One of the primary attractions of the MySpace network is the way users are able to customize their individual pages, making each MySpace page as unique or standard as the user wants it to be.
If you’re looking to attract visitors to your MySpace profile, a layout that stands out from the crowd can go a long way. The usual MySpace aesthetic tends to be a busy page with overbearing backgrounds, loud music tracks, distracting animations and a general free-for-all that gives little thought to the elements of design.
Try going against the grain by working towards a layout that’s clean, fresh, and still stylish. While you want your MySpace profile to be ‘pimped out,’ you still want it to be readable and understandable. To capture that clean, but cool look – go for solid, complimentary colors or tiny patterns that add to your design, rather than detract from it. Be selective about the comments that you allow on the page and say goodbye to the dancing bologna of animated spam comments that just take away from your message. Finally, above all else, check the readability. After each layout change, double check that visitors are still able to...