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How do I add MySpace background codes to my profile?

I saw your earlier article about how to change the background color of a MySpace profile (see Change background color of MySpace profile) but that's not what I want to do. I want to actually add a background picture. I've seen it done on tons of profiles - how the heck do I change my MySpace backgrounds myself?

Dave's Answer:

I'll show you how to do this, but be warned up front that it's not the easiest task in the world because you need to actually figure out what background picture you want to use then actually upload that to a different server, not MySpace. There are a bunch of options, but I'm going to use Photobucket for this particular example.

Your first step, therefore, is to find an image that you like and upload it onto Photobucket, as I explained in the earlier article How can I host images on the Web?

Once you've uploaded an image, you'll be able to see how to reference it a few different ways, like this:

Subtle MySpace Background codes on Photobucket

The value that we need for this particular MySpace trick is the Url, but just leave that window alone for now and pop open another one with your MySpace profile. Click on "Edit Profile" next to your picture and find your "About Me" profile box. Scroll to the very bottom of that box and add the following CSS code exactly as shown:

You type that in exactly as shown into the About Me box, after all the material you've written, replacing where it shows photobucket url with the value of the "Url" field on Photobucket itself. In my case, when I use the subtle background graphic shown earlier, it looks like this:

The result is pretty attractive:

but perhaps too subtle! There are a couple of easy tweaks we can make to the CSS to make it more generally interesting, then we'll look at some advanced tweaks. First, add the following lines and you can "fix" the graphic so that the text content scrolls but the picture's fixed:

(for simplicity, I'm going to use 'photobucket url' again, but you know that you have to replace that bit with the actual Url from your uploaded photobucket picture or whatever other picture you choose to use, right?)

If you don't want "fixed" for the background attachment, you should specify "scroll", which is what you're used to seeing on Web pages. You can turn off the cookie cutter repeat in both the horizontal and vertical direction by specifying background-repeat of "repeat-x" only, "repeat-y" only or "no-repeat", and you can specify how the background graphic should line up in the window with pixel offsets from the top left (as I do here), percentages (0%,0% is the top left, 100%,100% is the bottom right) or even specific words, top, center or bottom followed by a comma and left, center or right.

Putting that all together, if you have an image you want centered, not repeating, fixed, you could use background-attachment: fixed; background-repeat; no-repeat; and background-position: center,center;

Still, what most people seem to do with background graphics is to have the image "bleed through" the individual elements of the profile, so let's do that too. Be warned, however, this is where your profile can become darn unreadable darn fast!

What I like to do is to have a sort of middle ground solution, with some areas retaining their default white background for readability while others have the background bleed through. This is so incredibly easy to do that you'll gasp! Just add three letters to the earlier CSS:

Can you see what I added? After the first "body" I added ", td" so that the background color of the 'table data cells' are also transparent. Here's what happens:

Ah, that's looking more like a typical crazy MySpace profile with a custom background graphic, isn't it? :-)

I know, you're dying to learn how to get rid of those annoying white background boxes so that all of your profile is shown against the background graphic, aren't you? This is just a few additional characters again: where we have "body, td" simply make it "body, td, table", like this:

The result is predictably a bit more hard on the eye, but nonetheless interesting:

Turns out that if you're willing to slog through all the possible tweaks and fiddles you can add to the CSS, there's a lot more you can do, and, of course, you can also use a far more dramatic background graphic or photograph than I have chosen for my own profile. I'll address these more advanced "div" tweaks a bit down the road!

Also, while I'm at it, I have a lot of additional MySpace Help here on the site and you can also become my friend by checking out my MySpace profile.

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Comments

Question: how might i do the same thing to my blog "look and feel" so that the background image bleeds through??

Posted by: Megan at October 6, 2006 4:14 PM

could only get the bleed through to work half way right and not from my pic from photobucket. from the codes in your instruction above the ", td, table" did not work, but with another code "body { background: url(http://m3.pimpmyspace.org/cursors/back/2df08cabe51a677e995e43
84fe08fd37.jpg); }Myspace Backgrounds" the ", td, table" code only worked on half of the page please help.

Posted by: CJ at October 31, 2006 2:10 PM

im trying to add this url to the sides of my profile on myspace....www.myspace.com/wildbill71568....help...thanx

Posted by: wildbill at December 31, 2006 7:42 PM

how do i put a centered that stays centered image in top of myspace?
thank you

Posted by: Den at January 5, 2007 3:50 PM

I've added a background from a profile generator but it's not scrolling like I want.

I'd like the image to follow the page as you scroll down. What's wrong?

I've included my MySpace URL below.

Thanks Dave!

Posted by: Rachel at January 6, 2007 5:34 PM

Nevermind...I fixed it. I needed to change the background attachment to "fixed" instead of "scroll"

:-)

Posted by: Rachel at January 6, 2007 5:39 PM

Your awesome man!!! Been trying to get a background for myspace forever.

Posted by: Drew at January 17, 2007 1:25 PM

I have also found that if you don't have photobucket, or kodakgallery, you can use a picture that you have on myspace instead. Just open you picture in myspace, right click, properties, and then copy the url shown there and paste it into the code.

Posted by: Sven at January 23, 2007 9:31 AM

loved it - now i want to change my font and size and if possible the boxes with info in it to different areas - is it possible???

Posted by: barbara Moneypenny at February 4, 2007 10:21 AM

Ummmm.....your links do not exist man. You click on edit profile and there is no picture tab from there.....I HATE MYSPACE GRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

useless.

Posted by: boris at February 12, 2007 2:29 AM

does any1 no how to i add liek a flash into. like when u go 2 my page a picture comes up n u have 2 click like enter n then it goes 2 my page. can u do dat or its not possible on myspace. email me if you can n lemmie no how 2 do it or if theres a website were i can go 2.

Posted by: ervin at February 14, 2007 1:07 AM

hey how do I keep an Image that is not as big as the screen, only a single image and can I fix this to fit the whole window, instead of 4 repeated pictures.

Posted by: Miguel at February 18, 2007 8:29 PM

how do i create my own background image to myspace from images i have saved on my computer?

Posted by: lina at February 22, 2007 12:14 PM

Thanks for the tips, but i'm having troubles with the background, it only appears in the left side of the screen, i cant make it a full screen picture, i already checked the size of the image and it didn't fixed the problem... i would really appreciate your help. thanks again

Posted by: Jose at February 26, 2007 12:42 PM

The easiest way to change your layout in myspace is to go to www.freecodesource.com Then look through layouts pick one and copy the code. Then go to your myspace and go under edit profile. Then paste the code under your words. Save the changes and your done. Go to your home page then below your picture and click on profile to make sure everything worked. If you have more questions contact me at leezer@tds.net and I'll try to help.

Posted by: Chrisha at February 27, 2007 10:33 AM

Dave - how do I add attachments to myspace email? thanks Freaky!

freakyatwork@yahoo.com

Posted by: Freaky at March 2, 2007 8:15 AM

HOW DO U PUT A COLOR LIKE WEN U GO 2 SE MY PICS U CAN SEE A COLOR IN DA BAKROUND..??

Posted by: SHERLIN at March 4, 2007 9:04 PM

i want to change the background of all my pictures to different colour instead of white.. so when you click on view pictures you will see a different bakgrnd colour? please help. xx

Posted by: linz at March 5, 2007 8:36 AM

Hey Dave,

Thanks for the wonderful info on this site it's awesome, I do have one question,

After I put my image in the code and viewed my profile I have one small sliver too the right hand side in the background pic that wants to repeat itself, how do correct this issue? I tried all the stuff about centering and no repeat.

Thanks,
Daryl

Posted by: Daryl Dugger at March 11, 2007 1:43 PM

How do I put pics on myspace? Well please tell me thanks!

Posted by: Brittany at March 17, 2007 5:38 PM

I've been searching for the last few days for this exact info.
Thanks, Dave!
It was a piece of cake.
German Chocolate.
With the cream cheese frosting to boot.

Posted by: FullCart at March 20, 2007 1:55 AM

I have tried everthing step by step for adding my picture as a background, but nothing has change. I have not gotten any results. What am i doing wrong?

Posted by: Island Style at March 21, 2007 4:35 PM

It is my husband and I's anniversary and I wanted to put some photos of us on our blog, on myspace. I know how to do that but what I don't know is how to put either a cute hearts background or border (around the pictures)on my blog.

Posted by: krystii at March 25, 2007 1:13 AM

is there a way i can change the color of the font on my myspace profile? i have a dark background and the black writing doesn't show up against it because i took away the text boxes. what would the code for that be? hugs and kisses!

Posted by: stina at March 25, 2007 1:23 AM

thanks for the info, super easy. i was able to use a photo that i had uploaded to my myspace page and just used the url of the photo on my myspace page and did everything else as you said to and it totally worked. so no real need to use photobucket if that just confuses matters for you like it did for me.

Posted by: bb at March 25, 2007 2:31 PM

Thanks alot for all the info..

I've succesfully uploaded a background for my myspace account.. as a result though.. the font was hard to read.. Any idea what code is needed to change the colour of my font? ..

Gratefull as ever,

Jaron

Posted by: Jaron at March 26, 2007 10:03 AM

how can i center the texy in my profile on myspace...? plz help!!

Posted by: Mini at March 30, 2007 2:16 AM

i cant un center my myspace profile i evan deleted everthing can you please help

Posted by: becca at March 30, 2007 7:53 PM

I know there is a way to change a friends' default pic to one of them that I want to appear just on my friends list. Like if someone has no ic, I can make one of my choice appear for them only on my page. I saw the 3way online somewhere, but forgot where! Thanks!

Posted by: Angela at March 31, 2007 12:24 PM

how do i put roses in my background

Posted by: NICQUAY at March 31, 2007 8:29 PM

Ok I created my own layout and all.

MY PROBLEM IS:I created a default layout.I Added My Tables with a background image url this one :(http://photobucket.com/albums/e262/hotlayoutchx/backgrounds/stripes/7.gif).
My Background is plain white like any other default layout.

How can I change the border that i added to be the same image as the background of my tables.?

Thanks.Reply Asap.

sincerly,dixie

Posted by: DIxie at April 1, 2007 10:17 PM

I used your tips to put in a pretty cool background to my Myspace profile page. The problem is that the background picture doesn't take up the whole screen but comes up an inch or two short on each side and a little bit short on the top and bottom. The result is that I have this ugly gray border surrounding my background picture. How can I extend the picture to take up the whole screen? Thanks.

Posted by: Nate Guerin at April 4, 2007 8:44 PM

how do I make an image large enough so that i can fill the whole window?

Posted by: jody at April 5, 2007 1:04 PM

I tryed your last code on myspace...but the image that i want to go on the bottom left hand corner wont work. The image will ONLY stay on 0,0 ive tryed 100,100 that does not work either

Posted by: Jocelyn at April 5, 2007 6:35 PM

how do i get one big picture in the back ground and also how do i get rid of the big white box in the middle

Posted by: shelton johnson at April 5, 2007 6:43 PM

i cant FIND how you can get your text in the midle of your profile and not from left to rite

Posted by: kathleen at April 6, 2007 6:18 PM

thank you about this, now i have a nice backgroung in my profile!

Posted by: nam vu at April 6, 2007 9:08 PM

this was the most helpful site if found, i have been looking for agesssss! thankyou!

Posted by: me at April 10, 2007 5:15 PM

can u show me soo cool backgrounds?

Posted by: jocelyn at April 11, 2007 11:20 AM

how can i get my myspace page to "uncenter" itself. I used to know, but I'm lost now...

Posted by: Raeann at April 13, 2007 4:00 PM

Hi - Thanks for your website! I have read and reread but can't solve my problem. I put in the code as correctly as possible and activated Javascript but my background won't show up It will show up for a split second if I click off or on the webpage but then it disappears. What is the matter?! please help! Anna

Posted by: anna Spivey at April 14, 2007 9:40 AM

I would like to put a banner at the bottom of my page and i cant figure out how to do that...can you help me please.

Posted by: amber at April 14, 2007 6:54 PM

I have a photo as my myspace background but i want it as just a 100% full size image and not just smaller versions being repeated. Can u help please ???

Posted by: Paul at April 15, 2007 3:50 PM

how can i get a background on myspace PICpage?

Posted by: bina at April 16, 2007 2:07 PM

im having problems with a scrollbar at the bottom of my page.

i have no big pictures or huge text to make it like that.

i scroll over and its just like a big blank wall!

i have no clue how to get rid of it.

Posted by: Megan at April 16, 2007 7:35 PM

where do I type in all my codes for myspace bacrounds

Posted by: erin at April 17, 2007 10:45 PM

i've been looking for ages to make a background that fills my whole space.

how do I make an image large enough so that i can fill the whole window?

Posted by: Mieke at April 19, 2007 2:13 PM

i tried to center my profile and it worked to well i cant seem to un center it now. How the hell do you do it ive been looking all over for help. Then i found a girl who was asking the same question but i couldnt see your answer to her. If you could give me some help it would be much appreciated . elise

Posted by: Elise at April 20, 2007 5:43 AM

we were looking for on how to put a picture on top of the profile like above where it says home and etc.

Posted by: rigo at April 20, 2007 3:27 PM

hello? umm i dont know how to get a myspace background, can u help me please?

Posted by: jennifer at April 20, 2007 11:28 PM

ok my problem is, when i did ur steps on adding a backgrond to the letter and kicked the save buttong so that my profile would update a problem is occuring. when i go back to my home page my backgroud is the same as before the plane old white. when i go back into my profile edit and go to the location whare i placed the scripting, (in the about me box at the bottom) all my slashes (\)or (/) ive tryed them both, for some reason they are all a series of 2 periods lookign like this ( .. ) what is going on? my background wont change? is it because the picture is located on my main hard drive?

Posted by: Thomas at April 21, 2007 8:44 PM

sorry i had a few spelling errors, in that one but u understand what im saying right ^^?

Posted by: Thomas at April 21, 2007 8:47 PM

thx Dave, jus forgot da "background-attachment: fixed", thx man, I'll go here every time I forget a code

Posted by: GBM at April 23, 2007 8:29 AM

Hi...i was wondering..i know some people that have images from photobucket on there myspace...but i would like to know how to make the image more in the middle..like if u have an image..and u edit your profile..that makes the image way over to the left side of your page..i want it to be in the middle.Help me out!!

Posted by: Kimberly at April 24, 2007 9:41 AM

THIS WAS THE MOST HELPFUL SITE ON THE WEB. MAN THANKS A MILLION. I NOW HAVE MY OWN CUSTOM BACKGROUND AND I LOVE IT

Posted by: ERIC HENDERSON at April 25, 2007 1:03 AM

I have a lot of information that I can't fit onto my profile. How do I add a second page to a myspace profile?

Posted by: chanda at April 25, 2007 9:01 AM

How do we (Like alot of other bands) Get our picture on the very top of our myspace page, like the one at www.myspace.com/shadowwax? We are lost on this please help?

Posted by: matt at April 25, 2007 10:37 AM

Hi,
I have added a background image using your codes & tips, but I am unable to prevent my image from repeating dispite using 'no-repeat' in the code.

Is it possible to get just one image in the top right hand corner? I have enter 'top,right' in the code but this does not work either.

Posted by: Mags at April 26, 2007 7:57 AM

I cannot put a picture up on Google talk, although I followed the instructions. The picture appears for a second, then it disappears and it is not saved in the folder with pics from Google. If I choose a pic already supplied, that one stays. Please tell me what is wrong.
And don't be ridiculous,I never asked you any question before... so answer at least this one

Posted by: Mariana Snizek at April 29, 2007 1:42 AM

Hey... i was trying to put some pictures under my interests on my page under the interests category on my myspace but for some reason this deleted my about me and centered everything. is there any way to get me about me back and make the format normal again?

Posted by: Sara at April 30, 2007 12:48 PM

My question is different from any of the others asked. I found this website and was very excited!! Unlike the others, I have an Artist account and there is no "about me" box under edit profile to place all of the info that you have given me. I made up a regular account, and everything you recommended worked perfectly. If you could just tell me where to place my codes in an artist account, then i would greatly appreciate it!! Thanks for all of the help you have already given. Hope to hear from you soon.

Posted by: Joseph Bozone at May 1, 2007 8:43 PM

Brilliant, Dave - helped me get mmy MySpace up and running on myspace in no time...

I now know where to come to for help!

Posted by: Skye at May 1, 2007 9:45 PM

it isnt showing up on my myspace?! can you help

Posted by: Lucy at May 4, 2007 1:13 PM

I have the same question as THIS PERSON! Thanks!
Gina
~~~~~~~~~~
I know there is a way to change a friends' default pic to one of them that I want to appear just on my friends list. Like if someone has no ic, I can make one of my choice appear for them only on my page. I saw the 3way online somewhere, but forgot where! Thanks!

Posted by: Angela at March 31, 2007 12:24 PM

Posted by: Gina at May 5, 2007 11:45 PM

how the hell do u uncenter ur myspace page i deleted everythink on it all my html codes and its still there it wont go away and i hve bin lookin everywhere 4 a code please help

Posted by: tash` at May 8, 2007 5:57 PM

I have set a photo as my background for myspace and at the minute it is center center. i can move it bottom right, top left etc but in none of these positions will its size increase so that it takes up the entire page. How do i make it fill up the whole page?? please help

Posted by: shaun at May 9, 2007 1:43 PM

This was the easiest way for me to know how

Thanx x50

Posted by: Miles at May 12, 2007 7:02 AM

This question was asked before.... On myspace, an artist account is different from a regular account. There is no "About me" edit field to place all the code information into. How do you change the look of an ARTIST account?

Posted by: T/A at May 12, 2007 1:33 PM

I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!what website do i go to tomake one of my pictures a layout for myspace!TELL ME ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Miley Cyrus at May 13, 2007 4:07 PM

i want to know how to do a myspace layout where, when you go to the profile, the background shows up, but when everything else loads, the background goes away, and it's just the plain, default myspace page.
does anyone know how to do that?
or where to go?

thanks
peace and love

email: leavedeeralone8@hotmail.com

Posted by: olivia at May 15, 2007 5:35 PM

To make your background pic centered, just use "background-position: center center;"

basically, just drop the comma

Posted by: T. Sensei at May 16, 2007 4:21 PM

hello my name is alex

im having a hard time getting my background to show on my myspace

it isnt tiled and it is actually words that i want going vertically up the left side of my page

the picture is not showing up and i am having a hard time positioning the picture too

please help,

thank you

Posted by: alex lara at May 18, 2007 3:49 PM

thanks; i've wondered about this for some time.

Posted by: noah at May 18, 2007 4:51 PM

how do you put pictures/backround colors in my picture profile??

Posted by: jane at May 21, 2007 8:06 PM

how do you put pictures/backround colors in my picture profile??

Posted by: jane at May 21, 2007 8:23 PM

HOW DO I PUT IT ON MY VIEW MORE PICTURE PROFILE THINGY

Posted by: DENIZI at May 24, 2007 1:05 PM

Hi, Dave...How do I uncenter my page? Thanks, Judy :)

Posted by: Judy at May 27, 2007 9:24 PM

Hey - it worked great! Thanks for the tips

Posted by: Rosie at May 28, 2007 2:17 AM

Excuse me but do you know if it's possible to possibly change the tables to be slighty transperant but not completly?

Posted by: Rebekah at May 31, 2007 4:28 AM

How do i make my words in my profile sections centered? kinda like a pyramid..ive seen it doen but dunno how ;(

Posted by: christine at June 3, 2007 10:09 AM

how do i get a profile tracker

Posted by: quintiel at June 3, 2007 8:28 PM

Hi!

I really need some help... I´m trying to change the background on my Music Myspace. I found some good help when you have an "ordinary Myspace", bur when you have a Music Myspace you can´t write something about yourself - and there´s where you should copy the text. Can someone please help me? Thanx!

/Swedish singer

Posted by: Caroline at June 5, 2007 3:18 PM

how do you get a background for your pictures like when people look at it your pics they can also see a background too.

Posted by: tina at June 8, 2007 11:33 AM

hello..i like these codes there great..but i have a question...bout the text is there a way i can change it.

Posted by: erick at June 9, 2007 1:19 PM

hey dave, man u must be busy with all these requests!!

err, its the same as alot of people. I have my picture but its been repeated so i got like 6 pictures instead of one full image!!

i need help

thanx, carl

Posted by: carl hnatiuk at June 12, 2007 1:49 PM

how do i change the color on my backround when people view my pictures...i want when you view my pictures the backround to be a different color not the backround on my profile

Posted by: ana at June 25, 2007 10:13 PM

I got the picture to show up. But how can I make it bigger? I have tried to increase it on my computer and on photobucket but without sucess. I want the picture to be over the whole screen without repeating? Any way this can be done.

Posted by: Don at June 30, 2007 1:44 AM

How do i get the image so it doesn't repeat so i can jus have one of the photo instead of it being tiled??

Posted by: MaL at June 30, 2007 1:53 AM

Hey,
Maybe you can help-I installed a skize.com pink flowers background on my myspace profile when I got started and now I want to change it with out loosing all my other graphics...I have tried to cut copy and paste other backgrounds to the about me section then cliked accept changes, but nothing changes. It seems like skize has an override to prevent me from changing it. How do I remove the old background and then get it to accept a new one?
Thanks

Posted by: Lauren at July 2, 2007 3:36 PM

hey there dave! great site! i was wondering if you could help me by explaining how i can have a background to my pictures section on myspace.. here is an example of what i would like to do: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=1802837&albumId=0 (you must be loged into myspace to view) so i would like to know how to get the background black and also how to get the font a certain color! THANKS SOO MUCH! i have seriously been trying to figure this out for months! you are awsome!! ;)

Posted by: Tiara at July 6, 2007 1:05 PM

none of these actually work, i tried multiple differant codes and it just stays the same as a normal profile.

Posted by: jamie at July 10, 2007 9:28 AM

heyy how do i add colour into my about me sections and comments?

Posted by: Kat at July 11, 2007 5:09 AM

Hello, followed your instructions which do not match your pictures, on the guide you say one picture as the background, but this is not what the picture shows. I was wondering if you can advise how to have one single photograph 100% background, the instructions above do not give me this

thanks

Posted by: Paul Moroney at July 11, 2007 3:17 PM

Hi Dave,

I just started a MySpace page but I can't seem to get my layout to work properly.

I wasn't able to use the profile editor (I use Firefox) so I started tweaking things on my own. Then, while at work (which has IE) I found a premade layout I wanted to add, so I cut and pasted the code into the "About Me" section and it only half works - the background is gray and inside the boxes (modules?) is where the layout/picture is. For the life of me, I cannot undo it and it's driving me insane! Any info you have would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks! :)

Posted by: Vicky at July 11, 2007 4:02 PM

how do i uncenter my profile?

Posted by: E at July 18, 2007 10:37 PM

I nneed to make a website on myspace tha will cause e everyone on myspace ,to see. I want the title to say: GET INTO THE LORD, i want it in a light green,lime kind with a extra blue color for the layers, and i want it to be put everywhere on myspace, do not use my real name, please just perfectly use 'Christian' as the name up top or no name at all.
Thank-You, i hope it works to spread the word, you could help me!

Posted by: Marshell Smith at July 19, 2007 9:24 AM

OK ALOT OF PEOPLE HAS BEEN ASKING HOW FO I CHANGE THE BACKGROUND OF MY VEIW MORE PICTURES. HERE IS THIS WEBSITE THAT WILL GIVE U ALL THE CODES U NEED TO EDITE VEIW MOR PICTURES

URL:

http://www.profiletweaks.com/viewpictures.php

Posted by: the yankee at July 20, 2007 12:44 PM

ah ha thank you for your knowledge, i am no longer ingnorant:) yahoo

Posted by: rana at July 20, 2007 2:06 PM

IM AN ARTIST ON MY SPACE AND I'M NOT ABLE TO GET THE CODE FOR PUTTING MY MACROMEDIA PLAYER WITH THE SONGS I CREATED IN MY PROFILE AS AN ARTIST ON A BULLETIN.I'VE SEEN IT DONE PLENTY TIMES BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT.O.K THATS IT I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL FOR OTHERS

Posted by: CHAD DAVIS at July 23, 2007 9:09 AM

thank you thank you thank you. all i wanted to do is put my own background on my myspace and keep the rest defult and i did it and it WORKED.

again thank you

Posted by: nnenna at July 23, 2007 11:45 PM

how can i change the middle part of my page but leave the sides the same?

Posted by: Tony at July 26, 2007 9:16 PM

same question
I know there is a way to change a friends' default pic to one of them that I want to appear just on my friends list. Like if someone has no ic, I can make one of my choice appear for them only on my page. I saw the 3way online somewhere, but forgot where! Thanks!

Posted by: Angela at March 31, 2007 12:24 PM

Posted by: RANDY at July 30, 2007 1:17 AM

I want this image for my myspace layout background.....the image size is too large 1024 x 1024 (641 KB) to be exact...i cant see the bottom half of the image when i paste it....i need it resized to fit the exact KB size soo i can see the whole image and make sure it covers my whole background width and length.....photobucket allows me to resize only with the options...of 800 x 600 which is too small in width and too big in length cause i still cant see the whole bottom of the image...Pleaze help Me!!

Posted by: Krystal at July 30, 2007 2:30 PM

Hey U Rock Thnx It Worked

Posted by: Lourdes at August 4, 2007 9:22 PM

hay im jazz
i love my myspace background but i want that white boz in the middle so i can see my writing but i still want mybackground on the outside of it how do i do that>??
xxx

Posted by: jasmine at August 7, 2007 7:47 PM

Posted by: Anthony D. Amey at August 7, 2007 10:12 PM

thanks so much!

Posted by: amanda at August 10, 2007 5:52 PM

how do i make a background image fill up the whole page? i would appreciate if u could help me out.

Posted by: tayshaun at August 11, 2007 8:20 PM

was wondering how I can put up a backround that fits the whole screen.everytime I paste an image all it does is repeat in a bunch of different boxes.Thanks.

Posted by: matt at August 12, 2007 7:16 PM

HOW CAN I ADD MY URL TO MY PICTURES ON MYSPACE SO I WONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE STEALING MY PICTURES..
AND IF THEY DO MY URL WILL BE ON THE PICTURE..
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!

Posted by: MARISSA at August 15, 2007 3:23 PM

I want to turn my photos of my kids off my computer into a myspace background how do i turn 40 photos in to a myspace background????
PLEASE HELP

Posted by: Amber at August 22, 2007 10:23 AM

How do i stop people from stealing my pictures?

Posted by: Dominique at August 23, 2007 8:34 PM

yah!yah!i made it!

i felt fulfilled.

Posted by: elvis at August 24, 2007 11:45 AM

can u send me a myspace background for me pleaz thanks alot cuz i want me as a back ground

Posted by: james at August 25, 2007 6:26 PM

Hello, I was wondering if i can put more then one picture for my background layout.
Thanks

Posted by: Ebony at August 25, 2007 7:56 PM

hey i cant seem to get my background up,i cant even see other peoples background is something wrong with my computer or what?cause iv tried everything and nothing seems to work iv read the help and tried but still nothing.

Posted by: stephanie at August 28, 2007 12:44 PM

How do I put a background on my profile where you write your about me and all the other stuff. I want it like when you have a background on your tables but I don't want the actual tables appearing!

Please help!

Posted by: Stephanie at August 28, 2007 10:37 PM

help me to that please cause i didn't understand what u said

Posted by: brooke at August 30, 2007 3:10 PM

i am new to myspace and am hoping you can tell me how change the photo next to my info.Plz help

clueless

Posted by: clueless at September 11, 2007 3:57 AM

How do I add my personal pictures to myspace?

Posted by: Ray at September 11, 2007 4:19 PM

hey dave, not sure if I'll get a reply, but I hope I do:)

As with a lot of other comments I've seen on your site, I was wonder if you could please tell me how I get my background image to take up the full screen size.

Posted by: chris wilson at September 13, 2007 12:51 PM

Chris, as far as I know, you can't stretch your background image to fill up the entire screen within the world of CSS styles, whether you're on MySpace or not...

Posted by: Dave Taylor at September 13, 2007 9:13 PM

how can i put a background o a myspace music account

Posted by: jackson at September 16, 2007 1:50 AM

Hey there...i was wondering how do a get a pop-up code so people wont steal my pics. Please help. Thanks

--Kiera

Posted by: Kiera at September 17, 2007 6:14 PM

This question has been answered before but I cant get the link open. I am having the same problem. Can you help.
y i cant seem to get my background up,i cant even see other peoples background is something wrong with my computer or what?cause iv tried everything and nothing seems to work iv read the help and tried but still nothing.

Posted by: stephanie at August 28, 2007 12:44 PM

Posted by: Crystal McAdoo at September 24, 2007 8:07 AM

I want to put a header at the top of my page like I've seen but when I put the code in it won't show up above everything else?

Posted by: wes at September 24, 2007 1:42 PM

I USED A CODE TO CENTER MY PROFILE AND I ERASED IT BUT MY PROFILE IS STILL CENTERED! CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME PUT IT BACK THE WAY THAT IT WAS?

Posted by: AISHA KELLY at September 24, 2007 11:40 PM

Another question about un-centering the profile..

How the heck do you do it? i think i put it under "about me" but i cant find the code to delete it.. i've been trying for days.. please HELP ME!!

thank you so much in advance..
becky

Posted by: becky at September 29, 2007 4:13 PM

Hey Dave. I'm trying to add an image to my myspace group but I can't!!! How do I do this?!

Posted by: Jenny at October 4, 2007 3:29 PM

Hoping you can give me some advice to what might be up with my computer.I have a myspace page but i cant edit profile or update status on my computer.I have to use another computer to do this.I can send messages but that is all.When i go into edit profile,i cant enter codes etc but submit changes buttons etc just dont register being pushed.

Posted by: donna carter at October 6, 2007 3:51 AM

i just want my picture to be as my background

Posted by: maria at October 10, 2007 6:21 PM

Thanks, it worked. Easy. THANX

Posted by: mella at October 15, 2007 9:40 AM

Ok I have no idea what I am doing. I did what you said I see my picture behind my white box How do I get rid of the white so I can see my picture.. Please someone help
Thanks

Posted by: MeSha at October 16, 2007 7:49 AM

hi there,

well i finally figured out who no all that high tech stuff on myspace!!
People think sense im such a redneck, country girl that i can't do a dern thang. All i needed was so simple directions. Im not even blonde, and people are thinkin that im some idiot.lol.
wel just wanted to say thank ya'll for the help and support!!

Posted by: Elizabeth at October 19, 2007 10:04 AM

ok really quick question i have a music profile on myspace and i have no idea how to add a background to it i keap clicking edit profile and it takes me to stuff about my band some 1 help me please

Posted by: lacey at October 26, 2007 10:19 AM

thats cool. but how do you make it as the whole background? i just keep getting small repeats of the photo when i want one whole one as the background. do you know how to do that?? thanks.

Posted by: kristie at October 26, 2007 9:28 PM

Dave,

You MUST help me before I put my head through my monitor. Yes, it's that bad. :)

I had my husband's myspace page PERFECT, and then he played around with it. We have a 17" laptop, so you could see quite a bit of the background. Somehow, he managed to change the size of the profile so it no longer lines up with the masthead and if you have a regular sized monitor, the background simply looks white. You don't see any of the background at all. Confusing, and I'm probably not being particularly articulate.

How on earth do I adjust the body (the white part of that first screenshot that you have up there) size?

Hopefully yours,

Posted by: Leah at October 27, 2007 7:24 PM

how do i put pictures onto myprofile with colorful text under them without me having a friends list on my page? do i open the image in microsoft word and then add the text?

Posted by: aniqua at November 2, 2007 7:07 PM

how do we get a pic/logo on the very top of our page... an examlpe of a band is myspace.com/comfortforchange

WE WOULD REALLY APPRCIATE IT

Posted by: phillip at November 6, 2007 2:10 AM

after putting the code in its still all white in the center of my page

Posted by: lamond at November 13, 2007 11:11 AM

hey, about 3 months ago i used a code to uncenter my profile. and when i went back and deleted it it didnt work, i even went back and deleted EERY single code everywhere on my page but it still didnt work, how can i fix it???

Posted by: kim at November 20, 2007 6:36 AM

I am unable to delete my existing background image.. I have changed the code entirely and have place a new image on there.. I have also cleared my cache, however I unable to keep the old image from loading up. The new one shows up briefly for a few seconds and it defaults to the old background image.

I have tried:
changing the entire code:
I have also simply cleared every code that was in my profile.
Loaded up a brand new code.

Any help you may have, would be greatly appreciated..

Posted by: cestnoir at November 24, 2007 11:06 PM

I would love to be able to use my own pic in my profile backgrown would that be possible like have seem others profile for example the celebrities profile

Posted by: Theresa at November 26, 2007 1:12 PM

How do you make a background for your myspace photos???

Posted by: Tommy at November 30, 2007 2:38 PM

my letters are invisible because they are the same color as the background how do i change the font?

Posted by: christian at December 4, 2007 8:12 PM

i like the way u do for myspace n back ground , can u help me how 2 do it ? plzzz!

Posted by: hungdinh at December 8, 2007 7:10 PM

i just want my boyfriend to be as my background

Posted by: 3l3ydi Ruiz at December 14, 2007 12:36 PM

I have searched everywhere for the answer of how to change all myspace text to have a background and I absolutely can't figure it out. Ugh. Let me know if you can help me!! I definitely need it...you can't ever read half of my page unless you highlight the text...lol.

Posted by: Holly at January 5, 2008 8:02 PM

I am new to myspace and I want to change my layout ... There is an existing one the I tried but now I no longer like it// I have tried to copy and paste new ones in the about me section but alas the old one remain // I have searched for the old background's code but can't find it please help I would like to change it asap
thanks

Posted by: Heather at January 6, 2008 7:36 AM

Hi Dave!! Just wondering how to uncenter my page, I removed all text and started from scratch and it was still centered!! Added to all sections. Nothing is working and it is frankly driving me mad! Please help!

Posted by: ALA at January 10, 2008 12:30 AM

HOW DO U PUT A COLOR LIKE WEN U GO 2 SE MY PICS U CAN SEE A COLOR IN DA BAKROUND..??

Posted by: danny at January 14, 2008 9:24 PM

Posted by: Barry at January 15, 2008 9:37 AM

where do ya put the background code on a myspace music site> bio? Header? there is no about me place on a myspace music site

Posted by: David Kimball at January 20, 2008 9:51 PM

add me an stripe background

Posted by: japarah at January 31, 2008 3:22 PM

i know how to make my own myspace layouts but how do you put a picture in the "Extended Networks" box when your making the layout.

Posted by: michelle at February 3, 2008 2:25 AM

if you go to my space you will see that you have to scroll almost halfway down the page to see my picture... i have no idea how this happened... i have deleted most of my html i have added in and it still wont fix... any ideas?

Posted by: Jacob at February 4, 2008 1:22 PM

how do i delete my space back ground on my space page??

Posted by: Ronald Roker at February 8, 2008 5:03 PM

how do I hide the mutual, new ,online, all,....link to my friends

Posted by: rick at February 14, 2008 3:18 PM

hey,
just wondering how would i shift my image to the left so it can be viewable.
its just that tiny bit off the screen.
help??
cheers

Posted by: Julz at February 16, 2008 6:17 PM

Hi I need some help please! My esboyfriend made my myspace background in pictures of him I a can not seem to remove it. I can change if for a second and then it switches right back to pictures of him as my background. I dont know what else to do please help.

Posted by: desiny ferrell at February 17, 2008 1:15 PM

how do i submit more material about myself for google?

Posted by: mary belle lontz at February 27, 2008 9:16 AM

how do u change the color of you picture album on myspace?

Posted by: courtney at February 29, 2008 5:54 PM

how do i make a border for the white background on the default code??

Posted by: Robert at February 29, 2008 7:18 PM

thank you x10000000000000000 for this. it was easy to read and a great help

Posted by: juno at March 15, 2008 1:53 PM

i love it ,it teaches you alot....

Posted by: azia auguste at March 19, 2008 12:59 PM

Accidentally lost my code.works great thanks.Is you don't know how to add this code, you need to stop smoking the herb or do not use myspace.

Posted by: me at March 25, 2008 7:26 PM

This has come up before, but I can't find a way to change backround on Artist's accounts. Help plaese Dave!

Harper Ash

Posted by: ashley at April 2, 2008 12:28 PM

This question has come up before, bbut I was wondering;

I'm trying to start up a myspace artist/musician page for my friends. I have the code that I want, it's a background that I can use for normal myspace, but... the muso myspace has no about me section. I've tried to input the code into the bio and members sections but nothing works... it changes the background colour but I don't get the graphic.

Is there a different/special way of inputting a layout for myspace music pages????

Hope you can help, cheers in advance!

Posted by: cassie at April 3, 2008 9:48 PM

hi again
problem solved!
used the image upload code from photobucket instaed and it worked fine
bye for now
chris

Posted by: chris anderson at April 5, 2008 12:05 PM

OMG I WANT A PLAINE WHITE FRONT BUT MY BACKGROUND TO BIG J'S LIKE JORDANS THE SHOS AND ITS LIKE DAT BUT ITS TO BIGG

Posted by: MIKIYA at April 7, 2008 7:49 PM

Hey DAVE!

I have a music profile and I want my background image/logo to be the first thing you see when you come to my page. So is there a way to extend my vertical scroll bar to where you would have to scroll down to see the actual profile. For an example look at this profile www.myspace.com/julyalive

Posted by: Dave F at April 12, 2008 10:40 AM

On my myspace profile all the text has just suddenly dissapeared and i dont no why!!Ive gone to edit profile and all the info is still there,its just not transferring to my actual page???

Posted by: Kim Withington at April 13, 2008 12:57 PM

Is there a different/special way of inputting a layout for myspace music pages????

Posted by: roy at April 21, 2008 4:29 PM

i need help tp uncenter my page

Posted by: Quan at April 23, 2008 9:00 PM

IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE LAYOUT OF YOUR MUSIC/ARTIST ACCOUNT YOU HAVE TO PASTE THE CODES IN THE BIO SECTION. IT WORKS ONLY IF YOU LEAVE NO SPACE UNDER THE TEXT IN THE BOX, SO MAKE SURE THE CODE ENDS IN THE VERY BOTTOM ROW.

Posted by: Maaton at April 28, 2008 5:40 PM

my background appears as I want it to in the preview, however disappears and turns to a white background when I go back to looking at the published page.
Do you know why this is happening?

Posted by: ben Woolley at May 1, 2008 2:02 PM

my background appears as I want it to in the preview, however disappears and turns to a white background when I go back to looking at the published page.
Do you know why this is happening?

Posted by: ben at May 1, 2008 2:11 PM

same problem over here

Posted by: lori at May 14, 2008 5:18 PM

Hey Dave I wanted to center the white part of the background but I also wanted the picture to show around the white part how can I tweak it so that my picture will show?

Posted by: Devin at May 24, 2008 8:43 PM

Hey, Id love to know how to push everything down a bit on my myspace page so you can see the background clearly, then scroll down and see the advertisement and rest of the profile?

Paul
www.myspace.com/redstainedmemories
chokehold@tmail.com

Posted by: Paul at May 26, 2008 4:29 PM

how do i put a peace symbol on myspace name

Posted by: Valerie at June 4, 2008 2:10 PM

how do i get my myspace pic as my background

Posted by: toraya at June 7, 2008 10:51 AM

I have followed all your instructions step by step,, and when I go to my myspace site,,,nothing has changed,, its still a white background,,,I have tried everything,,my head hurts,, whats going wrong please help me,,

Dave

Posted by: dave birds at June 9, 2008 4:31 AM

wow. this really helped me out a lot. i've been looking for this code like crazy. this site is the best one out there.

Posted by: Sandy at June 21, 2008 10:31 PM

yeah i was just wandering how in the world can i change a myspace bakground? if so plz tell me

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