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Reference number: CH000967
Questions and answers regarding MySpace.
Question:
Questions and answers regarding MySpace.
Answer:
This document contains the questions and answers Computer Hope
has received regarding the Internet page
MySpace. What is MySpace?
Founded on July 2003, MySpace
has become one of the most popular online communities that allows any user on the Internet to
connect and share their journals, pictures, and interests with their
friends and millions of other people on the Internet. Today MySpace
has become one of the most popular and most visited sites on the
Internet and has become a great place for people to meet and make
new friends. Additional information about MySpace
including other related pages can be found on the
definition page.
Is MySpace free?
Yes, MySpace is 100% free however will require a valid
e-mail address for many of the
customization features.
Should I allow my child to have a MySpace account?
This decision is best left to the parent.
However, with the popularity of MySpace especially among students it
is inevitable that if your child wants a MySpace account they'll set
one up. We believe that it would be a good idea for parents to take
an active roll with their children if this is something they're
interested in doing and make sure you and/or your child sets up a
private profile (explained below). If however you believe this is
not something your child should participate in consider an
Internet filter or other
software designed to block MySpace from your home computer.
Additional information about protecting children online can be found
on document CH000526.
How do I make my profile private?
After logging into MySpace from your Home click the
Account Settings link. Within Account Settings click the
Privacy Settings link. Within Privacy you'll be able to adjust
all your settings including making your profile private by clicking
My Friends Only.
My School, Work, and/or home is blocking MySpace.
It is common for schools, businesses, and other computers to
block MySpace because of Internet policies or various other
reasons. Computer Hope will not assist users in bypassing
filters, rules, firewalls, or any other setups that prevent
users from accessing MySpace. Often users who attempt or
successfully get around these security measures will encounter
penalties such as being fired from a job or suspended from
school.
How can I modify my MySpace account?
After logging into MySpace from your Home click on any of the
below options to edit your account.
- Edit Profile - From within this link
you'll be able to adjust settings about yourself including your
interests, personality, name, gender, occupation, address,
height, sex, birth date, schools, companies, and other similar
settings.
- Account Settings - In your account
settings you'll be able to change your e-mail address and how
you receive e-mail from MySpace, time zone, privacy settings,
and other related settings.
- Add/Edit Photos (Videos) - Section that
enables you to post your own personal pictures and/or videos.
- Manage Calendar - Create events that will
be posted on your MySpace page.
- Manage Blog - Section that enables you to
post what you're up to, view who's reading your posts, and more.
See our weblog definition
for additional information about this term.
- Manage Address Book - Finally, the address
book allows you to keep a list of all your contacts by name and
e-mail.
Where do I arrange my top MySpace friends?
From your MySpace account home page scroll down to the My Friend Space
and click the "Change my 'Top Friends'." In the Edit your top
friends section you'll be able to drag and drop friends you want in
or out of your Top Friends. Once you've completed arranging your top
friends click the Save Top Friends button.
How do I customize my page?
Besides editing personal information about yourself MySpace
also supports the ability using HTML and
CSS to customize
how your personal page looks. All code that is used to modify
the look of the page is done through the About Me section
under the Profile Edit. Below are some common requests on
how to edit the MySpace page.
Each of the below examples would be placed in-between the
<style type="text/css"> and </style> tags and added into the
About Me box.
Changing the font, background color, and background image.
body {
background-color:006699;
font-family : Arial, Verdana;
background-image: url(http://www.computerhope.com/logo.gif);
}
In the above example the background-color is used to tell the
browser what color to use as the background. In the above
example this is a dark blue. Next, the font-family is the
default family to use, in this case we're telling the browser to
display text in Arial if available and if not Verdana. Finally,
the background-image is the location of the image you wish to
use for your background.
Changing the link properties.
A:link { COLOR: 000000; }
A:visited { COLOR: 808080; }
A:active { COLOR: 000000; }
A:hover { COLOR: FF0000; }
In this above example there are four different examples of
how the link colors can be changed. First, the A:link is the
default link color, in this case we chose black. Next, the
visited link or A:visited is the color to use if the user has
already visited that link. Next, the A:active is the link color
to use when the user clicks the link. Finally, the A:hover is
the color to use when the user is hovering their mouse over a
link.
Where can I find information about color codes?
Each of the above examples that adjust the color properties
of text are using color codes. These are hexadecimal values for
colors. You can find a list of each of these values on our list
by clicking
here. Although we recommend using these codes you can also
simply specify "red" instead of FF0000.
Where can I find places that will create site templates for me?
There are numerous sites that have been created especially for users
to create their own personalized templates that can be used with
MySpace. Below is a short list of some of the more popular places.
These sites offer code that you can copy and paste into the About Me
section and automatically get all changes immediately.
http://www.customyzer.com/
http://www.freecodesource.com/myspace-layouts/
http://www.myspacemaster.net/
http://www.myspacelayoutsupport.com/
How can I hide some of the Windows displayed on my profile?
You can hide or remove the extended network window displayed
on your MySpace page by copying the below code and pasting it into
your About Me window, in the Profile Edit section. If you already
have a CSS style sheet defined copy the code in-between the style
tags and place it in-between the style tags in your About Me window.
Increasing and decreasing the relative position will move the window
up and down. In the below example, the value is set to 200.
<style type="text/css">
table td table tr td.text table {visibility:hidden;}
table td table tr td.text table table, table td table tr td.text
table table td.text {visibility:visible;}
td.text table {position:relative; top:-200px;}
td.text table table {position:static;}
<style>
How can I add music to my site?
After logging into MySpace from your Home click the
Account Settings link. Within Account Settings click the Song
& Video on Profile link. Within this section click the Find a
band in MySpace Music link and search for the artist or song
you'd like to add to your MySpace profile. Locate the song you wish
to add your profile and then click the add link to the right of it.
Once the song has been added go back into the Song & Video on
Profile section if you wish to adjust such as disabling the song
from automatically playing each time someone visits your profile.
How can I find family and friends on MySpace?
From the MySpace page click the Search link on the top bar or
click
here to open that page now. From this page you'll be able to
search for users by name or e-mail, search for classmates by school,
or search for users who share common interests or are in field
you're interested in.
How can I add someone to my friend list?
Visit the users profile on MySpace and from their page click the
"Add to Friends" link. If approved you'll be added to that users
friend list. If you'd like to test this you're more than welcome to
visit the Computer
Hope MySpace page and add us as a friend.
You can see all friends requests you have made that have not yet been approved by clicking the friends request link from your home section of MySpace and clicking on "Pending Requests."
How can I contact MySpace.
All contact information for this company can be found on our
MySpace company contact
information page.
Where can I find additional help?
MySpace has an extensive FAQ on their site containing many of
the frequently asked questions they receive. This page can be
found here. |
