Hacking A More Tasteful MySpace

Mike Davidson of Newsvine fame has gone ahead and created a MySpace profile. While there are around sixty-five million other people with profiles, Mr. Davidson, never likes to be outdone, and has created a profile that is well styled and designed, unlike the default template of a MySpace profile, or any of the free layouts on the numerous sites catering to people looking to change up the design of their profile.

Several weeks ago, I finally signed up for an account, and within seconds I was instantly put-off by what had been created for me: a hastily-designed “profile page” with uninspired colors, misaligned tables, and a mish-mash of extraneous cruft and design elements which made this feel more like a halfway house than a “home”. Now, granted, I am a designer by trade so my tolerance for this stuff is orders of magnitude lower than most of the population, but clearly, this was not a place I even felt comfortable having my name on.

I am amazed at what he was able to put together, and think that if something similar was the default myspace profile that the site would be a much better place to go and learn about people. While some of the coding he had to do to make it work ignores standards and conventional thinking, he was able to whip something really spectacular out of something that started out rather ugly.

Not only does he talk about how he did it, but he also provides his files so you can takle it yourself. He asks that you not use an exact copy of what he has created, but otherwise, if you want a superb MySpace profile, check out his entry, and download his profile files today.

[Mike Industries]

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