Customizing MySpace
Having a MySpace page is fun, easy and best of all, free. With a MySpace page you can let your friends and family know how you are doing, show them your latest pictures and share your favorite songs and videos with them. When you first sign up with MySpace there will be some basic things on it. Fortunately, you can add all kinds of fun, interesting and useful things to your MySpace page to make it look and sound just the way you want. A customized MySpace page can be an expression of who you are and how you think.
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Instructions
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Log into your MySpace account and click on "add/edit photos." Choose a photo from your files of you or something else that you would like to use to represent you. Use the steps provided on MySpace for uploading your photo; they're clear and easy.
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Click on "edit profile" in the same area. Open up a new browser page.
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Visit some websites that offer free MySpace backgrounds, such as freemyspacebackgrounds.net or freecodesource.com. Choose a background that you would like to have on your MySpace page from selections on these pages.
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Copy the specific html code provided for the MySpace background that you would like to use and paste it into your "about me" space in the "edit profile" area, below anything that you have written in there. Your background can be a solid color, a combination of colors or an image.
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Click on "music" on the top menu, and once on that page, click on "my music" on the second menu down from the top. Browse or search through the music selections and choose songs for your profile playlist.
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Choose a video you would like to display on your MySpace page from a MySpace-compatible website such as YouTube.com and copy the html code for that video. Paste the code into the section of your "edit profile" page where you want it to appear.
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Add a slideshow of your pictures to your home page by creating the slideshow for free at a website such as Rockyou.com or Mypicpals.com. Once you are finished with your slideshow, copy the html code and paste into the section of your "edit profile" page where you want it to appear.
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Tips & Warnings
Instead of a background, you can choose an entire MySpace theme or layout, which will affect how many of the things look on your profile, not just your background.
Check your page as a visitor periodically by going to myspace.com/yourusername. When you log into your MySpace as the owner, you will not see your layout the way your visitors do.
If there is any information that you don't want everyone seeing, don't put it on your MySpace page. Though MySpace pages can be set to private, the information on your initial home page is available for anyone to see.
You can't just copy any photo off of the Internet and use it on your MySpace page. If it is not your own photo, make sure you have permission to use it from whoever owns the copyright.
Resources
- Photo Credit Photos courtesy of lightfusio, Vangelis Thomaidis, and Merve Toprak
