Hacking MySpace: Mods and Customizations to make MySpace Your Space (ExtremeTech) [Paperback]

John Pospisil (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 28, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0470045841 | ISBN-13: 978-0470045848 | Edition: 1

Get noticed. Get discovered.

It's YourSpace

There are over 90 million profiles on MySpace. How do you make yours stand out? You use these programming tricks and techniques to tweak the look, feel, and content of your profile. You get the inside scoop on hot design and photography. You maximize the effects of HTML and CSS. And, if you happen to be a musician, you check out Chapter 30 to see how MySpace can launch your career. It's all in here. What are you waiting for? Make it all about you.

Complete code and instructions for these and more MySpace hacks:

• Embedding graphics
• Creating animated images
• Developing your own background
• Building custom cursors
• Changing profile text styles
• Getting kinky with links
• Adding a comments box
• Altering your contact table
• Redesigning the navigation bar
• Making DIV overlays

A companion Web site provides even more tricks and techniques.

Visit www.myspaceismyplace.com to find all code from this book, links to software and featured profiles, a reader forum, and more.

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From the Back Cover

Get noticed. Get discovered.

It's YourSpace

There are over 90 million profiles on MySpace. How do you makeYOURS stand out? You use these programming tricks and tech-niques to tweak the look, feel, and content of your profile. You getthe inside scoop on hotdesign and photography.You maximize the effects of HTML and CSS. And if you happen to be amusician, you check outChapter 30 to see howMySpace can launch yourcareer. It's all in here. Dude, what are you waiting for?

Make it all about you

Complete code and instructions for these and more MySpace hacks

1. Embedding graphics
2. Creating animated images
3. Developing your own background
4. Building custom cursors
5. Changing profile text styles
6. Getting kinky with links
7. Adding a comments box
8. Altering your contact table
9. Redesigning the navigation bar
10. Making DIV overlays

Companion Web site

Visit www.myspaceismyplace.com to find all code from this book, links to software and featured profiles, a reader forum, and more

About the Author

John Pospisil is the founder of CogentInsights, a marketing and communications consultancy specializing in new and converging media. He was the product development champion and founding editor of Computer CHOICE, a magazine launched by the Australian Consumers' Association in 1995 and still one of Australia's most credible and independent IT titles. And he really had fun putting this book together.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (August 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470045841
• ISBN-13: 978-0470045848
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,137,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Pospisil was the founding editor of the magazine, Computer CHOICE, an easy-to-ready computer magazine launched by the Australian Consumers' Association in 1995, and still one of Australia's most credible and independent IT titles.

In 1996, John's book "How to buy a computer" was published by CHOICE Books. Four editions of this book have been published (the most recent in 2000) and over 40,000 copies have been sold, making it one of CHOICE Books' most successful titles ever. In 1997 John and his business partner Tom Crawley started work on their own magazine FREE ACCESS (www.freeaccess.com.au), a free, friendly computer magazine distributed through major Australian retailers.

John's second book "How to get more from your computer" was also published in 1998. In November 2001 John teamed up with Melbourne photographer Shelton Muller to launch Total Image (www.total-image.com.au), a free photography magazine distributed through camera stores. Total Image is now Australia's highest circulating photography magazine.

John's third book "How to start a small business in the real world" was published in 2002. The book was very well received, and he was interviewed on radio, as well as by the Australian Financial Review. John completed his MBA at the University of Technology, Sydney at the end of 2004.

At the moment I am in the process of finishing up my most exciting book project to date -- Hacking MySpace for Wiley Publishing.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly, precisely what I needed, October 8, 2006

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V. Pierce "owenparryfan" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking MySpace: Mods and Customizations to make MySpace Your Space (ExtremeTech) (Paperback)

In this book, the author talks to me, the most fledgling of geeks, in terms I can understand so that I can grasp the concepts I didn't understand. He gives instructions I can follow. I get the results I want. I'm devouring this book and learning at an incredible pace. It is extremely well organized, things are where you expect to find them. This is a generous author. The supporting website at http://www.myspaceismyplace.com is just as user-friendly and as giving as this book. I recommend this most highly.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get a cool MySpace Page, November 9, 2006

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Jennifer J. Walford "Critical Region Consulting" (Yonkers, NY) - See all my reviews
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Though this title is geared toward people with more experience in HTML and CSS, it is a great resource for those seeking to create an awesome MySpace Profile.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for getting the job done., August 23, 2007

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Debbie Tejada (near Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hacking MySpace: Mods and Customizations to make MySpace Your Space (ExtremeTech) (Paperback)

I wish I had found this book sooner. I'd spent at least a week surfing the Internet to find more information on how to really tailor MySpace, and this book would have saved me a lot of time. It's appropriate for people who are new to html and CSS, as well as experienced coders who just want to know how MySpace pages are set up and what's unique about the way they did things. Having previously spent my time just working with inserting CSS and html into MySpace profile boxes, I'm now going to move on to the next big step of using a DIV overlay and make my MySpace really mine. The book is a quick read, full of useful information, has a lot of screen shots to back up the text, and goes beyond coding issues to useful information for improving your photo techniques and editing. John covers all the bases!