There are a host of things that will likely go forever unexplained: ufos, stonehenge, how the pyramids were built, the nature of mind, and how on earth My Space has become one of the most popular sites on the Internet.
I've just created a profile for a new musical project I'm working on. Actually I created two profiles since there was nothing to indicate that band profiles had a different sign up process. Having created my profile I now want to edit the look and feel of it. I'm presented with a hideous, complicated looking interface. First I check my inbox which has a new message from my 'friend' Tom. He welcomes me to My Space, etc, the message ends with:
"P.S. One thing I can't help you with is HTML/decorating your profile; sorry!"
Which rather frustratingly is the exact thing I need help with. After much searching I find a 'help' page and browse to the following advice:
"How do I add color, graphics, & sound to my Profile page?
Adding color, graphics, and sound to your profile page is easy and requires only a basic knowledge of HTML (the programming language used to create web pages on the Internet). Simply go to "Edit Profile" and enter the desired HTML coding where appropriate.If you do not know HTML, you can reach out and make a new friend by asking someone who has color, graphics, and/or sound on their Profile page how they did it. People on MySpace are friendly and always willing to help, so just ask! This is a great way to meet new people!"
Easy? I'm a Postgrad in IT with a fair amount of experience in making websites and a pretty good knowledge of HTML and I would never have figured it out. There doesn't seem to be any suitable places to enter/edit the HTML/CSS. In blogger I can see the entire HTML for the page and edit it pretty freely. Nothing like that in MySpace. I asked a friend who informed me to enter it into the band details boxes. Done that, got the page the colour I want but half the page has disappeared and the profile editing interface has gone all to pot. What a load of crap.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Amen to that! I have no knowledge of HTML and I just can´t grasp how big this website is. I finally concluded that it is targeted towards teenagers that have nothing else to do than spend hours on My Space configuring their images and crap. Even if I had the time, which I don´t, I just can´t be bothered with the website. Why didn´t they just do it as an appilcation like Facebook? How hard can it be to change the background images with the click of a finger? Misteries of life. Sincerely I can´t be arsed! I´m guessing My Space won´t last too long as it is bond that someone will come out with a better alternative. What non-sense.
Post a Comment