How do I change the background color of my MySpace profile page?

This might be a basic question for you, Dave, but I've looked and looked and just don't see how I can change the background color of my MySpace profile page. But I've seen some people do it with pretty cool results. What's the secret?

Dave's Answer:

I spent a ton of time digging around with different solutions trying to figure out exactly how to do this, actually, and found lots of solutions that seem to involve you having some other site's graphic or link on your profile page, but that's not how I want people to see my profile and I figure it's not what you're looking for either, so I had to push a lot of bits around to get it all working!

Here's the good news! If you just want to change the background color of your page from white to something else, all you have to do is pick a color you want to use (you can start with the color picker from my Creating Cool Web Sites book: HTML Color Picker). Figure out the color you want to use then write down its "hex" number.

Then go into your MySpace profile and get to the "About Me" input box, which you can find Profile Edit --> Interests & Personality, and paste in the following exactly as shown:

In this case, it'll give you a rather funky magenta. Easily done, right? Just make sure you don't include the "#" that ordinarily would be part of a CSS color specification.

Here's how my own profile page looks when I use this background color:

It turns out that MySpace uses tables within tables within tables for lots of its design and layout, actually, so if you want to have the background color "bleed through" some of the core content (which is much more interesting when you have a background picture, but that's something I'm still writing up) then you have to do a lot more fancy footwork with the CSS to get it to work.

Instead, let me show you something easy to add that can make your page considerably more visually attractive without making your head spin. To do this, we're going to add a border specification. First off, the result:

Cool, eh? Now, I did that by simply adding the following line in the CSS specification:

Turns out there are a lot of different ways to specify a border in the CSS language, but I'll just note that this is a twenty-pixel solid orange border that we're requesting as the outer "frame" of the MySpace profile window, as you can see. If you really want to dig into it, check out W3.org's CSS Border Specification. Quite geeky, but if you skim it, you'll see some of the values you can specify.

Hope that helps you out! Stay tuned for more articles about customizing your MySpace Profile too.

Finally, if you'd like to connect with me via MySpace, that'd be great! My MySpace Page. Also, since you are just learning about MySpace, you might well be interested in my MySpace Help area too.

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Reader Comments To Date: 185

courtney said, on August 29, 2006 1:17 AM:

How do I change my font on my myspace profile.. like I like everything except the font.

Eric said, on September 20, 2006 5:04 PM:

how do i find out exactly who is looking at my myspace?

D-baby said, on December 1, 2006 9:55 AM:

I myspace backgrounds before, but for some reason now when I try to make a new one, it goes behind the default background (white with the blue boxes) instead of on the whole page. How can I fix this?

samantha said, on January 6, 2007 12:18 AM:

hey, i used the code, but i would like to change the backgroung color on my comments. the orange clashes with my colors. how do i change it?

Heather said, on January 16, 2007 3:21 PM:

ahhh, thank you soo much, i lovee the border code!

gabbi said, on January 21, 2007 4:52 PM:

how do i get the backgrounds for my myspace

alisha said, on February 4, 2007 10:31 PM:

I LOVE YOU!!!!! soooooo much!!!!!!!
i have been trying to figure out how to do this all night

i make my own layouts and stuff but for some reason i couldnt figure out how to do this simple of a task!!!!!!!!!

yayayayayay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bob said, on February 13, 2007 8:19 AM:

I have plugged this

body {
background-color: a3014d;
}

into the about me space and get nothing!!!

Very frustating.

Thanks,

Bob

Carolina said, on February 14, 2007 3:09 AM:

Hi,
If you look on my link, i am happy with everything except for one thing. How do change the background colour of where the actual writing is written. Please help!!. If you see, it is white and I wish to change it to black

em said, on February 20, 2007 4:33 AM:

hey the colur of my comments dosnt show up very well and is confusing on my backround, how can i change just the colour of the comments people post without changing the other fonts?

kaykay said, on February 20, 2007 4:40 PM:

i want to know how you do i change the color of my myspace page to black

jannil mark p. damole said, on February 22, 2007 4:59 AM:

hello...it so nice

drinky said, on March 25, 2007 4:30 AM:

i know its a simple question but i want to change my font colour of my myspace page to orange but have no idea how, any tips for me?

Sami said, on March 31, 2007 7:37 AM:

i was just wondering...
i would like to change the background of my comment bit of the page to purple.
how do i do this?
xxx

Yas said, on April 19, 2007 11:47 AM:

Hi I am trying to change the background I have the code but when I go to edit profite I dont see any place to paste the codes. It just says Interest/personality music/books/ heroes. Where do I paste this html code. Please help

Thnak You

mearc said, on April 25, 2007 8:11 AM:

Thanks very much, can I add to it that I was a bit confused coz I was on the music section, but I found inserting that into the 'bio' section before anything else seemed to work - thanks very much

Katie said, on April 25, 2007 9:03 AM:

HOW DO I PUT A BACKGROUND DESIGN THAT I CREATED ON MY "MY SPACE" PAGE? TRYING TO FIND SITE FOR CODES OR SOMETHING AND FOUND NOTHING...HELP!!!

DEBBIE said, on April 26, 2007 6:51 AM:

HELLO I WANT TO KNOW HOW I CAN CHANGE THE COLOR IN MY TEXT BOXES U KNOW THE ONES THAT HAVE THE WORDS IN THEM ... SO HOW DO I CHANGE THE COLOR TO THE TEXT BOXES BUT LEAVE THE BACKROUND THE SAME ?

adrian said, on April 30, 2007 9:57 PM:

Oh my gosh, you're the absolute best!! I have been looking for this code 4-ever... most pages demostrate how to change the color of your whole page, I was looking for only the grey section and I found it!! Yay, you rock.

Veronica said, on May 1, 2007 9:17 PM:

Hi,

How do I change the middle part of myspace profile to black colour?

And how do I change the colour of the text in the middle part (i.e. profile area)?

Liz said, on May 4, 2007 2:07 PM:

I am helping my bf change his profile. He wants one word in his about me section to be a different color. How do I do that?

Thanks

laura said, on May 6, 2007 1:45 AM:

how do yuo change the background of your comments. the orange doesnt look good?

Kudratilla said, on May 10, 2007 5:17 AM:

Hej!
I have the same question as others. I and We need to change the middle background color. F.ex. Look at Dave's profile, you see that his background is kind of red or whatever, but the middle part where his pic and about him are entirely white. so i need to change that part. I even tried layouts, but they only change the background picture and nothing more.
Thanx in advance!

Michelle said, on May 16, 2007 9:31 AM:

hi sorry if you have been asked this before, but how do i change the colour of the text in the 'Interests' table (preferably to a baby pink colour) because mine is unreadable and i love my background and dont want to change it

please help xxx

JuLane said, on May 16, 2007 4:58 PM:

how do i put a background image but just have it on the sides like a 100px border?

Alexia said, on May 18, 2007 11:36 AM:

how do i get rid of the blue box that says hero's etc??
i dont want it there at all

kate said, on May 19, 2007 8:02 AM:

how do i remove the "about me" heading and the "who id like to meet" headings?

kristy said, on May 28, 2007 12:24 PM:

Hello :]

So, I have already hid my entire interest table && I'm trying to do an overlay so I can put more things where it used to be. I'm sick of having a huge blank space where it used to be. I tried an overlay && instead of it hiding the blank space it stays towards the right. I checked the alignments && everything is correct. Is there a way I can just change the colour of the entire interest table to white instead of blue?

Help?

MIchael said, on May 31, 2007 3:24 AM:

Hey

i really enjoy your help but i have one that i dont think you have covered im not sure...
How do i use a url image and put it as the background to my intrests section?

In other words... to get rid of that blue and use a personal image off photobucket... it is the last thing needed to make my profile just right

thanks

mee said, on June 1, 2007 5:12 AM:

how do i change the backround of my whole interests table for myspace?

Megg said, on June 2, 2007 11:34 AM:

How i do change my interests box to white instead of blue. It doesn't go with my profile

Nicole said, on June 5, 2007 11:01 AM:

ok i've been trying to get rid of those stupid spaces in my layout...i learned how to change the blue interest tables and the orange comment tables to the color i want but i can't get rid of the space on the left side of my profile...i want it to be one solid table instead of multiple small ones...can you help me?

jenna said, on June 8, 2007 3:33 PM:

I deleted the section headings such as about me, interests, etc... but now there is a big space left where they used to be and i dont like that. So when i put something in that section and view my page there is a big blank space and then my image. How do i get rid of that big blank space?

manuel said, on June 13, 2007 12:12 PM:

yea i want 2 change the writing on the comments they post on ma pg is it possible that their a code!

JACK said, on June 26, 2007 5:42 PM:

HI CAN YOU TELL ME HOW I CAN CHANGE THE COLOURE OF MY WRITEING ON MYSPACE PLEASE

Dave said, on June 27, 2007 12:50 PM:

Hi, is it possib;e to change the colour of one table only? I'd like to have the colour of the "About me" table a different colour to the rest.

Thanks,

Gem said, on June 28, 2007 10:48 AM:

How do i put the image for my background behind the boxes?

kirsty said, on July 1, 2007 10:50 AM:

how do i change the colour of the txt

Gen said, on July 5, 2007 8:41 PM:

i put this code

body {
background-color: a3014d;
}

and it changed the sides of my page but not the buttom of it

John said, on July 7, 2007 1:45 AM:

i put in the first code and it worked but it didn't change the buttom part its still grey

Raymond said, on July 8, 2007 8:14 AM:

how do i change the background of the comments? it was fine until i deleted the code to hide my top friends.
thanks

anna said, on July 10, 2007 9:54 AM:

hola
can you please show me how to change the background color of my comments?
idk what tom was thinking but those oranges are weird together

lauren said, on July 12, 2007 7:08 AM:

the text about me and who id like to meet

and 'name blurbs' is orange how do i change that?

hannah said, on July 13, 2007 4:50 AM:

hello how do i keep the inside part of my myspace white and make the rest my own backround? like... where all the information about me and everything is have that all on thick white stip going down the page then on either sides of it have my my own backround

heva said, on July 17, 2007 11:22 PM:

how do i change the colour of text in my profile like the comments that people send me?????

tom said, on July 23, 2007 7:37 AM:

how do i change the background colour to a image on myspace

Leah said, on July 24, 2007 5:58 AM:

Hey, I just wanted to know how to change the background colour of my comments.
The orange stands out too much and i just want it to be white, but i have no idea how to do it.

katie said, on July 25, 2007 4:35 PM:

i have a plain background just as i wanted but does anyone know the code to add a pattern one instead like a picture or something??

thankies

shernie said, on August 7, 2007 6:08 AM:

how do i make the comments that i recieve white writting.
because i have ablack background?
xx

diana said, on August 7, 2007 11:31 AM:

Hey I want to know where do I go to change color where it says Add/Edit Photos.
To change color in the Pics instead of just being White the space.

jamie said, on August 8, 2007 1:30 PM:

hey, i was wondering if you knew the code to make my "interest section" background white instead of the blue color, if you know it i would REALLY appreciate that..

garry! said, on August 9, 2007 8:20 PM:

How do you change the "about me" colour section, like instaed of the origonal font?
thanks Matte!

kelly said, on August 10, 2007 5:53 PM:

how do i change the writting above my default picture

pio said, on August 12, 2007 12:36 PM:

hello how can i put a banner in my profile right were all the advertisements come out so it can be my own and it covers that place up?

Ashleigh said, on August 13, 2007 10:38 AM:

I'm trying to change the colour of themiddle bit of my profile (the bit where the writing is) and also i'm wondering how you change the titles (eg. 'About Me', 'Interests' etc..).

Any help would be extremely appreciated!

bear, said, on August 15, 2007 7:25 AM:

can i change the colour of the words 'about me'?
or at least get rid of just the words but not the section?
xx

ashley said, on August 17, 2007 11:18 PM:

i seen that people have there background different colors on there picture pages and i was wondering how you do that

nmbxcvcd said, on September 7, 2007 10:13 PM:

hey
how do i make my background ALL ONE COLOUR???

Kim said, on September 13, 2007 4:47 PM:

how do i have an image behind the backround besides the color??

britney said, on September 15, 2007 8:08 PM:

HOw do you change the background color of your comments? they are usually orange.

natalie said, on September 23, 2007 5:47 AM:

How do i change my profile picture i chose the wrong one and now i cnt change it

Jasmine. said, on September 24, 2007 4:59 PM:

Um. I love my layout... but I'm getting tired of the background. I'd like to change the background with a different one... I just don't want to change EVERYTHING about it... do you know how this is possible?

Jasmine. said, on September 24, 2007 5:25 PM:

Um. I love my layout... but I'm getting tired of the background. I'd like to change the background with a different one... I just don't want to change EVERYTHING about it... do you know how this is possible?

rowina said, on September 30, 2007 9:41 PM:

hey dave,
u no for the background colour behind the profile?
well how do i put my own colour in coz whenever i do it, it comes up with ur colour!
please help
very frustrating!
thanks

Nadia said, on October 5, 2007 5:45 PM:

I know how to find color codes, but I can't figure a way to change the background color of the entire page, not just the sides, and change the color of the font.

What i would like is to have a very simple site where the background is black and all the type is white and the boxes are white.

Do you have a code for that?

jadey said, on October 7, 2007 1:52 PM:

could you please tell me how to change the color of my interest box from blue to white please. x.x.x

Skews Me said, on October 26, 2007 5:12 PM:

Apparently, the hex code for background-color not only needs to lack a preceding pound (#) sign but needs to be in lower-case as well.

dennis said, on October 30, 2007 6:57 PM:

man how can i put my picture as my back ground

Emily said, on October 31, 2007 7:15 PM:

I can't rid myself of the blue heroes box. It has no taxt in it, but it's on the page. I have to keep text in it cause it has codes in it for other parts of my profile! Help!

alex said, on November 3, 2007 8:27 AM:

could you please tell me how to change the color of my interest and heroes box from blue to white please.

kylie said, on November 11, 2007 7:16 PM:

how do i put in a picture instead of a color?

Anika said, on November 22, 2007 12:44 PM:

Is there a way to change the background color for the Interests (music, movies, television, etc.) section on myspace?

kendra said, on November 30, 2007 5:16 AM:

hey
i noticed theres another couple similar comments, but i couldnt find a tutorial or anything so i figured i might ask, if thats ok.
can i, if so how, do i change the colour of my interests box? tried addiing my background image code but it applied to the rest of my page instead
idk if it makes a difference but im using div layers to cover up blog + friends etc
thnx
x

Molly said, on November 30, 2007 8:57 PM:

How do I decorate my "private" profile page? You know when you click on someones page and it's private, but the background still has a pretty layout/background?

linda said, on December 1, 2007 1:41 AM:

how do i change the blue interest tables and the orange comment tables to the color i want, which is just plain white?

Sarah said, on December 1, 2007 8:50 PM:

how do i get rid of my interests box all together?? i put the in every box but they still appear in my profile... how do i make them go away???

Lori said, on December 6, 2007 5:18 PM:

I have delete ALL code from my profile, all my comments and I still can't get rid of gray background. it is making me nuts.

Tammy said, on December 11, 2007 7:56 PM:

I have also deleted ALL codes from my profile and I can't get rid of the purple background. I can't get it to change to anything. Can you help me?

Neen said, on December 16, 2007 11:28 PM:

hi,
i was wondering how to keep my default myspace but i want to change the back ground image.
so keep it default...?

thank you,

Libby said, on January 15, 2008 9:58 PM:

Hey..
You know how you can set your myspace to private? Well I was wondering how I can change the background of that page.
alsoo..
how do I do it on my pictures page?
i have seen it done before but i dunno how to!
HELP!

Bria said, on January 22, 2008 6:07 PM:

hi im trying to change my intrests box colors and text i want the box white and the text black because it's clashing with the other colors on my page can you please help!!!??

stevie said, on January 30, 2008 10:17 PM:

well i didnt no how to do it coz u dont have the colors i woant so thnx Kinda.... i GUESS!

ashley said, on February 2, 2008 9:11 PM:

Thank you so much! I've been trying to figure out how to do this for a while now. I do have a question though. When I used the code it worked but left a bar of grey on the bottom of my page.

angel said, on February 3, 2008 1:31 PM:

i want to know how to put your picture as the background of your tables on your myspace profile

Ronald Roker said, on February 8, 2008 5:10 PM:

i wanna delete my colourful back ground picture wht i gat up on my space pagewww.myspace.com/bahamasboyz and put up sumthing plain like black!!!

Jake said, on February 21, 2008 12:04 PM:

There Is Absaloutly Nothing In Any Of The Boxes In The Edit Profile Screen But Yet No Colour At All Is Showing On My Page

HELP PLEASE!
x

Barbara Giarratano said, on February 23, 2008 2:31 PM:

My background on my myspace is white. I tried java, flash player, internet options and nothing is working.
Please help me so I can have my back ground back.

Deann said, on February 27, 2008 9:05 PM:

How Do I set my private blocked myspace page with the theme picture thats in it... For example I have the "He loves me He loves me not black & pink layout and I want that Black background and flower showing when I block my page?

Kaitlin said, on March 9, 2008 4:54 PM:

Hey i found a backgroud i LOVE

but i need to change the color of the words

and i found codes and they dont work!

the black is hard to read

and im trying to change it white

but the codes arent working

do you know anything to help me?

Thanks :)

Kaitlin

trace said, on March 15, 2008 11:07 PM:

i have an artist page and i dont know were to put the code.. please anyone that knows tell me!!!!

maryy said, on March 21, 2008 9:38 AM:

how do i change the inside background color ?

Laura said, on March 25, 2008 3:44 PM:

I have my page set to Priave but I want to put a color or even my backround when people go to my page that are not my friends hope you can help
Thank You

Jeff Thomas said, on March 26, 2008 11:57 AM:

Good morning! I'm having difficulty removing the black background of the boxes on myspace, I have a cool pic of me holding a beer cup at a Yankees game for my background but most of it you cannot see because the boxes for my information is blackend behind it, any ideas on how to take the black background off of those boxes so all you really see is the actuall info? Thanks!!

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=210789541

Jeny said, on March 27, 2008 12:16 PM:

im trying to change my myspace layout,,but the background that i have keeps coming up and i cant get rid of it

CHASETY said, on March 29, 2008 9:14 PM:

IM TRYING TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE SEE MY PRIVATE PAGE SIGN ON MYSPACE...IVE SEEN PEOPLE DO IT BUT I DONT KNOW HOW THEY DO IT!

sophh said, on April 3, 2008 8:52 AM:

how do i change the colour of the background in the middle section of my profile which is white? "/

Sharon said, on April 4, 2008 2:45 AM:

Ok..see the orange square at the top of the page? That is my background and yes, at the moment it is set to top center..it is either that or in the center or repeat..How do I get the whole picture as my background..not repeating, not in a corner and not on the edge. Thank you

ana said, on April 7, 2008 5:07 PM:

hey how can i change the color of my links?

Aoife Doyle said, on April 9, 2008 3:52 PM:

Hey, I use a mac and I dunno if it has anything to do with this but everytime I put a code in for my background and go onto my profile the background shows up for 1 second and then the default one pops back on. Y is this and how do I get rid of it ?

p said, on April 9, 2008 8:42 PM:

MM, I was wondering
How do i delete the contact table but still
have parts of the thing in.
Like the add me part?
Because I seen a lot of people doing it,
I just can't seem to find the code for it.

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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