Myspace Profile Skinning.

[Mentor]

No real myspace links, pics or anything not allowed. This is about coding. I also don't care whether you think the systems **** or not, I think its ****, but its still HUGE and thats what counts.

Ok, Myspace profiles by default look ****. But can be enhanced with css, and there are plenty of code generators to do this.
Although even these are VERY limited in capably.

So one of my recent little sub project has been to see if i can find a way to customise the look and feel of a myspace profile properly.
First off, The problems seem quite massive.
Very few of the parts have class's and you cant use id's to target since # is filtered.
You cant import, or load externally any css files ether. You also cant use javascript and use the dom, or do much except add code to certain places.

Of cause, you could just put a big div over it and start from scratch. The problem with this is, you loose dynamic content, comments, etc.

So far ive still had allot of trouble making any progress. My only success in mangeing to get everything in absoulty positioned layers, via use of some css3 conditional targeting code.
Thats all good for a decent bowser like firefox? But IE bairly suppors css1 never lown even minor support of css3 so the code pretty much does Zilch.

Has anyone else ever tryed to properly skin an account?
Has anyone else found any ways of getting the profile to work in a way you can control?
or not any way to get the blocks in to Layers with code that ie will support.

Since alot of the targeting method is using "table td td { " sort of coding to select it, which im still have trouble figuring out exactly whats going on?

Any help/comments/opinions?

Bag.

[MattUH]

I've had div overlay but as you said you lose comments 'n shizz however a mate of mine has div overlay and has working comments just like before might go quiz him.

[craigg.]

http://www.pimp-my-profile.com/layouts.php?site=MySpace
http://www.pimp-myspace.org/myspace-layouts/index.htm

Those were just googled as I do not use MySpace. It looks pretty simple to change a few attributes to the layout, but if you were to re organize things, it may get a little hairy.

Have a look at those links above and have a look at those sources, it may give you an idea, well so I hope, as I do not have a clue how MySpace works.

[Mentor]

http://www.pimp-my-profile.com/layouts.php?site=MySpace
http://www.pimp-myspace.org/myspace-layouts/index.htm

Those were just googled as I do not use MySpace. It looks pretty simple to change a few attributes to the layout, but if you were to re organize things, it may get a little hairy.

Have a look at those links above and have a look at those sources, it may give you an idea, well so I hope, as I do not have a clue how MySpace works.

There just the geniraters they dont go beoned adding a backgorund and changeing body attributes "/ as to say there pretty much the level any idiot could achive.
Its only when you start pushing to actaly customise the site it gets hard, you should try it just as an exsorise, Its as if the thing was build persifcaly to stop you customising it at times "/

[craigg.]

Yeah, I might sometime, Sorry about the links and how they couldn't help you though.

[beddy]

The best site for myspace tools is http://www.chasebadkids.net

its great

[Mentor]

Naa just same stuff, possibly more tutorialish in form, but is still way behind even the point i got to before getting stuck "/

[Luckyrare]

Arg I dont even know where to put the css on myspace ;P

I need help :p

[mynameishelen!]

err this probably won't help but www.createblog.com
has lots of hacks for making the layout yourself, rather than just using a generator or a premade.