How to Change MySpace Background

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MySpace Customizing is mainly done through Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) this tutorial explains How to Change the Background of your MySpace Page

1 Changing the Color
2 RGB Color Picker
3 Changing the Background Image
- 3.1 Optional Background Image settings
4 Glossary

[edit] Changing the Color

To change the background to any color you have to use the following code in your profile:

<style>
    body{
        background-color: Color;
    }
 </style>

Where "Color" is any standard html RGB value

[edit] RGB Color Picker

[edit] Changing the Background Image

To change the background to an image is similar, just use the following code:

<style>
    body{
        background-image:url("URL");
    }
</style>

Where "URL" is the location if the image to be used.

[edit] Optional Background Image settings

background-attachment:"VALUE";

Value	Description
scroll	The background image moves when the rest of the page scrolls
fixed	The background image does not move when the rest of the page scrolls.

background-repeat:"VALUE";

Value	Description
repeat	The background image will be repeated vertically and horizontally
repeat-x	The background image will be repeated horizontally
repeat-y	The background image will be repeated vertically
no-repeat	The background-image will be displayed only once

background-position: "VALUE";

Value	Description
top left top center top right center left center center center right bottom left bottom center bottom right	If you only specify one keyword, the second value will be "center".
x-% y-%	The first value is the horizontal position and the second value is the vertical. The top left corner is 0% 0%. The right bottom corner is 100% 100%. If you only specify one value, the other value will be 50%.
x-pos y-pos	The first value is the horizontal position and the second value is the vertical. The top left corner is 0 0. Units can be pixels (0px 0px) or any other CSS units. If you only specify one value, the other value will be 50%. You can mix % and positions.

Example

<style>
    body{
    background-image:url(http://www.crashlanding.us/photos/albums/wpw-20051116/Crash_Landing_Logo_1024x768.jpg);
        background-attachment:fixed;
        background-repeat:no-repeat;
        background-position: center center;
        background-color: #000000;
    }
</style>

This effect can be seen at www.myspace.com/hapa01