Hacking MySpace

A lot of customizing your Myspace profile can now be done quickly and easily by using the new Myspace profile editor. There are a number of pre-made themes that you can choose from but it also gives you the ability to change these themes to make them more personal, or even create one from scratch.

After numerous changes to Myspace’s coding structure since Hacking Myspace was published I thought it was about time to write an updated tutorial on how to create a div layout.

The Creative Director of Fox Interactive Media FIMLabs division, Don Synsetlien, recently left a comment on my MySpace profile showing off a new SpringWidget Christmas tree widget (see below). Don, obviously a funny guy, left the comment “Hack this tree”. Just think, Don’s getting paid big bucks paid to harass struggling writers; some guys just have all the luck!

Guest blogger George Gardner explains how to add a comments box to your MySpace profile and how to customize it to your liking. Over to you George.

Devon of MyScene [Version 3] clearly has a lot of time on his hands, and thank goodness that he does, because he’s spent that time putting together an amazing library of MySpace resources.

When I first visited MySpaceSupport.com I almost thought it was an offical MySpace web site, but then I realised very quickly that this was not an official MySpace site - just a site that has misappropriated the MySpace logo.

Do you have an outstanding MySpace profile? Well you’ve got until the end of the month to enter the Ultimate Profile Contest, which is being run by MySpace and sponsored by Honda. But don’t get too excited; the grand prize isn’t a car.

Positioning divs and other elements

Div overlay layouts are the holy grail of MySpace customization. Basically they allow you to create a profile that looks completely different to the standard MySpace profile. In this series of articles I explain exactly how to create a div overlay layout. Here’s part four.