Pyro-WoIf [2014-01-30 07:16:18 +0000 UTC]

These are not custom boxes so they are a little buggy. You can use :thumb code of the image or to show it. The bad thing in this that you have to change the image by hand to be up to date. But there is no other way.

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Arisuta-Chan In reply to ??? [2014-01-28 17:33:11 +0000 UTC]

This helped me soooooo much!! Thank you!!!!

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NAkos In reply to Arisuta-Chan [2014-01-28 17:41:28 +0000 UTC]

I am happy it was useful

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Arisuta-Chan In reply to NAkos [2014-01-28 18:39:26 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah, and nice profile pic. I was staring at it for a few minutes

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NAkos In reply to Arisuta-Chan [2014-01-28 18:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Haha Then it works

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Arisuta-Chan In reply to NAkos [2014-01-28 19:49:01 +0000 UTC]

WHat is it s'possed to do? lol *I did it again!!*

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NAkos In reply to Arisuta-Chan [2014-01-28 20:27:26 +0000 UTC]

making people stop and stare at it XD

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Arisuta-Chan In reply to NAkos [2014-01-28 20:38:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh XDD

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 18:46:07 +0000 UTC]

Really awesome app man.  Now I have one problem with it.  Let's say if I want to place the code in one of the widgets that is actually a deviation, it covers the deviation away.  Doesn't this work on deviation widgets?

 

But overall I love it.  Amazing.

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NAkos In reply to Shinobi-Gambu [2014-01-20 19:37:39 +0000 UTC]

It is for custom boxes. As I pointed out in the "?" button on favs, deviations and donation polls it hides the content of the widget. A good workaround to put in thumb code of the hidden image or a tag so it shows it full size.

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Shinobi-Gambu In reply to NAkos [2014-01-27 02:21:11 +0000 UTC]

Ah ok.  I was hoping that it would work for the devs widget, but I guess the URL pic would do it.

Thanks though

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DjRaccoonDog In reply to ??? [2014-01-17 18:16:32 +0000 UTC]

pitbullgotswag.deviantart.com/…

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NAkos In reply to DjRaccoonDog [2014-01-17 19:42:27 +0000 UTC]

fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/201…

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VISIT-X-A-F-F-E-C-T In reply to ??? [2014-01-04 15:32:04 +0000 UTC]

th02.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i…

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NAkos In reply to VISIT-X-A-F-F-E-C-T [2014-01-04 15:41:41 +0000 UTC]

This is the image url, why you linked it here?

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VISIT-X-A-F-F-E-C-T In reply to NAkos [2014-01-04 16:17:56 +0000 UTC]

Sorry. owo I was having trouble pasting it in the box. ono I'm fine now.

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NAkos In reply to VISIT-X-A-F-F-E-C-T [2014-01-04 17:00:23 +0000 UTC]

Oh okay. If there is anything I can help you using the app, let me know

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VISIT-X-A-F-F-E-C-T In reply to NAkos [2014-01-04 17:01:43 +0000 UTC]

I love it btw! Thank you so much!

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pikachuchibi In reply to ??? [2014-01-04 09:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Is it only for members?

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NAkos In reply to pikachuchibi [2014-01-04 10:07:02 +0000 UTC]

Yeah only premiums has the opportunity to use this method.

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pikachuchibi In reply to NAkos [2014-01-05 01:38:59 +0000 UTC]

Aww k

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pasteIpurrinq In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 18:13:15 +0000 UTC]

hey, how do you get this custom box bg to be bigger? fav.me/d6127zv

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NAkos In reply to pasteIpurrinq [2014-01-01 20:15:14 +0000 UTC]

Well you can ask the creator of the image to make a bigger version, or ask for permission to modify it in a image software to make it bigger.

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pasteIpurrinq In reply to NAkos [2014-01-01 22:17:58 +0000 UTC]

okay~

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lexifish12 In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 04:06:30 +0000 UTC]

how do itype in the text box?


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NAkos In reply to lexifish12 [2014-01-01 08:22:25 +0000 UTC]

You don't type in the textbox, the code will appear there... I should point that out in the app though

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lexifish12 In reply to NAkos [2014-01-03 00:50:15 +0000 UTC]

welll...then..how do you type in your custom box picture?

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NAkos In reply to lexifish12 [2014-01-03 07:47:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. On the top you see a text field with an arrow pointing there: "image URL". You put the image url there. Then press the Get Code button. You will see your code on the bottom text field. From here you have two option: you adjust settings or copy and use the code. You can write your text in the code at the costuom box on your profile. 

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lexifish12 In reply to NAkos [2014-01-04 01:23:32 +0000 UTC]

...okay... thanks

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NAkos In reply to lexifish12 [2014-01-04 08:19:28 +0000 UTC]

no problem, I am here to help

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lexifish12 In reply to NAkos [2014-01-04 23:41:51 +0000 UTC]

C:

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MysStarry In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 03:15:08 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for this, it's extremely useful and much appreciated!

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5pacerino In reply to ??? [2013-12-28 04:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Never mind! I figured out how to do it ^^''' 

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5pacerino In reply to ??? [2013-12-28 04:01:22 +0000 UTC]

Do you think you can send me the link to the one that generates the code for a donation and featured box? Thanks if you could! And also, thank you for making this easy code generator!! It really helped!! 

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candi----nubbs In reply to ??? [2013-12-27 23:09:22 +0000 UTC]

How big does the image have to be?

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NAkos In reply to candi----nubbs [2013-12-27 23:39:54 +0000 UTC]

Well it is good practice to have it at least 1000px in widht. The height is another story. If you want lot of text it is a good idea to make it big in height too (or use the repeat function, but that wouldn't give you good result)


It is needed tot be 1000 in width because technically this is an image positioned in the middle of the box. On wider screens the widgets are wider too so while a 400px image fills the box on a 1024 wide screen it will have margins on say 1680 screens.

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