Home Page Themes

Home page themes are themes that alter the style and look of your MySpace homepage. There are currently 18 to choose from, from ice-cream themes to army patterns.

To select a new theme simply click the "Page Themes" link at the top right corner of the home page.

A small section should open up displaying the themes. You can then browse through the themes clicking the arrows at the bottom. To preview the theme just click on the thumbnail and then press "Save" if it's the one you want.

Image Hosting

To place a picture in your MySpace profile, but not in your albums, you need the help of an image hosting website. These websites convert picture files from your computer into html code which allows you to put them on MySpace. Some also allow you to change the size of the picture, create albums with all uploaded photos and browse through all images uploaded onto that website. These sites are fairly easy to use and most load quite quick, however larger and more detailed images take longer to load.

Websites range from simple sites that allow you to upload and resize (www.picoodle.com) to sites that you must create an account for but offer more features (www.photobucket.com).

Once you're at the uploading form all you have to do is browse your computer for the image you want and choose whether or not you want to resize it. 

Then click "Upload". It will then load for a bit before giving you the codes. 

To put the picture onto your MySpace profile go into 'edit mode' and paste the code where you want the picture to appear.

Adsense on MySpace?

You cannot put advertising on your MySpace using Google's Adsense feature. Firstly, it's against MySpace's terms and conditions and secondly Adsense uses Javascript, which isn't compatible with MySpace.

YouTube embedding

Embedding YouTube videos onto your Myspace profile is easy! All you have to do is when watching the video on YouTube, copy (right click then Copy) the embed code from the text box on the right hand side of the page.



Then go back to your Myspace homepage. Click "Edit Profile" then paste (right click then Paste) the code where you want it to appear.



You can change the size of the video by editing the width and height numbers in the code. Make sure you keep the same ratio though or else you will have large black areas on the sides of your video.

Bulletins

Bulletins are messages that are sent to all of the people on your friends list. Instead of receiving notifications that they have received a bulletin, it will appear on the bulletin board on their homepage along with your name, the date and time you posted it and the title of the bulletin. All of your and your friends bulletins will appear on your bulletin board and to read them simply click on their title.

To post a new bulletin just click the "post bulletin" link in the bottom right corner of the bulletin board. You can delete bulletins you have posted by viewing it then clicking the "Delete" button at the bottom of the bulletin. You can also minimize the bulletin board on your homepage by clicking the "-" symbol in the top right corner.

MySpace: The Movie

A funny parody of MySpace from Vendetta Studios.