Design Vitality

Anyone who’s been to MySpace knows that a majority of the profiles look like something out of Geocities. Who hasn’t seen a profile with sparkling text, tiling images or black text on a dark background?

These 15 MySpace layout resources give you downloadable themes from professional designers as well as supply you with the knowledge needed to create your own custom design. Use these to capture your creativity and help keep bad design out of MySpace.

Do It Yourself

If you are a web designer, or are knowledgable about coding CSS and HTML, you can use these tutorials to make a MySpace profile from the ground up.

1. Hacking MySpace Layouts : Mike Industries
   Mike Davidson goes over the caveates with creating your own myspace layout. He shows users how they can create a custom design and even offers a template for download.
   
2. Creating A MySpace DIV Overlay : Andrew Greig
   Know something about design? Want to create your own DIV overlay? This site features three tutorials that walk you through the process of creating a DIV overlay.
   

The DIV Overlay Trick

Want to really change your profile? Using the DIV overlay method you can cover your MySpace profile completely and build your own layout. These do require a bit of coding knowledge and all profile links must be hard-coded.

1. The Best MySpace Layouts That Don’t Look Like MySpace : Mashable
   Start here for inspiration. An amazing show of what can be done with DIV overlays in MySpace. Be careful with these because any overlay that covers the ads violates MySpace’s Terms Of Service and will get your account deleted.
   
2. Plain White MySpace Overlay
   This MySpace DIV overlay is a simple white theme that allows users to retain friendlist and view comments functionality while making a non-traditional profile.
   
3. MySpace Minimal Lime Overlay
   A simple and effective design that focuses on the MySpace user.
   
4. MySpace Minimal Dark Overlay
   A dark variation by the same designer. This version shows more information than the white overlay.
   
5. MySpace Layout : Eminen Style
   Another MySpace DIV overlay done by an actual designer. Simple boxes and typography create a professional design without the need for images.
   
6. MySpace Blog Layout
   Make your profile look like a regular blog rather than a MySpace profile.
   
7. DIV Overlays : Hot-Lyts
   Another site featuring DIV overlays. A nice variety in the selection.
   
8. MySpace DIV Overlays : Createblog
   A collection of original layouts done using the DIV overlay trick.
   
9. DIV Overlay Generator
   MySpace overlay generator. This creates a CSS overlay for layouts but requires some coding knowledge. Automatically creates the necessary hard-coded links for you.
   

Codes To Modify Your Existing Profile

Use these CSS codes to modify your existing MySpace profile. These codes only change the look style of your page and do not affect the layout.

1. Love My Flash
   Use free Flash layouts created by professional designers to spice up your profile. The site features tools to help you make your profile stand out. Really amazing designs.
   
2. Cool Space Tricks
   This site features CSS codes to modify the look of your MySpace profile. Your profile stays fully functional. Just cut and paste.
   
3. MySpace Layouts : Iron Spider
   Another site with a few layouts that modify the look of the layout without an overlay. Simple but clean layouts.
   
4. Dinosaur MySpace Profile
   Grab this code to give your MySpace the look of a DIV overlay profile without the overlay! Keep your friendslist and comments on the profile page.