How To Change Background On Myspace

By: URDOLLZFacts

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Looking for how to change background on MySpace? If you want to know how to change your background then you have to know how to navigate the MySpace web site. Once you know how to do that, you can easily find the settings that will allow you to change your background. 

  1. You can change your background on MySpace by selecting "Account." Then, under "profile," select "customize background. Under that select theme, you can change your layout or do advanced edit. Alter those, according to the choices on the page, you can change your Myspace background by color and theme.
  2. One other method that many MySpace users have chosen is to input HTML code to change their background. Place this code in your "about me" section by going to "profile," then "edit profile." The "about me" section will show as the first box on the next page. Clear everything in that box and put this code inside:  <img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="" /><style type="text/css">

    .contactTable {
    background-image:url(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/cwm1021/layout_bg3/contactxa9.gif);
    width:198px !important;
    height:152px !important;
    padding:0px !important;
    background-attachment:scroll;
    background-position:center center;
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-color:transparent;
    }
    .contactTable table, table.contactTable td {padding:0px !important;border:0px;background-color:transparent; background-image:none;} .contactTable a img {visibility:hidden;border:0px !important;} .contactTable a {display:block; height:auto;width:auto;} .contactTable .text {font-size:1px !important;} .contactTable .text, .contactTable a, .contactTable img {filter:none !important;}

    span.blacktext12 {
    background-image:url(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/cwm1021/layout_bg3/networkkf1.gif);
    visibility:visible !important;
    background-color: transparent;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: center center;
    font-size: 0px;
    letter-spacing :-0.5px;
    width: 432px;
    height: 117px;
    display:block !important;
    }

    body, body.bodyContent {
    background-image:url(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/cwm1021/layout_bg3/bgqx3.gif);
    background-color:ffffff;
    background-repeat:no-repeat;
    background-position:bottom left;
    background-attachment:fixed;
    }

    table table table {border: 1px solid; border-color: 808080;  padding:0; background-color:D31F28;
    filter:alpha(opacity=80); -moz-opacity:0.80; opacity:0.80; -khtml-opacity:0.97}
    table table table table td {filter:none;}
    table tbody, body.bodyContent td table tbody, body.bodyContent tr td.text table{background-color:FDB713;}
    table table table table {border:0px; background-image:none; background-color:transparent;}

    table, tr, td, input, div {
    background-color:transparent; border:0px;}

    a img {border:0px;}


    td.text td.text .orangetext15, td.text td.text table table div {display:none;}

    embed, object {
    display:block;
    width:220px;
    height:38px;
    }

    div table td font {visibility:hidden;}
    div table table td font a {visibility:visible;}

    a:link, a:active, a:visited, a.redlink:link, a.redlink:active, a.redlink:visited {
    color: ffffff !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 9px !important;
    font-weight:normal;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-transform: none;
    }
    a:hover, a.redlink:hover {
    color: D31F28 !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 9px !important;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-transform: none;
    }

    a.navbar:link, a.navbar:active, a.navbar:visited {
    color: D31F28 !important;
    font-family: century gothic !important;
    font-size: 9px !important;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-transform: none;
    }
    a.navbar:hover {
    color: ffffff !important;
    font-family: century gothic !important;
    font-size: 9px !important;
    text-decoration:none;
    text-transform: none;
    letter-spacing:0px;
    }

    table, tr, td, p, li, div, span, .text {
    color: 0B221C !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 11px !important;
    text-transform: none;
    font-weight:normal !important;
    }

    span.nametext {
    color: 0B221C !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 16pt !important;
    font-weight:normal !important;
    text-align:center;
    }

    span.whitetext12 {
    color: ffffff !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 11px !important;
    text-transform: none;
    font-weight:normal !important;
    }

    span.lightbluetext8, span.orangetext15 {
    color: 0B221C !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 11px !important;
    text-transform: none;
    font-weight:normal !important;
    }

    span.btext, b {
    color: 0B221C !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 11px !important;
    text-transform: none;
    font-weight:normal !important;
    }

    span.redbtext, span.redtext {
    color: 0B221C !important;
    font-family: tahoma !important;
    font-size: 11px !important;
    text-transform: none;
    font-weight:normal !important;
    }

    span.blacktext10 {display:none !important;}
    span.blacktext12 span {display:none !important;}


    body, body.bodyContent div table td form img{display:none!important;}
    body, body.bodyContent div table td form option{display:none!important;}
    body, body.bodyContent div table td form select{display:none!important;}
    body, body.bodyContent div table td form input{display:none!important;}
    table tr td div font {display: none;}

    table tr td div div {
    visibility:hidden;
    display:none;
    border:0px!important;
    background-color:transparent;
    }
    </style><style>div.msmnet{position:absolute;right:5px;top:35px;border:1px solid rgb(128,128,128);background:url(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r6/cwm1021/msmaster/fade.jpg) repeat-x 0 0 ;padding:0;margin:0;}div.msmnet ul{list-style:none;padding:5px;margin:0;}div.msmnet ul li{padding:2px;}div.msmnet ul li a:link,div.msmnet ul li a:visited{color:rgb(128,128,128);font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;}div.msmnet ul li a:hover,div.msmnet ul li a:active{background-color:rgb(128,128,128);color:white;text-decoration:none;font-family:"Trebuchet MS", Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;}</style>
    <div style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;"><a href="" target="_blank"><img src="" alt="Myspace Layouts" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.myspacemaster.net/myspace-layouts" target="_blank"></a></div><div class="msmnet"><ul><li><a href="http://www.myspacemaster.net" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.myspacemaster.net" target="_blank"></a></li><li><a href="http://www.myspacemaster.net" target="_blank"></a></li></ul></div>
  3. You can change the background image by replacing the .gif image (bolded and italicized) in the code. Just make sure it is an image that can be found online and can be accessed publicly. You can use photo hosting websites like Photobucket for private photos. 

 

Warnings:

Make sure that the photos you use are not copyrighted. Otherwise, make sure to get permission from the owner. 

 

That is how you change your background on the walk my space web site. It is simple to do and fun as well. Once you’ve mastered this test, you can change it is often as you like and customize it to your heart’s content. Have fun and just remember: keep it legal. Never add anything that you don’t personally have the rights to put on the web. Other than that, you are on your own. Enjoy!

Posted on: Oct. 23, 2010