How to steal somebody's MySpace layout
Tutorial by admin, last edited on March 12th, 2008
You were browsing through MySpace and found that incredibly awesome page. You want your page to look just like that, too! But how?
You may want to brush up on your HTML and/or CSS skills before you can really make "borrowing" somebody else's layout work for you but I can teach you the first steps to making that layout your own.
Step One: Find a layout
Find the person's layout you want to borrow. It's easy. You can search through people's pages and then keep clicking on all their friends until you find one you like.
Or maybe you already know what it is. Whatever the case, load it up in your browser.
Step Two: Open the source code
Some of you may be like- huh?! Source code? If you have Firefox, you should only have to hit CTR+U and it should open up. Voila, like magic.
If you are using Internet Explorer you should download Firefox or in IE6 choose View > Source and for IE7 go up to the little "Page" tab and choose View Source.
Step Three: Find the treasure!
Next thing is to find the CSS. Where is it? Usually people post their CSS in their About Me section. So you use the Find function of your browser to locate where it says: About Me.
Easy as pie!
Underneath your About Me code will be something that says:
<style type="text/css">
Everything between that and the line that says </style> is the CSS you want to copy. Go ahead and copy everything including those lines of text.
Step Four: Make the escape
Now you need to implement this code. Go into your own "About Me" section, copy, paste, and you're done.
You may find some glitches in your profile. This just means that they used some profile-specific code and you're going to have to do some more code research to see just how to make it work for you.
If you have any trouble or suggestions to make this process easier or better, of if this was useful for you please leave a comment!
For more information about styling your MySpace page, read How to Style your MySpace Page Using CSS
This tutorial was written on March 12th, 2008 by admin. You can leave a comment below to help keep track of errors. Follow comments to this posting through the RSS feed.
Comments:
jeremy said:
Feb 15, 02:51:00 PM
wow thats amazing! :)
i knew that there was a way to do it, i just didnt know what to copy.
good job.
this works really wellll!
Sean said:
May 15, 09:34:34 AM
i did it and the background image dissapears after 2 seconds and goes black. why is that?
Rianna said:
Jun 24, 04:42:36 PM
Thx!! this is soo awesome and im soo happy it actually works! thx again!
NANCY said:
Aug 05, 11:02:30 PM
THIS SHIT IS GAY IT DOESNT WORK
AFSNB C said:
Aug 05, 11:02:49 PM
gayy bitch \
Yoyo said:
Aug 13, 02:26:19 AM
idk how 2 work diz shit it put dat femalez shit on my page help me out
LisaMarieā?¢ said:
Dec 08, 02:53:23 PM
The code does work I hacked my friend's layout.
So like...Shut up!
Jamie said:
Apr 08, 12:02:39 AM
Dang! These were like the best directions i've ever been given. Thanks so much, I did it on the first try!!
Sara said:
Feb 05, 06:21:44 PM
I LOVE YOU!!!!! I knew how to do this a year ago but forgot.. Muhahahah.. I'm back now though. xDD Thanks Hun..
Jon said:
Feb 09, 08:24:49 AM
Simple but awesome little trick.Nice one.