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The tips that really work... It's been a while since I wrote one of these guides and, since V1.0 and V1.5 proved to be so popular, I feel it is about time I update my guide to getting noticed on deviantART. :la: So, you want to get noticed on deviantART but you're not sure where to start? You've come to the right place; pull out your note pad and pen, you'll need them. WHY? Before beginning to read this article, ask yourself why you want to get noticed on deviantART. Do you want to play more of an active role in the community or do you want to raise attention to your commissions and make a living? Do you want to get noticed to meet more de

What is HTML? HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It's used when making a website, and available to use on deviantART to customise what you are writing. Once you memorise the HTML, it's pretty easy and fun to use. You can find some codes on the deviantART FAQ #104, but they don't give you all of them. You can use the codes I am about to give you in artist comments, journal entries, blog entries, profile pages, and more importantly comments! Literature pieces have less codes available to use than what I just mentioned, but there's still a fair few you can play around with. :) especially everyone's favourite emoticons. :giggle: Bold

A Complete Guide to dA News If you can't see the preview image well, click here for the full size. Overview What are all those numbers? Some Relevant FAQs Tips to Writing an Article Some helpful links What are all those numbers? All numbered items in the screenshots above explained one by one. Find the News page! As you can see I have the News button in my sticky menu. How this looks can differ from person to person depending how you customised it. If you didn't customise it at all, go to your mouse to the deviantART logo to the left of the top menu, and hoover over the down arrow next to it. A drop down menu will appear – unde

- - - - - - - - - - UPDATE for January 2020: I created this guide in 2011, so you'll have to take it with a grain of salt since dA has updated a bazillion things since then LOL. It now looks like many codes don't work in Literature submissions anymore,  (or disable the "Eclipse" version of the site and show the old site instead), so some of the demonstrations here only look like regular text.  But they should display properly if you copy/paste them in the comments.   I'm so glad to see how many of you wonderful people still utilize this resource, so I wish you the best and encourage you to go ahead and experiment to see what works and what do