How do I get hearts in my MySpace profile name?I've seen all these other users that have cool little symbols in their MySpace names and am jealous. How the heck can I add hearts or other symbols to my profile name? MySpace keeps tweaking with its backend (which is why the replace your name with a graphic trick no longer works) but as of this writing, you can indeed slip what are called HTML character entities into your MySpace profile name. Better yet, there are a ton of 'em to choose from, including ♥ for the ♥, ♦ for ♦, ♣ for ♣ and ♠ for ♠. You can have a full house or four of a kind! A♥ A♦, A♣ A♠ Fun, eh? There are other symbols that are a bit more business-like that you can use, including © for © too. There's also the entire Greek alphabet including my favorite character, ω &omega and even the capital version of it too: Ω Ω (silly me, I didn't even know that Greek had capitalized letters). Don't like Greek? How about the Icelandic thorn symbol? þ produces þ. Or perhaps you need the German szelig ligature: ß which produces ß. I could play this game all day, but instead, let me point you to a complete chart of all character entities defined in the latest HTML specification: HTML Character Entities. To actually use it, you need to choose "Edit Profile" then choose "Name", which gets you here:  Adding one or more of these symbols is as easy as typing them in properly as part of your name field. For example, if I wanted to be far, far cuter than I could actually stomach, I could use:  which produces the following:  Sorry, that's definitely not my speed, but perhaps one or more of those fun character entities can help you jazz up your own profile name, and good luck to you! 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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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. Hello there, I'm a long time reader, first time commenter. (I hate it when people say that on the radio and wanted to see how it "sounds" in text. Still awful.) I used MySpace to acquire my current babysitter. I did was a local search, sent some messages, called some parents and explained that my only psychosis was having two girls under two years old and working from home simultaneously. They were all great, and very happy that I called them. The fact that you are willing to help people with MySpace is great. It shows that you understand not only importance of "social media", but the fact that people who earn their living online have to understand what's current. If we don't, we may not be able to catch up when it morphs into something different and altogether more complex. So, thanks again...just for being you. Posted by: Jennifer G at August 25, 2006 8:50 AMhow do i put a smile as my name not a :-) but a and actual circle Posted by: alexis at February 27, 2007 1:55 PMThank you so much. I am tryin to learn all of this. I appreicate you sharing this with all who want to learn. I always come to your page. No ones Html code sites work. Thank you!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: KYLIE at March 9, 2007 7:59 AMThanks Dave! I was manually putting hearts in & they kept turning into ?s LOL Neat trick, ty for sharing. Posted by: Jeepster at March 30, 2007 3:53 PMok ok so i got the hearts but what are some COOL symbols and how do u get all the colors in the text. HELP please. Posted by: Emily Kaufman at April 7, 2007 6:38 PMhow do you get spaces in between your writing? what i am talking about is the space between this line and this line Timmy, you need to inject <br> sequences into your writing: each will give you a "line break": string two together, like this <br><br> and you'll get a blank line. Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 13, 2007 1:19 AMHow do I put the TM sign next to my name on my myspace. Do you have to put a code? Posted by: Amanda at April 14, 2007 12:35 PMi would like to put star symbols on the sides of my name on myspace and unable to locate the html code for this symbol. is there one? if so please direct me to the site or give me the code. thank you so much. Posted by: Joanne at April 17, 2007 1:57 PMhey, like joanne i woud love to put star symbols on my new-look profile and can find every html code for every symbol EXCEPT stars...im dying to know...please help! thanks. amy Posted by: Amy at April 20, 2007 12:53 PMI tried putying the spades on my profile name!And it WORKS!!!YAY! OmG Thank you so much you saved me so much time!! XoCarolineoX Posted by: Caroline at April 25, 2007 12:00 AMHow do I put the TM sign next to my name on my myspace. Do you have to put a code? Posted by: diana at April 29, 2007 12:48 PMdave, do you have a MySpace? Posted by: rene at May 22, 2007 12:22 AMI do, Rene. It's http://www.myspace.com/d1taylor Posted by: Dave Taylor at May 22, 2007 9:34 AMhey how do u get the lil &hearts to work Posted by: sam at May 27, 2007 7:05 PMIs there a way to get a REALLY long myspace name. because i want to type in a lyric to a song as my myspace name but it's too long. Posted by: Tiye at May 31, 2007 7:42 PM★ <-- is there any code for this star? Posted by: biggie! at June 1, 2007 5:46 PMhey yeah i would love to have stars and smiley faces...how do i do it...i would also love to have other really cool stuff in my profile...how do i do that also Posted by: kasey at June 3, 2007 8:24 AM♥♥!!!thanks so much guys!!!♥♥ Posted by: sara at June 9, 2007 11:51 AMhey Dave thanks so much. I have been feeling down right stupid but I am seeing that other people are asking the same kind of questions. I really GOT LUCKY when I googled the question and found you!!!!! I have been wanting to scroll my name in my display name it looks like its not possible due to 50 charc. Atleast I want beat my head. Posted by: Vicki at July 11, 2007 12:42 PMHOw do i get the tm in my display name for myspace Posted by: MICHELLE at July 20, 2007 1:07 AMHey on my myspace i anted to get stars on the sides of my name but when i have them they lays turn into question marks!! Do you have the code for the star(s)? How do I put the TM sign next to my name on my myspace? Posted by: Katie at August 15, 2007 9:54 PMThis site helped me with the hearts .Its great thanx! Posted by: KiKi at August 16, 2007 1:28 PMHOW CAN I MAKE FALLING HEARTS SYMBOLS NEXT TO MY NAME??? Posted by: GABY at August 16, 2007 3:23 PM★ <-- is there any code for this star? Posted by: leon at August 20, 2007 10:03 PMhow do I put a star on my display name I looked for it all over the place and is the only one I can't find! please help me!! Posted by: Karla at August 23, 2007 7:15 PMi currently have the "hearts" symbol on my display name but i really want the "star"...how do i do it? please help!! Posted by: juliana at August 26, 2007 6:09 PMhey i know how 2 do da hearts n otha things but how do u do stars Posted by: alicia at August 27, 2007 7:07 PMok i have come across the codes for the stars, but they aren't working. i've noticed on other sites that there are number codes and word codes. the problem is i know the number code to the star symbol (have no idea if there are word codes.) and number codes aren't working on my profile. please help me =] Posted by: melissa at August 29, 2007 1:22 AMI would like to have 2 hearts at the end of my name on my myspace and I would like to know how to get it if you could I thank you for it.
Hi, I know how to do the hearts clubs spades and diams. but I am interrested in the star and smileys. Any other that is cool. I really want a star next to my name how do i do it?? can u please help me..? Posted by: Grace at September 7, 2007 5:37 PMHow do I get freaking smily faces??? Posted by: Amy at September 8, 2007 8:12 AMayy how u put da stars on ur myspace name? Posted by: Yani at September 10, 2007 1:38 PMI have been searching like crazy for the special character code to make a smiley face at the end of my name. How do I make a smiley? Please! i wanted the star symbol by my name 4ever and couldnt find a code that worked. but then i saw sumone that had the star and copied and pasted into my name and it worked. so anyone looking for the star code can try this???? Posted by: janella at September 18, 2007 3:51 PMI copied that star also in the above post, & it worked.. So just try to copy & paste above! Posted by: Leaann at September 19, 2007 8:36 AMi have heard about a lighting bolt special character do u know what the codes is for it Posted by: Johnny at September 23, 2007 1:01 PMHow do I get the TM sign on my myspace next to my name? And how do I get spaces on my headline ya know where my name goes? if you u could please w/b ty Posted by: Christina at September 25, 2007 5:07 PMhow do you get spaces in between your writing? what i am talking about is the space between this line and this line linds, try adding <br> sequences: one is the end of line, two is a blank line. Drop 'em anywhere in your text and experiment. Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 5, 2007 8:54 PMgrrr for the Hey does anyone know how to put a music note in your name on myspace...I have a heart and star but i want a music note...I've tried everything! Posted by: Melissa at October 14, 2007 10:20 PMmelissa...there isnt a such thing as a music note in your display name. Posted by: devoni at October 19, 2007 10:36 AMThat's not true...here are the codes for music notes: Quarter note: ♩ Keep changing the last number all the way to 8 for different music notes. Posted by: tammi at October 21, 2007 7:04 AMSorry, it changed them to the symbols instead of showing you the code. Here is the code, just put the "&" at the front and ";" at the end with no spaces or quotes: #9833 through #9839 Posted by: tammi at October 21, 2007 7:08 AMHello. I am the mother of a 12 year old who has her own space. She has been on and off for a few years now. Off, mostly because she is not of age. Some how she has managed to into her space and have a time telling all sorts of lies about herself as to appear as an adult female who is sexually active and all sorts of crazy things a 9,10,11,12 year old would ever know of from parents or friends, hopefully. I try to trust her, give her her space, tell her she is not age appropreat. cann anyone help? Posted by: Leslie Hollowell at October 22, 2007 7:13 PMumm i was wondering how the music note things are like written if they were &quarternote; and &eightnote; or what Posted by: Katie Keels at October 22, 2007 7:26 PMhow can i put the TM thing next to my name on myspace?..and i was wondering if there are any other code you can give me that i can try new symbols on my profile. Posted by: veronica at October 23, 2007 10:55 AMThanks... i was wanting to know the same dang thing and ive been using myspace for over a year... your the greatest Posted by: Carly at October 23, 2007 7:59 PMVeronica.... tm sign is & + trade+ ; Posted by: valeriee at October 25, 2007 3:30 PMhey dave have you got a lightning bolt HTML? Posted by: frank at October 29, 2007 1:48 PMhiya dave, how do i put crossed fingers on msn?? i dun know tha code 4 it thanx jos xxx Posted by: josie at October 30, 2007 2:56 PMhey whatz up now that i know how to put the hearts but my display name is too long:{ is there any way i can make it to where i can put my full display name and still put the symbols on there too? Posted by: : ♥la rissa: ♥ at October 30, 2007 10:03 PMthe music notes don't work for me when i try to use them on my myspace name. Posted by: Tyger at November 3, 2007 9:30 PMi just wanted to know how do i get the hearts n ect.because everthing i looked up is not working Posted by: marcellino at November 5, 2007 3:51 PMhow do u do tha music note thing??????? Posted by: lala at November 7, 2007 3:54 PM♪ y didnt it work? Posted by: sam at November 11, 2007 7:21 AMI WANT TO HAVE MY NAME FALLING DOWN ON MY MYSPACE PAGE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET IT Posted by: LASHONDA at November 20, 2007 10:24 AMhow do you get the barcode symbol in your name? Posted by: izzy at November 22, 2007 1:14 PMhow do you make a smiley face code and hearts Posted by: breanna at November 24, 2007 1:29 AMis there a code for a music note? Posted by: moi at November 25, 2007 7:09 PMhow do i get the stars? cuz i dk wat u mean copy/paste please please help!! Posted by: bridgit at November 29, 2007 12:05 PMhow do you make your myspace profile name really big?? Posted by: Lauren at November 30, 2007 3:42 AMhow dow i get a star in front of my myspace name?? Posted by: pimp-lastic at December 4, 2007 5:35 PMI need help with music notes in my profile name. Posted by: rebecca at December 5, 2007 3:02 PMcould you also help me with stars? thanks so much :) Posted by: rebecca at December 5, 2007 3:09 PMHow can you put the tm in your profile name. the awnser to your questions are copy and paste.. Posted by: ♦Dominique♦ at December 7, 2007 11:40 PMhow do you get a smiley face on your profile name huh??? Posted by: celeste at December 8, 2007 11:57 PMHOW DO U GET THOSE STARz ON UR MYSPACE PORFILE NAME? HELP PLEASE Posted by: tee kase at December 12, 2007 6:12 PMI only have two things I want/need to know. & The other thing I want to know id how to... That is all I need to know!<3 Posted by: Chelsea at December 13, 2007 3:12 PMHow do i put the TM sign on my myspace page???? Posted by: Allen at December 13, 2007 7:09 PMjust copy and paste this ★ if you want to use it in your name. It didn't work the first time for me but I tried it a few times and it finally took! Good Luck~ Posted by: Sarah at December 14, 2007 11:36 PMI know how to do everything except the star, and i did try copying and pasteing it the first few times but it just wont work, plz can i have the code? ☆ heyy anyone you kno how you see hearts and stars and music notes and other things on this page........ if you right click and paste it into your name and press save it will work in your name Posted by: vballchick at December 22, 2007 3:23 PMhow do i get a star i have a star code and i cannot get it to work. Pleasse i need the right code for this. thanks. Posted by: Holly at December 27, 2007 5:19 PMummmm does anyone know a site to get like all the codes for these symbols?? how do you make those hearts next to your name? how do make a star .... plz i need help Posted by: nina at December 30, 2007 4:09 PMhey thanks for the help, i already have had my myspace a long tiime but actually the comments helped mee to get the star. How do ii u do the STAR SYMBOL..ii loOked eVerywhere and can't fiNd it... Posted by: Melysa at December 31, 2007 4:26 PMHey, you just copy the stars,from one of the ones posted above. Posted by: Lisa at January 2, 2008 1:39 AMhow do i make stars? Posted by: lupita at January 3, 2008 5:29 PMhow do i put skulls on my name Posted by: mousie at January 4, 2008 6:41 PMhow do u get the little TM on ur name? plez help lol Posted by: liz at January 5, 2008 8:28 PMღ <-- heres another cute one! Posted by: Lees at January 5, 2008 10:32 PMIs there any way I can get a Treble Clef symbol? :D Posted by: Maybelle at January 6, 2008 12:41 AM♫ --- music note Posted by: Shawna at January 6, 2008 10:24 AMHey there :-). I was wondering if u can help me figure out how to make a smiley ( This one =) Equal sign slanted slightly upward) and how to change the color of my font? Thank you for your time and I sure hope u can help me figure it out. Thanks. Posted by: Michelle at January 17, 2008 5:01 PMhey I have seen names with bubble type things does anyone know how to do those??? Posted by: Crystal at January 23, 2008 6:16 PM•°o. Like this... How do I get these? Posted by: Crystal at January 23, 2008 6:32 PMhey..i doo copy paste the star and it works!! but afterra couple days or so it turns into this weirdd codee wat can i to stop doin that? Posted by: monica at January 27, 2008 5:35 AMdoes any one know the actual codes for these? it would be helpful! I WISH I WOULD OF KNOWN THIS LONG AGO... ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET A SYMBOL INTO YOUR MYSPACE NAME IS TO COPY & PASTE IT! HERE IS A COOL SITE I FOUND WITH TONS OF SYMBOLS: How do you get a dog paw symbol so i can put it on my display Name. Posted by: Lucy at February 5, 2008 9:07 AMhow do i change the colorz or font wen i write sum-1 Posted by: margaret at February 5, 2008 9:39 PMhow can i put skulls and crossbones next to my name on myspace?? thanks for your help. Posted by: sabrina at February 6, 2008 9:17 PMHow do i get the "tm" symbol beside my display name on my myspace page? Posted by: Megan at February 12, 2008 4:48 PMdo you know the symbols for a star...like for any kind of stars.. Posted by: Phimalai at February 12, 2008 7:28 PMis there a code for a star? or a sun? Posted by: hannah at February 20, 2008 2:47 PMWHAT IS THE CODE FOR A STAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAVE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Rache; at February 21, 2008 3:41 PMhow do i get TM next my display name? www.bigbaer.com/sidebars/entities for some very rare and cool entities. cheers. Posted by: flash at February 26, 2008 7:49 AMI have no clue what the cods are for the symbol thingy's on my myspace does any one know it would be really helpful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<3 Posted by: Jo Jo at February 26, 2008 5:07 PMhow do i make a star? Posted by: Amanda at March 3, 2008 12:14 PMdo u guys know how to get the code for this "ღ"?& n outline heart? Posted by: Cinthia at March 3, 2008 11:22 PMHey all, CAN U PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO PUT A STAR ON MY NAME FOR MYSPACE AND A TREBLE CLEF?!!!! I NEED HELP IVE LOOKED FOR EVEN ANDI CANT FIND ANYTING THAT WILL WORK. Posted by: shanda at March 5, 2008 2:08 AM☆ Posted by: jessica at March 8, 2008 10:16 AMHow do you make a lightning bolt ? Posted by: Megan at March 10, 2008 3:19 PM&stars; thanx alot &stars; Posted by: john at March 12, 2008 2:40 PMok this is how all the things look without the spaces 0 I spelled trade wrong this is how you do it what is the code for a star? ive tried copying and pasting all of them and none of them work..please help! Posted by: vanessa at March 15, 2008 10:57 AMhow do i get those little boxes that you can put pictures in and they scroll?? all my friends have them but i dont know how to get it Posted by: briana at March 16, 2008 8:10 PMOkay. So I Get The Older Hearts But How Do You Get Those Fancy Hearts?, You Know The One That Looks Like It Has An Arrow On It. Posted by: Jessica Candice Marie Can at March 23, 2008 1:04 AMHi i was wondering if anyone can help me with the music note code? I tried codes over and over and it's not working? SOmeone HElp. Chrisitana Posted by: Christiana at March 26, 2008 8:31 PM☺ ☠ is it possible to get a smiley face in my myspace name?like a circle one Posted by: alex at March 29, 2008 12:25 AMhey man Hey, how do I get a barcode before my name?? thanks Posted by: Cheyenne at April 1, 2008 4:19 PMI tried copying the html codes and the actual images from bigbear.com/sidebars/entities. And, it didn't work. Does anyone know how to get a sun or clover image next to their myspace name? plz plz tell me how to get a bar code before my name and those bubble things... dave help!! Posted by: katherin at April 2, 2008 6:41 PMhey i was wondering how 2 get a lil sun??? i tried &sun; and it didnt work... Posted by: ♥-->cale at April 3, 2008 11:17 AM§ • ☃ ☹ ☮ ☀ Posted by: k k katherin at April 3, 2008 4:47 PM&+# 9734+; there is another way to get characters in if you click on start, all programs, accesories, system tools, character map, you can hand pick what symbols you want then copy and paste them; ☺ Posted by: Chris at April 10, 2008 3:20 PMJust push ALT then one the 3 on the right of the keyboard!! how do u make a star Posted by: maddie at April 13, 2008 8:03 PMfor everyone who wanted the hollow hearts jsut copy and paste this
how do ii put a crown next to my name ? Posted by: liil skiitz at April 19, 2008 12:19 AMhow do i get a strike through my words? Posted by: Sammy at April 21, 2008 7:30 PMis there anyway we can make the symbols smaller? Posted by: janie at May 1, 2008 6:09 PMhow do i make a star,key note,and a smiley face.plzzzzzz i really nead help!!! Posted by: fatimah nichols at May 2, 2008 8:16 PMi really want to no a website that has great symbols for my myspace display name?:) Posted by: mimi at May 4, 2008 10:17 AMHow do i get a star on my myspace profile name?? can anyone please help? Posted by: Nicole at May 15, 2008 1:37 PMHey to do the star by your name all you have to do is copy the star from the other comments and paste it wherever you want. no code needed thats how i did it. Posted by: Ashley at May 16, 2008 12:17 AMCrowns anyone?? :) Posted by: venus at May 24, 2008 11:42 PMhow can i get a code for stars? Posted by: Rima at May 28, 2008 10:27 AMhow do u get da smiley face :) Posted by: sophie at May 31, 2008 4:12 AM♡ ☺ § • ☃ ☮ ☀ ♥ ☠ ♦ ♠ ♣ ◊ ღ © ™ ☆ ♫ ♪ ¶ Æ ß † ‡ ℘ ℑ ℜ ℵ ⊕ ⊗ ☁ ☂ ☃ ☉ ☊ ☣ ☢ ☤ ☮ ☸ ♨ ✈ ✉ ✌ ✞ ✡ •°o STAR SIGNS umm.. I need help with stars.. i want to now how to add the neat symbols in da profile name for hi5 i can't do it need some help plz remeber its with hi5 thanks Posted by: tanice at June 21, 2008 1:21 PMhow do you do the lightning bolt sign formyspace i cant find it any where like ♥ but lightning bolt Posted by: lacey at June 29, 2008 11:19 AMwhat is the code for peace signs if you were planning on putting it on your myspace name. Posted by: shelby at June 30, 2008 8:17 PMhey ok so i want to know how you get a music symbol beside my name on myspace. if anyone knows, please HELP me!
ÿÿ Posted by: billy at July 3, 2008 7:37 PMSKULL HEAD FOR MY DISPLAY NAME ON MYSPACE PLZ!!!!!!!!??? Posted by: SHONDA at July 4, 2008 9:43 AMI have a lot to say, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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