For Myspace 2.0:


Making a Layout 101:


Here's how to make a layout. There's a pinned post with stylesheets that you can also use.

Okay, to make a layout, you need to use a stylesheet, or css.


But what exactly is a stylesheet?

A stylesheet is code that tells your web browser (i.e. internet explorer, mozilla firefox, safari) what the page should look like. It has text commands and table commands that tells the browser what color, size, and style should be for whatever you're specifying.


How do I make a stylesheet?

All stylesheets, whether it's myspace, xanga, or just a website, start out with <style> OR <style type="text/css">. Most commonly, the background information is the first to be specified.



Then, if you want skinny tables, you can add



The text properties:



Then the links:




Uhh, this stylesheet makes absolutely no sense.

Okay, then I can explain it.

Background Color: the color for your background. You can put white, black, or a hex code. A hex code is a six digit code consisting of numbers and letters that makes up a color. For example, ff6666 makes a certain shade of pink, while c0c0c0 is a light grey. There is a good hex chart at http://webmonkey.com/webmonkey/reference/color_codes/.

Background Image: your background image. If you have it already saved onto your computer, go to tinypic.com or imageshack.us to get the URL for your background. Paste it in place of URL HERE.

Background Attachment: Use "scroll" or "fixed" (without the quotation marks). Scroll will move the background along with your tables. Fixed will keep the background steady and only move the tables (recommended)

Background Repeat: use "repeat" or "no-repeat" (still without the quotation marks). no-repeat will only have your background image appear once on your page, while repeat will have it repeated throughout.

Background Position: Mandatory if you have a no-repeat image. If you don't, still position it, but it doesn't really matter.
You can use:
top left
top center
top right
left
center
right
bottom left
bottom center
bottom right


font, body, table, td, div, h1, h2, br, a, p: the basic font on your page.

Font Family: the font of your page. (Arial, Courier, Georgia, Times New Roman, Small Fonts, Century Gothic, Verdana)

Font Size: the size of your font. use px or pt.
For example:

7px (perfect for small fonts)
8px
9px
10px
21px
64318623816318px (hehe)

You can do just about any size, but the most a size can be is 1002 (trust me! hah.)

Color: use hex code. color for the font.
Background Color: use hex code. background of the font. If not needed, just put "none" (without the quotes)
Text Transform: Make all the text uppercase, lowercase, or normal.
Text Decoration: Put underline if you want it that way. If not, just put none.
Font Weight: makes it bold. If you want it bold, put bold. If you don't, put none.
Orangetext15: About Me and Who I'd Like to Meet text
Whitetext12: Interests, Contacting, Details, and Schools text.

Lightbluetext8: General, Music, Movies, Television, Books, Heroes, Status, Here for, Hometown, Ethnicity, Zodiac Sign, Smoke/Drink, Education, and Occupation

Text: Your headline, Age, that stuff.
Blacktext12: Date on comments
Blacktext10: Extended network text.
Redtext: Amount of friends and number
Redbtext: Has # friends and name's latest blog entry.


Hope this helps!<3

edit//
edited skinny code. this one is more fuctional and doesn't mess up your friends/contact table. :]



This is to edit your underline, bold, and italics text.
B to edit your bold text.
I to edit your italics text.
u to edit your underlined text.


Added by GrrDesign Putting a Banner above your page


similar, to put a banner below the myspace advertisement, above your profile:

subsequently, you can put whatever you want within the div. images, text, links, whatever. it's like a div layout sitting above a standard layout.

the rest of that layout is simply made by using images within the already applied tables that myspace provides. (they just removed to contact table and header text and put their own header images and information.)

If I wanted to just change the font and size of my text and links, could I just take these portions from the list?





Would it still work without the rest of it?

Like just using one of those codes at a time? Sure, just be sure to use style tags.

Or if you only want one of the properties, or two or three, etc. They can be used by itself, is what I'm getting at.

hmm... good tutorial but the code for thin tables only makes my about me, blog, and extended network sections thin, is there a code you add to that to make the comments thin as well?

The comments should already be thin. It's probably one of your comments that's stretching out the table.

http://www.createblog.com/scripts/download.php?id=198

That it does them all.Including your comments table.

oOoh! thanks toya,

the code in the tutorial hadnt worked in FF for me only Ie

Thanks for the tutorial Janette.

No problem :]

And luvlylayouts, what exactly isn't working for you? Will you post your coding?

^ I think she meant the code you posted for tiny tables only worked in one of the browsers.

Ahh. Weirdd. I don't know, it seems to work fine for me.

ahh thankss so much !!
like this is the best tutorial ne one ever gave lol bc those codes all messed with my head bc i make layouts and it was so confusing !! =]

I'm glad it helps, really.

this was really helpful!
but there isn't an explanation for "btext" ?

thanksss.

Btext is usually used for REDBTEXT not just btext.
It edits the has # friends.

.btext {font-family:; font-size:; color:; background-color:;text-transform:; text-decoration:; font-weight:;}


then what's that [in red]? is that just like the same as redbtext?

what do i do if i only want a skinny table for my friends and comments?.....do i put the same code down and where?

QUOTE(adrivar @ Sep 9 2006, 10:07 PM)

what do i do if i only want a skinny table for my friends and comments?.....do i put the same code down and where?

Have you tried this script?

http://www.createblog.com/scripts/download.php?id=374

It edits the same coding that rebbtext does, the part that says :
"has # friends"

The main post is wrong, I'll go edit and fix it.


You don't need all these codes unless your trying to customize it. If you just want you friends and comments skinnier (along w/ the other tables) check scripts.

QUOTE(toyo loco @ Sep 9 2006, 10:12 PM)

It edits the same coding that rebbtext does, the part that says :
"has # friends"

The main post is wrong, I'll go edit and fix it.

Actually, I think .btext customizes the bolded text in the blog area (if my memory isn't failing me). I can't be bothered to actually go check right now, though, since I'm not at home and this resolution & monitor size makes me lazy. >_>;

Your right. It edits:
name's latest blog entry and the has # friends. Except it doesn't edit the number.

I used this code and did everything and everything works except the background won't show up? do u know why?

^ Post the background part of the code.

^I did post the background part and put in the url and everything. i put everything in the background just won't show up. But all the fonts and everything work.

I think toyo loco meant post your actual code, here, at CB, so they can take a look at what you've actually put into your coding.

^ooo gotcha



body {
background-color: ffffff;
background-image: url(‘http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/208/pinkpinkstripesps5.jpg’);
background-attachment:fixed;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-position:center;
}


^^ is tht all u need or do u need the whole code?

Wait, I'm thinking you want to change your font?

If so, yes, you need to put the whole code. Remember to put it in style tags :]

no, it's not the font i'm having the trouble with, it's the background. it won't show up.

^change your background properties to this instead:

^ W/o the style tags, thats already part of a full code.

or you can change it too:
body {
background-color: ffffff;
background-image: url(http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/208/pinkpinkstripesps5.jpg);
background-attachment:fixed;
background-repeat: repeat;
background-position:center;
}

ok thank you so much!

This is uber helpful, but how do I center the myspace links on the bottom of the page?
They appear on the left.

^Seems like many are having this problem, can I have your myspace link. I think You perhaps may have something in your coding thats causing this.

yeah im having the same problem as addicted...
i have the codes all rite buhh the background wont show up.. like wen i put it on in the about me section the whole code is in it....
heres wut it looks liek....
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...bc-4457d5f35e75

For background properties use this:

ughh it still doesnt work.... i think i have sumthing wrong with my font coding or w.e idk i think i did it all rite..... buhh i guess not
heres the code...

I tried to use the bg code and put no repeat and the url and position and everything but it never will show up....

^ Post the code to the background part only.

awesome hehe thanks for this tutorial im gonna try it out i guess thanks

i have a question...how do you get a screenshot???

^ Post a topic next time or search.
http://www.createblog.com/tutorials/download.php?id=147

this is kinda confusing

^ What part is confusing you?

hey miranda here.... lol .... um i dont kow how to post um... like in the forum but i seen the quote but .. but i was wondering if you could help me....

i have got a new layout and everything seems to be working fine except the background picture... .. it wont come up and i dont know why !! lol

heres my url .. >>> www.myspace.com/miss_miranda_

and my code that i pasted in >>

Layout made by <a href="http://www.createblog.com/layouts/index.php?author_id=393227" title="More layouts by this person">TeenageVelocity</a> at <a href="http://www.createblog.com/layouts/index.php?type_id=3" title="More Myspace layouts">CreateBlog.com</a>.<style>/* myspace codes provided by createblog.com */</style>
<style type="text/css"> table, td {background-color:transparent; border:none; border-width:0;}
body{background-image:url('http://layouts.cbimg6.com/26/13042c.png');
background-attachment: fixed;
background-position: bottom left; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: 000000; }
table table table {border: 1px solid; border-color:000000; padding:0; background-color:EA94FF;}
table tbody td table tbody tr td.text table{background-color:068FE9;} table table{border:0px;}
table table table table{border:0px;}
font, td, a, body, table, body, td, li, p, div, textarea, li, h1, h2, p, br
{font-family: arial; color: black; line-height: 10px; font-size:11px; text-transform:lowercase; letter-spacing:0px;}
textarea, input {font-family:times; font-size: 8pt; color: black; text-transform:lowercase; letter-spacing:0px; background-color:93FDA2;border:1px solid black;cursor:crosshair;}
.btext {font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color:93FDA2; line-height: 11px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: lowercase; display:none;}
.blacktext10 {font-family: arial; font-size: 11px;color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 11px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: lowercase; display:none;}
.blacktext12 {font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 11px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: lowercase;}
.lightbluetext8 {font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 11px; letter-spacing: px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: lowercase;}
.nametext {font-family: times; color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 10px; font-size:14pt; text-transform:lowercase; text-align:center; letter-spacing:-1px;}
.orangetext15 { font-family: times; color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 10px; font-size:14pt; text-transform:lowercase; text-align:center; letter-spacing:-1px;}
.redbtext, .redtext {font-family: times; color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 10px; font-size:14pt; text-transform:lowercase; text-align:center; letter-spacing:-1px;}
.whitetext12 {font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color:93FDA2;line-height: 11px; letter-spacing: 0px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: lowercase;}
.text {font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; color: black; line-height: 11px; font-weight: normal;text-transform:lowercase;letter-spacing:0px;}
img {filter: gray; border: 1;}
a:link, a.man:link, a.text:link, a:visited, a.man:visited, a.text:visited, a:active, a.redlink:active, a.redlink:visited, a.redlink:link, a.navbar:link, a.navbar:visited, a.navbar:active {font-family:small fonts; font-size: 7px; color: 93FDA2; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 10px; background-color: transparent;}
a:hover, a.man:hover, a.text:hover, a.redlink:hover, a.navbar:hover {font-family: times; font-size: 20px; color:black; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: -2px; text-transform: lowercase; line-height: 15px; background-color: ffffff;} b {color:000000;}u {color:black;text-decoration:none; border-bottom:solid 3px ffffff;font-size: 9pt;font-family:small fonts;text-transform:uppercase;}
s {color:000000;text-decoration:strikeout;}
i {color:66cc00;font-family:georgia;}
b, stong {font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;line-height:10px;text-transform:lowercase;color: 000000;letter-spacing:0px;font-family:arial;} img { filter:none; border:0px;} a:link img {filter:none); border:0px solid black;}
a:hover img { filter:grey; border:0px solid black;} body {cursor:crosshair ;} a:hover {cursor: crosshair;} TD TD {text-align: center;} TD TD TD {text-align: center;} TD TD TD TD {border-top: 0px solid; width:5%; text-align:center;} TD TD TD TD TD {border-top: 0px solid black; text-align:center;} TD TD TD TD TD TD {border: 0px solid;} TABLE, TD {padding: 0px; text-transform: lowercase; width:350px;} TABLE TABLE {padding: 0px; text-transform: lowercase;} TABLE TABLE TABLE {padding: 1px; text-transform: lowercase;height: .01%; width: 100%;} TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE {padding: 0px; text-transform: lowercase;} TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE {padding: 0px; text-transform: lowercase;} TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE TABLE {padding: 0px; text-transform: lowercase;} table td div div font {visibili-ty:hidden;di-splay:none;} table table table table {border: 0px; text-align: justify; padding: 0px;} table table table table table {border: 0px; text-align: justify; padding: 0px;} table table table table table table {border: 0px; text-align: justify; padding: 0px;} table table td.text table td.text table table tbody td table, span.btext {display: none !important} </style> <style type="text/css"> { Alignment by moorepocket } body{ padding-left: 400px; } </style>
<style>.r{}</style>

<style type="text/css">
img { filter: Gray }
a:link img { filter: Gray }
a:hover img { filter: Gray }
</style>
<style>.r{}</style>
<style>/* myspace codes provided by createblog.com */</style>



if you could get back at me as soon as you could that would be awsome!!
love LOVE

p.s this is the website to show you what my myspace should look like !

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/download.php?id=13042


but meanwhile .. im guna try and put another picture behind it ... but i still really wnt the old one !

^ Change:
body{background-image:url('http://layouts.cbimg6.com/26/13042c.png');

To:
body{background-image:url(http://layouts.cbimg6.com/26/13042c.png);

i itryed it lol and it didnt work ????? .... it changed the whole layout....

is there anything else i could do "?


MiRanDA

I'm lost your quoting something rather old. Did you change the part I told you to change? When I use the original code the background works perfectly fine for me.
IF I change the code to this it still works:

reason for quoting is... i dun no how to use this program

but i think it may just be my computer cz i still cant see i but thatnks for the help anyways:p

love LOVE

^What program?

^I'll help you, whats your problem?

Did you read this who tutorial? Also you can use the third layout code down on this page:
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=84325
It tells you what edits what before the coding.