[...]... learning to code and customize your profile, don’t forget that on the other side of all that plastic, copper, silicon, and steel that link you to the Internet and MySpace are other human beings — and that’s really what MySpace is about Introduction H acking MySpace is designed to help you create a profile that stands out from the clutter of boring and uninspiring profiles that tend to dominate MySpace. .. or text editor to compose your code Part I also covers how to upload images to file-hosting web sites, or to your own web site, so that they can be embedded in your profile part in this part Chapter 1 Making MySpace Your Space Chapter 2 Customizing and Hacking MySpace Chapter 3 Introduction to HyperText Markup Language Chapter 4 More on HyperText Markup Language Chapter 5 Using a Text Editor Chapter... Text Editor Chapter 6 Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets Chapter 7 More on Cascading Style Sheets Chapter 8 Using MySpace with Image Hosting Web Sites Chapter 9 Using MySpace with Your Own Web Site Making MySpace Your Space chapter D o you want your MySpace profile to make an impact? Do you want it to stand out from the crowd? Or maybe you just want to develop a MySpace profile that better reflects... basic concepts and tools you need to “hack” MySpace It provides the basic information you need to give you control over how your MySpace profile looks and what it contains It also provides an introduction to HTML and CSS Ⅲ Part II: The Hacks (Chapters 10–25) consists of actual hacks you can use in your profile, with the code provided and explained, ready for you to customize and place into your personal... look at some of MySpace s music success stories, and I try to provide some tips and guidance on how to get a “break” on MySpace The chapter also explores the future of social networking Depending on how deeply you want to get into developing your profile, there are two ways you can use the book: Ⅲ If all you want to do is to use the code supplied in this book to add some effects to your profile, without... Is Organized It’s not hard to use MySpace at a basic level, so this book does not cover the basics It’s highly likely that you already have a basic MySpace profile, and you know how to enter information about yourself, upload photos to your photo album, and so on The aim of this book is to take you to the next level by giving you a few technical skills and some ideas on how to use those skills so that... programming tricks and techniques that will help you differentiate your profile from others, and it provides guidance on design, photography, and content to also make it interesting So what’s the secret that allows MySpace profiles to be customized? The creators of MySpace have allowed “codes” to be inserted into members’ profiles, which means that if you know how, you can alter the standard profile,... of the best MySpace profiles are quite simple, but they have the right balance of technical innovation and good design A big part of the impact of any profile is its photographs so you must take good photographs in the first place, and know how to use a photo editing package to correct any problems Ⅲ Part IV: MySpace Music (Chapters 30 and 31) looks at how you can use MySpace to build your music career... helps you understand how to create amazing profiles The masters of MySpace — MySpace members with outstanding profiles — also share some of their secrets Those of you involved in music will find invaluable tips from up -and- coming artists on how to promote your act Some of the code in this book is not beautiful (by the standards of professional programmers), but such is the nature of MySpace hacking that... profiles on MySpace, how on earth do you make yours stand out? That’s the question many people ask themselves when they first join MySpace Part of the answer is to make your profile do things that it was never intended to do — and that’s where this book comes in While much of this book is devoted to the technical issues of helping you develop an amazing profile, some chapters are devoted to photography, . ii Hacking MySpace Customizations and Mods to Make MySpace Your Space John Pospisil ™ 45841ffirs.qxd 7/20/06 3:52 PM Page iii Hacking MySpace ™ : Customizations and Mods to Make MySpace Your Space Published. Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pospisil, John, 1971– Hacking MySpace : customizations and mods to make MySpace your space / John Pospisil. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN-13: 97 8-0 -4 7 0-0 458 4-8 (paper/website) ISBN-10:. h0" alt="" Hacking MySpace Customizations and Mods to Make MySpace Your Space John Pospisil ™ 45841ffirs.qxd 7/20/06 3:52 PM Page iii 45841ffirs.qxd 7/20/06 3:52 PM Page ii Hacking MySpace ™ 45841ffirs.qxd