New MySpace rollout starts

MySpace have announced that they started rolling out the new design of the site, and expect to switch over to the new 3.0 layout by the end of November. This comes a couple of weeks later than expected, but the bottom line is still that the current css MySpace layouts will be lost after the upgrade to 3.0 has been forced. This is most probably MySpace’s last chance, as they are reportedly losing about $100 million a year, and unless they can turn the negative trend into a positive one with these changes, they won’t be around for too long. For the time being, just switch over to the clean, new MySpace layout like we did, and let’s see what happens.
You can watch a video about the new MySpace here.

The new MySpace 3.0 is coming on Oct 15

We got a lot of feedback about our post on the new Myspace profile 3.0. Since the lack of css customization will kill a lot of bands’ MySpace design, everyone wants to know when they will be forced to upgrade their MySpace profile to 3.0. The latest news is that the new look of MySpace, also known as Project Futura, will launch on October 15. Continue reading

The new MySpace Profile 3.0: no css customization

Yesterday we got a reminder from MySpace that we could upgrade our artist profile to the new 3.0 version, so we did. Since we didn’t really have a MySpace design, we didn’t have much to lose, and the upgrade was relatively painless.
The new profile editor lets you choose modules for your site, which you can drag and drop to their preferred positions. All the html in the old profile got dumped to the new html box, and it took some time to figure out that it needs to be edited there, and not in the bio section. This was the only issue to be solved after the upgrade, and we’re happy with the new cleaner layout of profile 3.0. The new marquee header lets visitors see the latest status update immediately, and the video slider is a great tool to present your videos if you have 10 of them, like us. However, if your band has a MySpace design based on custom css, you’ll have a hard time keeping your layout after the upgrade, since profile 3.0 doesn’t support css customization. Continue reading