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    Quick Start Information

  • How do I sign up?

    Click on the Sign Up button on the upper right hand corner of any ProfileMine page. On the Sign Up page, enter a Username, Password, and Email and click on Create User. You will get then get an email with a confirmation link. After you click on the link, you will be prompted to sign in using your Username and Password.

  • How can I get a MySpace layout?

    The easiest way to get a layout is to click on the Get Layout button below each layout. You will be prompted to enter your MySpace email and password to update your profile automatically. If you prefer, you can also copy and paste the layout code into the About Me section of your MySpace Profile Edit page.

    You can also use our MySpace Editor to “try on” different layouts to see how they look on your profile before saving any changes. See below on instructions on how to use our MySpace Editor.

  • How can I save a layout to My Layouts?

    My Layouts is a feature that lets you save your favorite layouts in one convenient place. First, you have to be signed in as a ProfileMine user to use this feature. Once you sign in (or sign up), there are two ways you can do this.

    • If there is a layout you see on ProfileMine that you like, you can simply click on a layout’s Save Favorite button. Then you can access this layout anytime you want in your My Layouts page.
    • If there is a layout that you’d like to save to My Layouts that hasn’t already been uploaded to ProfileMine by another user, you can go to Upload a Layout and either paste the layout code into the appropriate box or enter the MySpace URL or Friend ID of the profile who has a layout that you’d like to get.
  • What does your MySpace Editor do?

    Our MySpace Editor the first and only “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) editor for MySpace. What that means is that you can drag-and-drop content to move it to a new location; easily click-and-drag to resize photos, videos or slideshows; delete items by just selecting and hitting the Delete button; and edit text directly on your profile as easily as you would on a word processor.

    Below are some examples of some specific things you can do with our MySpace Editor:

    • Get rid of obnoxious MySpace layout site advertisements embedded in your layouts by selecting the ad and hitting Delete;
    • Resize a YouTube video embedded in your profile by selecting the video and clicking and dragging on the corner of the video;
    • Move a photo to a new location by clicking and dragging the photo to a new MySpace profile section;
    • Edit text on your profile by just highlighting the text and using our editing toolbar (to enlarge the font, change font color, or change the font style);
    • Immediately see how a new slideshow or video looks on your profile by pasting the code into our Insert New Content box;
    • Highlight and delete random snippets of HTML code that show up on your profile;
    • Easily switch between different layouts to see how it looks on your profile.

  • How can I edit my profile in the MySpace Editor?

    Click on Edit My Profile. Enter your MySpace Friend ID or URL and select Load. (If you have private profile or a profile limited to those 18 or over, click on My Profile is Private link and follow the instructions.) You should see your profile appear in the Editor. When you are ready to start editing, click on the Edit Profile tab. You will see red dotted lines around the areas that contain content available for editing.

    • Becoming a User

  • Why should I sign up to be a user?

    As a user, you get the benefit of being able to save your favorite layouts to your My Layouts account so that you can easily access these layouts at anytime. In addition, you can also upload new layouts that you find or made elsewhere into your My Layouts account, including layouts you see on someone else’s profile.

  • Even if I don’t want to sign up as a user, can I still use ProfileMine?

    Absolutely. Even if you don’t sign up, you can still get layouts (either by automatically updating your profile or by copying-and-pasting the layout code) and use our MySpace Editor.

  • I forgot my password.

    No problem. Just click on the Sign In button on any page. In the Sign In box, click on Help. You’ll be prompted to enter your ProfileMine username. We’ll then email you your password to the email account that you used when you signed up.

  • Can I change my password or username?

    Not yet. We’re working on it.

    • Finding Layouts

  • Do you have layouts for other social networks like Bebo, Hi5, or Friendster?

    No. We currently only have layouts for MySpace, but we’re working on supporting layouts for other social networks. Please feel free to send us a comment suggesting which other social networks you would like us to support.

  • How do you select the Most Popular layouts?

    We rank the most popular layouts on ProfileMine by the number of times they have been saved as favorites by users.

  • Why do you ask me for my MySpace email and password when I select Get Layout?

    This is to give you the option of automatically updating your profile with the new layout. We do not store your MySpace email and password. But, if you still prefer, you can always bypass this step and just copy-and-paste the layout code directly into your MySpace account.

    • Uploading Layouts

  • What layouts can I upload to My Layouts?

    ProfileMine can store for you any MySpace layouts you may make or find elsewhere. If you make or find a MySpace layout that you like, all you have to do is to copy-and-paste the code into the HTML input box on the Upload a Layout page. Alternatively, if you find a great MySpace layout that you like on someone else’s profile, you can enter that user’s MySpace Friend ID or URL and grab the code that way. Please make sure that you abide by all applicable copyright laws in your local jurisdiction before you upload any layout to ProfileMine.

  • How can I remove a layout that I uploaded?

    Go to My Layouts. Find the layout that you’d like to remove from ProfileMine and select Delete. If you chose to make the layout public (i.e., available to other ProfileMine users), deleting the layout will remove the layout from all public layout libraries and from all other users’ My Favorite Layout list in their My Layout accounts.

  • Can I just make a layout that I uploaded private instead of deleting it?

    Not yet. We’ll have this functionality available very soon.

    • Edit My Profile

  • What is Preview Profile and Edit Profile?

    The Preview Profile tab lets you view your profile exactly as it’s rendered on MySpace. When you want to edit your profile, you need to first click on the Edit Profile tab. As you will see, all uneditable portions of your MySpace profile will become a lighter shade. All the sections where you can use our MySpace Editor to edit content is highlighted by the big, red, dotted-line boxes. When you are editing, you can toggle back to the Preview Profile mode at any time without losing any changes.

  • What are those placeholders in my profile?

    When you are in Edit Profile mode, all flash objects in your profile will be overlaid with a placeholders replicating the exact size of the flash object. You can delete, resize, or move the placeholders to modify the underlying flash object. After you make a change to a placeholders, you can toggle to Preview Profile mode to see the effect of the changes on the actual flash object.

  • What are those red dotted boxes around my Interests and Blurb sections?

    Those red dotted-line boxes indicate which profile content that you can edit using our MySpace Editor. All areas outside the red dotted-line boxes are not editable.

  • What does the Clear Layout button do?

    It removes all previous layouts you had applied to your MySpace profile, leaving you with the default Myspace layout.

  • What does the Change Layout button do?

    This button will open up a Change Layout screen that allows you to find layouts, either in your My Layout account or in the public library, and apply to your profile with a single click. Don’t like the way it looks? You can just click on the Change Layout button again and try on another layout.

  • What does the Save My Profile button do?

    This is the button you select when you are finished making edits to your profile. As with the Get Layout feature, you will be given the choice of either entering your MySpace email and password to have ProfileMine automatically update your MySpace profile with the next changes or copying-and-pasting the new profile code into your MySpace account. If you have a lot of content on your MySpace profile, keep in mind that you will have to copy and paste code from all MySpace sections where you have any content and transfer this new code to your MySpace account one section at a time. (We just suggest you use the automatic update feature.)