I was asked to make a few changes to the Vails Gate MySpace page.
I made a few changes to font size, font color, table width, contact table font and color, and the page’s background image. Even though I was asked to make simple changes, the boxy layout reminded me the typical MySpace page: boxed text on crazy backgrounds that no one can read. So, I set out on my search for easier-to-read MySpace layouts and came up with a few that I find really bright and fun, but also easy to read.
Two web sites offering MySpace layouts that I found to be the most helpful (offered the code for a layout with no strings attached) were Createblog and Ultimate Myspace.
A good way to learn how to make layouts like the ones above is to download the code for a pre-existing layout and then add it to your own MySpace page if you have one. Then download Firebug for Firefox and use it’s “Inspect” tool to figure out the name of elements. For example, if you have a box on your web page and you can’t determine if it has a parent box, use Firebug’s Inspect tool to hover over the box and gradually move the mouse outward to determine if there is a parent. Once you know the names of different elements you can add or modify elements of your own.
