View hidden Myspace profile details - How to

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The details of any hidden Myspace profile that implement CSS styling can easily be revealed using the following steps.

Those of you that found my previous post "How to hide a Myspace users profile customization" overly complicated, will find this method much easier; both do practically the same thing.

As before, you'll need to work from your Firefox browser. If you don't have it (Grrrrr!), you can download Firefox for free.

How to view hidden Myspace profile details - step by step

1. Start your Firefox browser and go visit the Myspace profile(s) that you'd like to view or "un-hide".
2. At the top of the Firefox browser select VIEW, PAGE STYLE, then NO STYLE.

This will strip any web page that you're viewing of all CSS styling (It won't be pretty). Any Myspace profile page, Myspace details, Myspace comments, or items that were previously hidden using CSS, will now be visible.

3. After you're done simply select VIEW, PAGE STYLE (just like before) then click BASIC PAGE STYLE. This way you can continue viewing Myspace profiles as they were intended. That's it!

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How to hide a Myspace users profile customization

Userscripts.org has a neat script for Myspace users that essentially “turns off” the customization that you see on many profiles (just while viewing them). Have a look at the before and after below to understand what I'’m talking about. By following the directions here you will be able to turn-off user customization on any profiles that you visit with just one-click - the idea being that you don't have to subject yourself to all that clutter.

Before screenshot: Hideously customized Myspace profile - 'ick!

After screenshot: Same Myspace profile "Decrapified"

Okay here we go.

Requirements: You will need Mozilla Firefox to implement what is discussed in this particular post.

How to hide, or rather, decrapify, a Myspace users profile customization - step by step

1. No way around this, It will only work with the Firefox browser so, if you haven'’t already done so, go download and install Firefox. You'll be glad you did!
2. After installing Firefox, fire it up and go here. Just to be clear on this, you should be reading this post from your brand spanking new Firefox browser. If you'’re reading this using Internet Explorer or any other browser, close it down and open Firefox.
3. Okay, so you'’re running Firefox and you'’re at the link from step 2. Click on the series of numbers (something like “0.6.5.20060727”) located under the "“Current Release"” tab. You'’ll be taken to the Greasemonkey installation page.

4. Click on the "“Install now"” box. A "Software Installation"” dialog box will appear. Click on its "Install"” button.

If all is well, you should see a new window labeled "“Extensions"” and a newly installed item called "“Greasemonkey". Note that it also says "“Greasemonkey will be upgraded when Firefox is restarted"”.

5. Close the window labeled "“Extensions"”, then close and restart the Firefox browser for the install to take effect.
6. Good, you'’re back! Now that you have installed Firefox, and Greasemonkey, the hard part is over. You'’re ready to install the actual script. Go here to get the Myspace custom style remover script.
7. Click on the link in the upper right-hand corner that reads "“Install this Script"”. You'’ll be taken to a new page where the script will be installed.

If you get a pop-up dialog at the top of the browser with an install button, click install.

8. You should get an Alert window that says something like myspacecustomstyleremover.user.js installed successfully.

Click "“Ok"” to close it.

9. Pat yourself on the back! You'’re done.

Myspace usage:
Okay, on your browser status bar (bottom of browser) you should see a Monkey icon.

Clicking it will turn it on (red) and off (grey). To see it in action go to a customized Myspace profile and view it. Now, click the Monkey icon on your browser and refresh the same profile. You should see a difference. Whew!

Source: Tom Thomas

Free Myspace poll generator - Pollpub

If you're looking for a Myspace poll generator have a look at Pollpub. Pollpub allows you to easily create your own free polls that can later be posted to your Myspace profile. After registering (yes, for free) you simply click on the "Start Free Poll"” button. You then enter your poll question, the number of possible answers, and specify whether you would like to make it public (voting also open to other Pollpub members) or private (just for you and your friends).

After you complete a few simple steps, Pollpub presents you with a snippet of code that can be pasted to your Myspace profile, to a Myspace comment, or to your Myspace blog. The people voting on your poll get to see the poll results right after voting and commenting is also allowed. Might be fun! You can participate in my sample poll to see how it works, here.

As of this post the Polls are available only in black text on a transparent background - a user configurable (colors) version is at the top of MY Pollpub wishlist.

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Make my Myspace profile private - How to

Q: How can I make my Myspace profile private? Good news! You no longer have to pretend to be 14 or 15 years old to get your profile set to private. Most of you savvy Myspacer's already know this - this is for the few of you that don't.







How to set your Myspace profile to private:

1. Sign in to your Myspace account as you normally would.
2. Click the "Home" link located on the top-left of your Myspace profile navigation bar.
3. Next, look for and click the "Account Settings" link located in your Myspace information box (it's next to your profile picture). You will be taken to the "Change Account Settings" page.
4. To the right of "Privacy Settings", click the "Change settings" link (colored red).
5. You should now be on the "Privacy Settings" page. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and under "Who Can View My Full Profile", select the round button labeled "My Friends Only". Click the "Change Settings" button and you're done. That's it.

This will in effect block anyone from seeing your Myspace profile unless they are on your friends list. One quick note, and do check this yourself, your main profile photo, nick, headline, sex, age, location, status monitor, and last login are still viewable even when set to private. Everything else, remains hidden.

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How to map your Myspace friends - Frappr

My weblogs have been getting hammered with "Mixmap" queries all day long. It seems that Mixmap has vanished for some ungodly reason and the masses are out looking for a "why". It may just be a temporary thing, but I will be looking into it.

Anyway, it does open the door to new and exciting alternatives - sort of. If all you're interested in is having a map that shows the location of the people on your Myspace friends list (sorry no Mixmap-like profile tracking feature), then this might interest you.

Frappr has an easy to configure Myspace map.

Screenshot showing sample Frappr Myspace profile map

How to add a Frappr map to your Myspace profile - step by step:

1. Go to the Frappr site
2. Click on the Myspace tab towards the bottom of the page.
3. Enter the URL of your Myspace profile and click on the "Map my friends" button.
4. On the next screen, use the menu on the right to tweak the zoom, name, map type, and size of your map (be sure to click the update button after each tweak).
5. When you're happy with your results, click the "I'm done" button located at the bottom of the page.

Frappr will prompt you for an email address and password (to save your map).

6. Click on the "Save my map" button

7. On the next and final screen, you'll have the option of allowing Frappr to place the map right on your Myspace profile (Add button), or doing it yourself. If you choose to add the map yourself, Frappr provides you with the code and a brief tutorial on adding the map to your profile. Done!

Don't forget to join the Tom Thomas' Web Tracker Frappr (a.k.a. Kick Ass Lounge for Myspace Users) by clicking here.

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Funny Myspace photo generator with Zingfu

Good news for those of you interested in kicking your photos up a notch. Zingfu, a Chinese restaurant themed "Zing"” site, allows you to insert photos into one of over one hundred funny backdrops. After a little positioning and resizing you simply click on their Zing button and you'’re done. Zingfu quickly generates the new image and provides you with the needed Myspace code. From there, you simply paste it where you'd like; Myspace comments, your Myspace profile, a Myspace blog, etc...

Aside from what they offer (just an observation on my part really) I must admit that I'’m particularly impressed by the way everything in presented - very sharp indeed! The good peeps over at Zingfu seem to have a knack for detail and it shows. Kudos!

Source: Tom Thomas

Disposable email address that auto expires - Jetable

This isn't necessarily Myspace related, at least not directly, but with all the different things that we go over here, most requiring email registration before you can try them out, I figured it would be something that might come in handy.

The Jetable.org service provides its users with temporary/disposable email addresses. Upon entering your real email address and setting a "life span" (from one hour to a month), Jetable creates and provides you with an email alias. That alias is then used for all your online needs (i.e. trying out new sites). All mail is automatically forwarded to your real email address for the time that you specified. Upon expiration the alias simply ceases to work and you can forget about it. Neat idea!

Source: Tom Thomas

Embeddable Youtube player (adding videos) - PT 3

This is the final post in a three part Youtube how-to series. If you've been following along the past couple of posts you've read about embedding single Youtube videos to your Myspace profile (PT 1), and how to add the embeddable Youtube player to your profile (PT 2). Today we'll look at how to add Youtube videos to the embeddable Youtube player from PT 2.

How to step by step:

1. If you haven't already created your Youtube player do so now then continue with step 2.
2. You need to be logged in to the Youtube website.
3. Find a video that interests you - one that you'd like to add to your Youtube playlist.
4. Click on the "Save to Favorites" link located directly under the video you are viewing (see example screenshot below). A small window titled "Add Video to Your Favorites" should open.

Youtube screenshot showing how to save a video to your playlist

5. Click on its drop-down menu and look for the name of YOUR playlist. Select your playlist and click the "OK" button on the right (see example screenshot above) to save it.

That's it. You can keep adding videos to your playlist using the same steps listed above.

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Add Youtube videos to Myspace profile - How to - PT 2

Yesterday, in PT 1, we went over one way to add Youtube videos to your Myspace profile. Today I'll walk you through a second, albeit more complicated way of doing the same. Huh? Well, the idea is still the same - how to get Youtube videos to your Myspace profile. The payoff for all your hard work comes in the form of an embeddable Youtube player to which multiple videos can be added. Think of it as a super-sized Youtube player.

Normal Youtube player

Super-sized Youtube player

Buried deep within the Youtube site (okay, that's a lie, it's really not that deeply buried) you'll find a link to the Youtube playlist. If you haven't already done so, go sign up for a free Youtube account - you'll need one in order to get the super-sized player.

How to step by step:

1. Login to the Youtube website.
2. Once logged in, click on the "My Account" link at the top right of that page.
3. On the "My Account" page, click on the "Playlists" link (located under Videos).
4. On the "My Playlists" page, assuming you've never done this before, you'll be prompted to create a playlist.
5. Click the "Create playlist" button and enter the information on the next screen. When you're done click the "Save playlist info" button.
6. On the next page Youtube will supply you with the code needed to put the player on your Myspace profile. Look for the code under "Embeddable Player" - copy it!

Screenshot showing location of Embeddable player code

7. Continue reading below

Excerpt from PT 1

Myspace, for whatever reason, has done away with the <object> tag. Consequently, these tags must be removed before submitting any Youtube code to Myspace.

Example:

The <object> tags in this sample Youtube code (noted in RED) would have to be removed in order to work in Myspace:

<object width="530" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530" height="370"></embed></object>

Once removed, the code, now Myspace ready, would look like this:

<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530" height="370"></embed>

Note that both surrounding OBJECT tags have been removed.

8. Paste the embed code that you copied from step 6 to Myspace. You can post it to your profile or blog.
9. Before submitting/saving it, remove the OBJECT tags as shown (RED) in the example above.
10. Now, just submit it and you're all done. You may need to add videos to your playlist to see something.

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How to embed Youtube video in your Myspace profile - PT 1

Q: How do I add a Youtube video to my Myspace profile?

A: Youtube, has two options for embedding video into your Myspace profile. The first way, and the one we're going to see in PT 1, is to simply copy the embed code while viewing any video on Youtube. This code, having been slightly modified, would then be pasted to your Myspace profile or page.

Screenshot: Note location of the Youtube embed code

Myspace, for whatever reason, has done away with the <object> tag. Consequently, these tags must be removed before submitting any Youtube code to Myspace.

Example:

The <object> tags (noted in RED) in this sample Youtube code would have to be removed in order to work in Myspace:

<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>

Once removed, the code, now Myspace ready, would look like this:

<param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ls7gi1VwdIQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"></embed>

Note that both surrounding OBJECT tags have been removed.


"How to" step by step:

1. Go to Youtube and find the video you'd like to upload to Myspace
2. Look for and copy the embed code (usually found to the right of the video clip).
3. Paste the embed code to Myspace. You can post it to your profile, blog, or in a comment.
4. Before submitting/saving it, remove the OBJECT tags as shown (RED) in the example above.
5. Now, submit it and you're done.

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Shozu: new one-click camera phone upload to Youtube/ Myspace

A couple of weeks ago I posted about Shozu's service. Since that post, Shozu has apparently been working on an even easier way for users to shoot (supported camera phones), click and upload their video to the Youtube site.

[Via]

"...Aug. 15, 2006--ShoZu Inc. announced today that users of its free one-click image uploading service can now transmit video clips directly from supported camera phones to their accounts on YouTube, the Internet video-sharing site that gets a staggering 80 million video views a day..."

Since Youtube has an embeddable player that works in Myspace, you could in effect use the Shozu service to upload your camera phone video to your Myspace profile while out and about.

Screenshot Mashup showing how you can use Shozu to get camera phone video to your Myspace profile via Youtube

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Trailfire: communicate your view of the web and post it to your Myspace profile

Trailfire, currently in beta, allows you to post floating comments ('trail marks') on any web page that you visit. This commenting can be used to stitch one or more web pages together, thus forming a 'trail'. The trails can be posted to a blog, to your Myspace profile (see FAQ link below on how to do this), or emailed to your friends. In essence, your friends get to follow the trail of web pages you visited, reading the comments you posted along the way. They do this by using a navigational arrow that is located at the top of each floating comment box. In addition to text, Trail marks can also contain images, video and other media types. Very cool! Definitely try this out.

A browser plugin is required to create and view the trails and is available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox. More juicy info on their FAQ.

Trailfire Screenshot

Source: Tom Thomas

Odeo Myspace double shot: Podcasting & Webcam'ing

Odeo has released an audio player that allows Myspace users broadcast their favorite podcasts right on their Myspace profile. Users can fully customize the look of their player by simply using the Odeo drop down color pickers seen here. When listening to podcasts via your Myspace profile, you have two options. You can click on one of the 1 million existing podcasts, copy the code at the bottom of its page and insert it into your profile, OR, you can record your own podcast and paste it to your profile.

Odeo screenshot

Apart from the podcast player, Odeo has a video webcam player/recorder (the Hellodeo) that can also be inserted into your Myspace profile. You simply go to the Hellodeo site, click on record, and you'll be given the code to embed the player to your profile.

Hellodeo screenshot

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Meez: customized avatars for your Myspace profile

Meez is a site that allows you to create your own customized avatar - easily inserted into your Myspace Profile. Just a few of things that you can tweak (in their Meezmall) include: eye color, nose, skin color, hair, clothing, pets, backgrounds, accessories, etc... Once you finish creating your avatar (digital self), you can export it to your Myspace profile in several different versions - including an animated version (see below). Meez, provides you with some simple code that can be pasted into your Myspace profile.

Screenshot of Meezmall

Animated version

Headshot

Bodyshot

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Someone pretending to be you? Myspace has a solution.

The scenario: You sit down to some serious Myspace profile browsing; "Cute, not so cute, mmhmm, yeah...no, not that one, oh very cute, keeper, click, no, nah, huh...wait, wtf?" Yeah, you catch a glimpse of an oddly familiar photo; the one of you from last summer engaged in unmentionable spring-break'like antics. Someone is pretending to be you!

The solution: Myspace has implemented what they call a "salute". How does it work you ask? Well, apparently all you have to do is send in an image of yourself holding a handwritten sign with the words Myspace.com+friend ID (I'm guessing photoshopped photos aren't gonna cut it). You send this along with the offending profile URL and Myspace turns the watchdogs loose on that sorry sob.

Here's the official Myspace abuse page.

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Bix brings Karaoke to Myspace - and $50,000!

I've held off on this for a couple of weeks because Bix hadn't addressed the Myspace'ability (oh, new word!) of their karaoke player; that was then, this is now, and everything has changed since then! Once recorded, you can now have "Bix" showcase your talents directly on your Myspace profile; I say "Bix" because they, after prompting you for your login information, place the Myspace profile code themselves.

Bix is also offering $50,000 in an American-idol'esque type karaoke competition. The details of which can be found here. So go record something, post it to your Myspace profile, and get your friends to vote for you!



Sample entry (not me of course)

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Vizu provides Myspace users with an online poll creator

Vizu allows its users to create fully customizable (color, size, style, etc...) online polls. After setting up the poll, users can optionally post it to their Myspace profiles with a snippet of supplied code. Visitors to your profile, can view the current standing of each poll once they've submitted an answer.

	Steel cage death match: Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff, who would win?
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Web Polls by Vizu

Working example

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Myspace comic of the day code snippet via Blaugh

Blaugh, has a simple way for you to add their comic-of-the-day to your Myspace profile. You can go here, copy the code snippet they provide, and paste it anywhere to your Myspace profile. That's it. No need to register, sign up, or otherwise give out your personal information. Your comic-of-the-day will automatically update...err..."daily" I think.

Screenshot of comic

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Daily Myspace horoscope with We Love Widgets

The people over at We Love Widgets (psst...we love them too!) have brought you Myspace users a snazzy lookin' Myspace horoscope widget. The Myspace horoscope comes in several colors; each one corresponding to a given birth month. To get your own horoscope, you simply enter your name and birth date. You then have the option of supplying them with your Myspace login info, if you want them to place the horoscope for you, or simply cutting and pasting the snippet of code that they provide. Either way, click on the "Add to Myspace" button to get the code and the horoscope. Give it a try!

Myspace horoscope widget

Daily Myspace Horoscope

Meebo launches Meebome chat/IM widget - Myspace ready

Meebo, the company that brought simultaneous web-based access to your instant messenger accounts, has just launched a flash IM widget called Meebome. Upon registration, Meebome provides you with a snippet of code that can be inserted anywhere into your Myspace profile. This widget doubles as an instant messenger, consolidating one or more of your IM accounts (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber, Gtalk), and also allows you to chat with people visiting your profile page. Unlike other chat applications, Gabbly comes to mind, Meebome is not a group chat. Instead, either you or your visitor must request permission to chat with the other. More details can be found here.



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