Social networking sites are becoming increasingly popular with people under twenty five. They are even more popular amongst people who are still in their teens. High school kids are using social networking sites such as Myspace to carry their high school personas online. Not only do kids have to look cool for school, they now have to look cool for the web. Fortunately Myspace allows users to completely personalize their sites. Everything from the music playing in the background, the color; even the page layout can be customized. Ultimately a person’s Myspace page will look and feel the way it does based on the persons personality.
High school kids are full of personality. Hormones, peers, school; all of these play an important part in making up the high school kid’s psyche. Maybe this is why so many of them are drawn to emo, and emo music. Emo culture occupies that blue space in between gothic and punk. The music is not quite punk, it is not quite rock. In fact it is hard to categorize emo music. About the only thing that is common between bands is the subject matter. Often times it is about teenage angst, relationships; the usual. A high school kid who is into emo might want to stylize their Myspace page to reflect that fact. How does one go about doing this?
Myspace allows people to add HTML and CSS tags to areas of their profile. These tags affect the look and feel of the page. Fortunately one does not need to know HTML or CSS in order to take advantage of this. There are a number of websites that will generate the code. The person simply needs to cut and paste the code into the appropriate field in their profile. One of these websites containing a code generator is Myspace Aid. The code generator works like this. The user can choose a category and then pick a predefined template to use. The code for that template will be displayed for the user to cut and paste.
Unfortunately there is no specific category for Emo. This means that the users will need to design their own template. It is actually pretty simple to do. The first thing to keep in mind is the colors. There are a multitude of colors to choose from. Someone designing an emo inspired page would simply pick emo inspired colors. The background can also be edited to include a graphic instead of a solid color. Other graphics can be incorporated as well.
Probably the most important part of a page for any emo enthusiast will be the music. There are a number of different music players that can be incorporated into a page. These music players will continuously play one or more songs while the person’s profile is being browsed. A great website to find music players is . At My Flash Fetish the user can select different styles of players to fit their page. The limit is on 100 songs. Songs will need to be uploaded to a site such as Boxstr. At Boxstr, files such as mp3’s can be uploaded. They will then give a corresponding url link to that file. Anyone wishing to utilize My Flash Fetish will need to have this mp3 url. Customizing a Myspace page can be time consuming. With tools such as the ones mentioned above, personalizing a page should be made loads easier.
