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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
NAkos In reply to ??? [2016-09-08 06:48:12 +0000 UTC]
Some fonts triggered by different text backgrounds (they inherit from Deviantart's design). But I don't know a way of only changing the font (so this app can't do that).
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cawed In reply to smolZENpai [2016-09-13 10:35:46 +0000 UTC]
put in <*div align="center"*> without stars in front of what you want centered, and then <*/div*> after it
<*div align="center"*>example<*/div*>
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smolZENpai In reply to cawed [2016-09-13 19:16:17 +0000 UTC]
alrighty thank you for the info
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xXAlshaniXx In reply to ??? [2016-08-21 11:01:41 +0000 UTC]
hey can I get this code once I pay you?
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NAkos In reply to xXAlshaniXx [2016-08-21 15:15:39 +0000 UTC]
The code will not work for you, it works for core members only.
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xXAlshaniXx In reply to NAkos [2016-08-21 15:24:26 +0000 UTC]
ohh okay I thought so okay then
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NAkos In reply to xXAlshaniXx [2016-08-21 15:38:13 +0000 UTC]
If you bought the background pack for 10 points mistakenly in the last 7 days you can ask for refund FAQ #364: How do I settle a dispute?
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xXAlshaniXx In reply to NAkos [2016-08-21 15:49:56 +0000 UTC]
no I didn't buy anything yet i'm cool though.
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Divine-Peach In reply to ??? [2016-08-20 21:57:20 +0000 UTC]
This was beyond helpful!!! Tysm!!! ;v;
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VAMP-AMP In reply to ??? [2016-08-18 06:05:45 +0000 UTC]
is there a way to customize the text of it??
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NAkos In reply to VAMP-AMP [2016-08-18 09:21:13 +0000 UTC]
After the code is generated there are options that change the code as you press the buttons. You have font size and color options.
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GirlNinjaCat In reply to ??? [2016-08-11 01:09:15 +0000 UTC]
I have recently tried this and it seems to not be working anymore... I was working before but now it's not
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NAkos In reply to GirlNinjaCat [2016-08-11 06:26:42 +0000 UTC]
how exactly it doesn't work?
-you do not see the app?
-the app do not generate code?
-the code you copy and paste doesn't work?
There is so much point where this could fail.
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GirlNinjaCat In reply to NAkos [2016-08-11 16:11:37 +0000 UTC]
the code i copy and paste dosen't seem to work properly. the thumbs and icons appear at the bottum of the background
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morippin In reply to ??? [2016-07-25 20:37:59 +0000 UTC]
Nagyon köszönöm! Hihetetlenül sokat segített.
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IrritatedRaven In reply to ??? [2016-07-25 17:50:06 +0000 UTC]
Is there a way to change the font? Even if it means going outside of this?
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SlNical In reply to IrritatedRaven [2016-08-09 19:49:46 +0000 UTC]
i know how to change the font! (as you can see, my font is different on my page) so if you want some, then let me help! ^^
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IrritatedRaven In reply to SlNical [2016-08-16 12:42:44 +0000 UTC]
Ok ^^ If I want to change it some time, I'll come to you >w>
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NAkos In reply to IrritatedRaven [2016-07-25 18:36:38 +0000 UTC]
I don't know about such thing. I assume deviantart's many different elements could work like that in this context but I never tried such thing, also never seen it in use elsewhere.
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Cynderthedragon5768 In reply to ??? [2016-07-19 04:23:32 +0000 UTC]
What do I do if my font isn't the color I want?
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NAkos In reply to Cynderthedragon5768 [2016-07-19 04:58:53 +0000 UTC]
There is the color picker. That is all the color you can use.
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Cynderthedragon5768 In reply to NAkos [2016-07-19 05:01:38 +0000 UTC]
I did use that, but for some reason the text is showing up grey not white
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NAkos In reply to Cynderthedragon5768 [2016-07-19 05:19:07 +0000 UTC]
If you talk about the boxes on your profile with the grid like colorful background: the text is pure white. Your eyes trick you because the colorful background.
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Cynderthedragon5768 In reply to NAkos [2016-07-19 06:09:19 +0000 UTC]
I meant the one titled 'youtube channels I approve of', if you scroll down to that one they appear dark grey
I don't think its my eyes doing it, as I have a rainbow checkered one and the text shows up white just fine
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NAkos In reply to Cynderthedragon5768 [2016-07-19 08:36:51 +0000 UTC]
Those are links. We have no control over link colors sadly. (I assumed you see grey the white letters because that happens a lot with colorful backgrounds)
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anouninjago11 In reply to ??? [2016-07-17 10:02:41 +0000 UTC]
is it normal that it doesn't work in custom boxes in a group ?
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goosetooth In reply to ??? [2016-07-14 17:48:57 +0000 UTC]
I hope someday you also make a thumb code generator (like the thumb code written at the bottom of a deviation I mean) like you can take a picture from your stash or the internet and convert it into a thumb code btw I already commented on this in the past but thanks again for making this it has helped me a lot
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NAkos In reply to goosetooth [2016-07-14 20:14:17 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for the kind words!
Sadly thumb codes only exists on deviantart. So there is no way to make thumbcode for any images outside deviantart. There is one solution: upload it as a deviation. That could be done by program but it has a lot of issue with copyright. I will not make an app that could be used like that. Too problematic on legal level.
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goosetooth In reply to NAkos [2016-07-14 20:15:18 +0000 UTC]
Okay I understand ty for taking the time to reply and read my comment and once again thanks so much for making this!!!
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AkiFloofzz In reply to ??? [2016-07-06 22:32:26 +0000 UTC]
I tried using this, although the background image did cover up the content. I would try copying the thumb code but i don't know how. Help anyone?
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MagicFur In reply to ??? [2016-07-03 11:51:51 +0000 UTC]
Hey so I used this and it's cool! But somethings wrong... On my profile where it says my doods i used a image I made and it dosent cover the entire box... Can you please help? (I'm using safari on mobile btw)
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Shibistar In reply to MagicFur [2016-07-06 02:20:35 +0000 UTC]
don't know if you sorted it or not, but it looks like its covered to me!
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MagicFur In reply to Shibistar [2016-07-06 02:38:50 +0000 UTC]
Yeah sorry I managed to do it cause of my freind @~ZevaTheWolf
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Shibistar In reply to MagicFur [2016-07-06 02:45:59 +0000 UTC]
oh sweet!, your page looks hella rad btw!
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goosetooth In reply to ??? [2016-06-22 06:08:42 +0000 UTC]
This helped me so much your the best tyssm q.q
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heiziiii In reply to ??? [2016-06-20 17:54:47 +0000 UTC]
This is the greatest invention since the wheel like omfg
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LotusPvddle In reply to ??? [2016-06-18 06:56:08 +0000 UTC]
You have no idea how much this helped me, thank you so much
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