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clean up artwork page
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kaihendry committed Feb 21, 2010
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For Webconverger customization customers, customising the X background is
normal and best practice. If customers want splashy customised, this is
currently a **lot of extra work** and I have to charge accordingly.
# splashy (the bootup logo)

# splashy

New and somewhat easier than usplash. There is some rough edges with the secondary screen.

Wrote up a little [customisation guide over at the d-l
wiki](http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Custom_Artwork).

Try out the USB images on the [[mini]] [download
page](http://download.webconverger.com/mini/). Splashy uses
[directfb](http://directfb.org/).

Image should be about 640x480 and not have any detail close to the edges.

From 2.30 `noxbg` makes the X bootup screen blank.
Can you change the bootup logo? Short answer: **No**, not easily

# The X windows centered background image on a white background

This is retrieved from $HOMEPAGE/bg.png

Image should be about 800x600 & if it is a Webconverger image it should link:
`noxbg` [[boot]] option makes the X bootup screen blank.

* webconverger.com/buy
* support email address
Otherwise the background logo is retrieved from $HOMEPAGE/bg.png

Users see this as Webconverger loads the Web browser. So initially at bootup
and between sessions. The amount of time this background is viewable depends on
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So the default HOMEPAGE=http://portal.webconverger.com/
So [view the current background](http://portal.webconverger.com/bg.png).

## Thoughts

The background could be a nice image or piece of art.

If using Flickr choose a [BY: licensed image](http://flickr.com/creativecommons/by-2.0/).

# Grub & Syslinux

For the
[grub](http://flickr.com/search/?q=grub%20webconverger&w=16105436%40N00)
bootloader a 640x400 image (14 indexed colours) is required. The [Debian Live
Artwork](http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/Howto/Custom_Artwork) page has
details of how the artwork is converted.

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