MySpace Layout Tutorials - Changing the Size of the Text

In this tutorial, I'll explain how you can change the size of the text on your MySpace profile page.

First, you need to be logged in to MySpace. Next look in the first box on the left side, the one that greets you with "Hello, !". Just to the right of your picture, (or of the no-photo icon if you don't have a picture), is a menu list. The top item on that list is "Edit Profile". Left-click on "Edit Profile".

Now you should be on a page headed "Profile Edit - Interests & Personality". Look for the big text box labeled "About Me:", and put your cursor in it. Now you're going to type, or cut & paste, everything I have printed in the section between the stars. DON'T copy the stars, but copy everything BETWEEN the lines of stars into the "About Me:" box on your MySpace page.

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Done? Good! That was the hard part.

Now you need to decide what size you want the text on your MySpace page changed to. There are two ways to re-assign the size of your text.

Option #1: Use the point system
In the example you just pasted in, the point size is set to 8. Bigger numbers are bigger sizes. If you set it to 1 point ("1pt"), it will be very, very tiny. 10 or 12 points are the most common sizes on both the Internet and regular books and newspapers. You can change your MySpace text size as often as you like, so feel free to experiment a little. Just plug in different numbers to replace that "8".

Option #2: Use accepted sizing words
MySpace will recognize a few words related to sizing. If you're not comfortable with points, try one of these words: xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-large, or xx-large. You can put any of these words in place of the point selection.

Okay, now you've got your size choice , right? Look at the code you pasted into the "About Me:" box. Find the section near the end the looks like this:

{
font-size:8pt;
}

The example you pasted in has 8 point text. If you want a different size than 8 points, you're going to delete the 8pt and replace it with the selection of your new size choice.

For example, if you want the text to be 20 points big, it would look like this:

{
font-size:20pt;
}

If you'd rather use the words, and you wanted extra-large text, it would look like this:

{
font-size:x-large;
}

DON'T CHANGE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE 8pt !!

Finally, look about an inch above the "AboutMe:" box for a button labeled "Save All Changes". Left-click on that button. That's all there is to it!

Now when you go to your profile page, the text will be whatever size you've entered the code for.

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