| These days nearly everyone you know has a | | | | from the menu, anything you think you would like, from |
| MySpace page. It's a place for you to connect with | | | | different colors to different themes. Once you click a |
| friends, family, and people you never even knew | | | | layout category, you'll begin the process of browsing |
| before. Even your favorite bands, movies, television | | | | designs. Simply browse like you would a set of |
| shows, and politicians have MySpace pages. It's the | | | | images and pick that perfect looking design. You can |
| social hub of the web, and has redefined the way we | | | | click the design to view it in a larger thumbnail, or even |
| think about communication and expression. | | | | "preview" it on a fake myspace page to see how it |
| Within the development of your own MySpace page | | | | would look on your own. |
| comes the newfound ability for self expression. Your | | | | 3) Implementation: |
| page is your window to the world. It's how your | | | | The process of putting a layout on your actual page |
| friends perceive you. It's where your long lost friends | | | | can seem tricky - but it's really not. The essential |
| or classmates will find you. It's where you make your | | | | component of adding a layout to your MySpace is the |
| mark and explain yourself. I like to think of MySpace | | | | code. The layout code is the long, sometimes wierd |
| layouts like we think of fashion and clothes in the | | | | and confusing looking text wrapped up in a bunch of |
| everyday world.. A MySpace layout enables you to | | | | <brackets> and such, which is a combination of |
| skin or clothe your page in your favorite colors, | | | | HTML and CSS. This is what allows MySpace to |
| patterns, styles, celebrities, basically anything you would | | | | connect to your favorite layout site and display a new |
| like. Want the world to think of you a certain way? | | | | layout on your page. To add a layout to your page, |
| Let your MySpace page reflect your persona by | | | | you want to copy the code provided by pYzam. |
| utilizing a MySpace layout. Want to get yours set | | | | Once you've copied the code, you have to paste it into |
| up? Here's where to start: | | | | a specific box on Myspace, your "About Me" section. |
| 1.) Dedicated layout sites vs. MySpace: | | | | Be sure to log into MySpace, and go to "Edit Profile" |
| MySpace provides a few basic layout options, such as | | | | and then paste it at the TOP of your About Me |
| color choices and some patterns, but their selection is | | | | section. Click save at the bottom of the page and |
| limited and low quality. They often provide layouts in | | | | you're DONE! |
| line with their advertising affiliations, not user needs, so | | | | 4) Removal, Replacement, and Conclusion |
| you'll end up with options like a Transformers layout | | | | Now that you've added the code, you can go to your |
| versus a band or celebrity you like. What I | | | | MySpace page and view the results. You should |
| recommend is to go with a layout from a dedicated | | | | have a brand new, beautifully skinned MySpace page |
| layout site, that specializes in making custom layouts | | | | that reflects the layout choice you've made. If you |
| as their main focus. This will give you the widest | | | | ever want to replace your layout with something |
| selection. | | | | different, all you need to do is replace the code you |
| 2) Choose a layout: | | | | pasted into the About Me section. Just remember to |
| There are a number of layout sites you can choose | | | | remove the old code or you page might end up looking |
| from, and you can find them by typing "MySpace | | | | a little messed up. |
| layouts" into a search engine. For the purpose of this | | | | In conclusion, I hope this guide helps you develop your |
| example, I'm going to use a favorite of mine, I'm | | | | MySpace page to the fullest. The social networking |
| choosing pYzam mostly because they have been | | | | world has expanded so much that nearly everyone |
| making quality layouts for years and also because | | | | has a MySpace page as a way to connect with one |
| MySpace itself recommended them as a source for | | | | another. Years ago it was email, now it's MySpace |
| layouts on the web. When you go to all you need to | | | | and Facebook - what will tomorrow hold? We'll |
| do is click on "Layouts" at the top and then click on | | | | never know but at least for now you can skin your |
| MySpace Layouts to open up the MySpace layouts | | | | page with a little bit of who you are, and share |
| section. Here you'll find a number of layouts and | | | | yourself with the world. |
| layout categories to choose from. Select a category | | | | |