An easy way to start making your own customized MySpace layout is to use a free online generator. There are several tools available on the Internet that are useful for creating customized MySpace layouts. The tools generate a custom layout complete with custom backgrounds, tables, text, headings, scrollbars, tweaks, graphics and slideshows. The best thing about these generators is that they let you choose your own colors or images then create the code for you. All you have to do is copy and paste this code.

You can install the custom generated MySpace layout to your MySpace profile through the following steps:

• Login to your Account.
• Click on “Edit My Profile” link on the left of the page.
• Click the “edit” link next to “About Me”.
• Select all the code you have generated. Right click on it and click on copy.
• Paste the code into the “About Me” box.
• You should then see a preview of the effects of your code.
• If you like it, don’t forget to click the “Submit” button to save the changes.

The new layout is now created. You can view it and invite all your friends to view your new layout.

Alternatively you can use the MySpace editor to create your own custom MySpace layout.

• Open the MySpace home page on myspace.com
• Login to your MySpace account.
• Under customize option on the right hand side of the page, you will find a number of options to work with.
• You will find different types of templates that you can choose from. Choose the theme that best suits you.
• You can also change the theme to suit your needs.
• The layout option provides a number of different layouts from which you can choose the one you like. These are:
  • one column
  • two symmetric columns
  • three columns, middle wide
  • two columns left narrow
  • two columns, right narrow
  • three columns, right narrow
  • three columns, left narrow
  • four symmetric columns

  Clicking on the desired template, theme and layout will change your MySpace layout immediately to a more customized one.

  Sometimes, you may not be able to find the exact layout you want from generators. You will therefore need to create your own layout using HTML and CSS. This may not be as hard as it sounds. You will need some basic knowledge though and it is advisable to read up on these.

  A few tips as you design your custom layout:

  Instead of starting the layout with tags such as html, head and title, just start with the style-tag. This is because MySpace.com has already prepared the basic properties for you. You then need to fill in values for class-names and tag-properties:

  Predefined class-names in MySpace include:

  • nametext
  • whitetext12
  • lightbluetext8
  • orangetext15
  • blacktext12
  • redtext
  • redbtext
  • blacktext10

  You will need to edit these first.

  You can then edit these tags:

  • body
  • a
  • div
  • font
  • span
  • input
  • tbody
  • table
  • tr
  • td

  Here is an example:

  (style-tag) font {font-size:10pt; font-family:tahoma} a:hover {color:0be12b} (/style-tag) (body)
  

  For more information on creating myspace layouts read How do I make my own Myspace Layout?