Why Can't I See My Customized MySpace Profile?I copy and pasted a myspace layout for my profile. I think other people can see the new layout but I can't see it my self when I sign in. Why is that? Is it because I have a mac? Let's start right out by easing any possible tension or controversy: it has nothing to do with you being a Macintosh owner. MySpace works equally well (or poorly, depending on time of day) if you have a Mac, PC, Linux box, Xbox360, Motorola Q phone or aluminum can and piece of string. Well, maybe not the can and string! The issue you're talking about is one that I was darn confused by when I first started using MySpace too, actually, where I'd make changes to my profile and some of them would show up when I clicked on the "HOME" button, but others would seemingly be ignored. The important fact to realize is that your home is not your MySpace profile but rather a special version of the profile with edit links and other navigational elements that only you would want to access (you don't want me being able to access your 'friend invites' list and approving people who don't actually want as friends, for example!) So here's how you get to the public version of your profile. Log in, get to your usual page, and notice that just under your picture are a small set of buttons:  If you click on the word profile on the very bottom, you'll find that the "public version" of your profile is displayed, rather than the special owner version you usually see. Now you should be able to see if your fancy formatting worked or not. Hope that helps you continue your adventures with MySpace! And 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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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. Hi! I got some myspace backgrounds from another site- and they are really cool, the only problem is that the boxes on the left with favorite movies, etc. are cut off- it only shows about half of them starting with the movies and doesn't show any boxes below it until my schools box. Why is this and how can I fix it and still keep the cool background? Posted by: Swedishfairy at January 23, 2007 9:51 PMHi, I can't loggin to my myspace most of the time, I can see other peoples pages but certain things just won't load correctly. I downloaded Firefox thinking that it may have been IE7 but that didn't help. The myspace page either starts to load (a blank grey screen) and says done, tries to load forever or loads a garbled mess that I can't do anything with. Any help would be appreciated. Posted by: Terry at February 10, 2007 11:39 AMwhy does MY PROFILE say "This profile is set to private. This user must add you as a friend to see his/her profile", when i click on my view all friends button? I haven't made my profile private. And when i login i'm not given the option to view my friends, my profile, my photos, or videos. Why is this and how can i fix it? i have a big problem i can get on any website except www.myspace.com everywhere else i go to use a computer i can get on my myspace... can u help me???? Posted by: tracy at February 12, 2007 6:46 PMi cant see my pics y is this Posted by: arod at February 19, 2007 11:29 PMI have the same problem with the first post: I copy and pasted a myspace layout for my profile. I think other people can see the new layout but I can't see it my self when I sign in. Why is that? When I click the word profile on the very bottom, the "public version" of my profile is displayed without the customized layout. Its a regular layout without the friends and all the other info you would have the webpage. Posted by: Neil at February 23, 2007 10:57 PMI think someone hacked my page...now no one can see my pix...or leave messages bc when you click the icon it sends you to an advertisement..or says this website is unavailable..How can i change this? Posted by: Romeo at April 3, 2007 9:05 PMhello, everyone can see my videos and slideshow on myspace, but when I log in from my computer I can't see my video or slideshow. I added Adobe FlashPlayer 9 but it still won't work. What software if any is missing from my computer. This just started two weeks ago. Before that I could see everything. Posted by: Ann at April 14, 2007 3:20 PMthere is a big link covering my whole 'view my pics' ect part on my profile. i have tryed everything to get rid of it but it wont go?? plz help Posted by: loz at April 17, 2007 10:34 PMso i have a problem I can only view my MySpace webpage when I log in. If I don't, all I get is the default page with my picture on it. Please help. Posted by: D.Dunn at May 1, 2007 2:46 PMI try to make my myspace not private anymore but its not working. I dont want it to be private but its not letting me change it. How can i change it? Posted by: Sam at May 2, 2007 1:25 PMI cannot see the commetns portion om 3 of my friends pages. The box is there but they are empty and therefore I cannot add commetns...HELP Posted by: Marcella at May 5, 2007 7:39 PMCan you please tell me how to change my about me profile as i have put in html codes only to find that is all i can see on my page Thankyou Posted by: Ivan Carver at May 7, 2007 12:31 AMhey sir When I was not logged onto my account, I tried to view it but it told me it was set to private, which it isn't, and that it hadn't been updated in 2 years, which it has been. Whats wrong? Posted by: Dalton at May 8, 2007 8:13 PMDalton, hate to say it, but are you sure you're looking at YOUR profile when experience that? Also, note that "under 18" and "over 18" are different worlds on MySpace, so if you're logged in to an over 18 account and are searching for an under-18 profile, that might cause problems too. Posted by: Dave Taylor at May 9, 2007 7:08 AMI SET UP MY MYSPACE ACCOUNT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. I'VE ALREADY VERIFIED THE EMAIL. I HAVE ALREADY SET THE DISPLAY NAME AND MY FIRST AND LAST NAMES FOR SO OTHERS CAN FIND ME. I CAN LOG ON AND OFF JUST FIND.HERE'S THE PROBLEM...MY FRIENDS/MYSELF HAVE ENTERED MY NAME CORRECTLY & CAN'T FIND ME. I CAN'T BE FOUND BY EMAIL EITHER. WHAT'S GOING ON??? Posted by: latiana at May 12, 2007 5:42 AMhi there, a i think i have the same problem as latiana, myspace is working fine but i or others cant search to my profile? could plz advize?:)) my myspace name cant be searched! bummer. what do i do? ive typed in the name correctly, ive gone over "names/profile" duzzens of times, even so my name cant be searched, any ideas? thanks Posted by: philip gehrung at May 17, 2007 2:19 PMI am having a similar problem to a few on this site. From my mac, I cannot see my slide shows or music on my page. From a "regular" computer, I CAN. I used to be able to see my slide shows and I used to be able to listen to my music from my profile page (not my editing page). What can I do? I have updated quicktime....I don't know what else is going on! Posted by: angela Haynes at May 18, 2007 9:12 AMalright here how it is if you could e-mail me answering this question it would be awesome cuz i cnt find an answa ne where. on my page on other peoples computers and on other peoples myspaces looking at ym profile they can see the comments people leave me, but when im logged in i cant see the comments on my profile page. Y? Posted by: zac at May 22, 2007 7:22 PM
my myspace isnt letting me sign on its being like this for a few days now, whats the matter with it? Posted by: kylie at June 29, 2007 11:14 AMu know that "this profile is set to private" page. how do u customize that page? Posted by: andrew at July 5, 2007 1:59 AMfor about a week now, whenever i log on to myspace i can't see my pics and my friends pics it says no photo and am using linux Posted by: Mimi at July 11, 2007 7:27 AMI tried to download from T-mobil website upgrade for my dash phone and I cant see the botton to download , and when I go to other computer I can. Im running explorer 7 why? Posted by: avi at July 13, 2007 8:33 AMHi! Pleeeease HELP. mz Posted by: munim zAWAWI at July 19, 2007 3:05 AMi am in serious trouble!!!when i copied and pasted a laylout in my profile all the information dissappeared how do you customize the "this is a private profile" page??? Posted by: cambria at July 28, 2007 2:42 AMThis is weird. i want to see a profile and its not accessable like its not clickable.. its not private but you just cant click it so its not accessable. you can click on every other profile but not that one When i browse for my myspace profile in my area code my profile doesn't show up why not? Posted by: Debi at August 9, 2007 9:20 PMHELP MAJOR MYSPACE ISSUES/OR MAY BE MY COMPUTOR u know that "this profile is set to private" page. how do u customize that page? Posted by: Tiffany at September 4, 2007 3:25 PMHELLO DAVE I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ...THAT I SEE LISTED ABOVE..WHEN I GO ON A FEW OF MY FRIENDS PAGES I CANNOT SEE THERE COMMENT BOX...BUT THERE THERE!!! SO I CANT LEAVE A COMMENT UNLESS I ATTACH IT TO ONE THAT THEY SENT TO ME. HOW DO I FIX THIS PROBLEM....NEED HELP BAD!!!! THANK YOU Posted by: CHUCK at September 4, 2007 6:26 PMI can't see the comments on some of my friends pages... WHY?....please help. Posted by: Julie at September 14, 2007 7:44 PMI am having the same problem I can't see some of my friends comment boxes on there pages and it only seems to be when I am on my specific computer. Any ideas? Posted by: buck at October 4, 2007 6:19 AMI can't get my profile on my Schools profile. How do u make it so people cant see your tor friends? Posted by: Emily at November 3, 2007 3:43 PMI want to set up a slideshow on my myspace page - I click on the "Create A Slideshow", follow all the directions and get to the bottom where is says "Click below and enter CTRl+C" and nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? Posted by: Kim at November 5, 2007 9:08 AMI can't see 5 of my friends comments? I can see some but some is just a blank box on my friends page. Help please. Thanks! Jimmy Posted by: Jimmy at November 23, 2007 8:11 PMI cant log in to myspace for some reason!!! We had a virus a few days ago, but now the computer is usuable....but I cant get on myspace!!!!!! aah! Do you know a reason for this? Thank u. when people are on my myspace and they click pics it signs them out and they cant see the pics or send a message what do i do? Posted by: alicia at December 21, 2007 10:43 AMI am having the same problem as alot of people. I cannot view my profile background when i click on my "public profile" but they are showing on other computers. What settings do I need to changed so that I can view it on MY computer? Posted by: garry at January 4, 2008 6:30 PMwhy can't i be searched on myspace Hi Davo, I've recently updated my profile and my slideshow is now invisible. You got any advice in the HTML that could trigger it to be invisible... to note, it's still clickable just under "interests" Daniel I was wondering why i can't see my slide shows and videos and music???? I have a problem with my Facebook page and friends pages. Ever since i downloaded Internet Explorer 7.0 my Facebook page has gone wrong. I can view some of my page but not all of it. I can't view my Wall although, i am able to view my Fun Wall. I have to enter applications via the applications page which is very annoying, and to edit them or remove them i have to do it the same way. I can't move my applications around my page at all and i am unable to see all of my friends pages, usualy the left hand side only. Can anyone help as i've contacted Facebook but they have proven unhelpfull. Posted by: Gemma at April 29, 2008 5:41 AMI use both Apple's Safari and Internet Explorer... When I go to look at my profile on Safari the only thing that shows up is the background and the music... When I use IE everything shows up just fine... I had my roommate sign on and go look at her page on Safari and everything was fine... i can't figure out what is wrong... HELP!! Posted by: Celena at May 14, 2008 5:50 PMHI,I HAVE A ? 4 U.....SOME MYSPACE PROFILE CAN HIDE THEIR THE TEXT SO WE CAN SEE THEIR BACKGROUD PICTURE BEFORE THEN WHEN U SCROL,THE TEXT APPEAR.HOW THEY DO THAT. Posted by: FABULOUS at May 22, 2008 11:28 PMCan anyone tell me why I'm not able to see my default picture on myspace on either internet explorer nor mozilla firefox please!? Link: http://www.myspace.com/le_chic_d_v Posted by: Victoria at June 10, 2008 12:55 AMI log into myspace, click on a friend's pics, am then brought to a page telling me to log in, I do that again and I get the same page again and even if I search for the friend, click on pics again, I get asked to log in. Can you help? Posted by: Mandy Cook at June 28, 2008 5:15 AMI have a lot to say, but ...
I do have a comment, now that you mention it!
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