| Have you ever visited a MySpace page where music | | | | loads. MIDIs are the smallest of the audio files, but their |
| started playing automatically? It's a cool effect that lots | | | | sound quality isn't as good. |
| of MySpace users add to their pages. If you've ever | | | | Once you've picked a format for your MySpace |
| wanted to do the same on your own page, read on. | | | | background music, you'll need to find a music file that |
| We're going to take a look at how to add MySpace | | | | you can link to, or upload your own to an Internet |
| background music to your profile. | | | | server. Then you'll add some HTML code to your |
| Your first option is to select MySpace background | | | | MySpace profile. This code will make your chosen |
| music directly from the web site. Go to the "Music" link | | | | song play whenever someone visits your page. |
| at the top of your profile and do a search for the song | | | | There are dozens of sites that offer music. Once |
| or artist you want. When you find the music you were | | | | you've selected a song, add this line of code to your |
| looking for, simply click "Add". The music will play when | | | | profile's "About Me" section: |
| someone visits your page. | | | | Just replace "song_URL" with the actual location of |
| If you want to use your own music, decide which | | | | your music file. If you want the music to play over and |
| format you want to use. The most popular music | | | | over, leave the loop option set to "true". Setting it to |
| formats are MP3, WMA, WAV, and MIDI. MP3s and | | | | "false" will make the song play only once. |
| WMAs tend to give the best musical quality for the | | | | Now your profile has a new feature: MySpace |
| amount of space they take up. WAVs have a good | | | | background music. Check out your friends' pages, too. |
| sound, but they can also be large files - and you don't | | | | They might have some good music that you'd like to |
| want to keep your friends waiting while your music | | | | add to your own profile someday. |