Myspace Title Change

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Myspace Title Change

tictoc

10:17 am on Aug 16, 2007 (gmt 0)

Is there a way to change the <title> meta/header tag in a myspace profile?

rogerd

9:37 pm on Aug 23, 2007 (gmt 0)

Apparently nobody knows the answer to that one... :(

tictoc

4:20 am on Aug 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

Haha yeah I realize this isnt a myspace support group but it would be nice to know. I have tried many things and cannot seem to figure it out

jtara

4:29 pm on Aug 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

Myspace simply provides a means of inserting HTML that you supply into various parts of the body portion of your profile page. Therefore, you can use any HTML that is permitted in the body of an HTML document.

A <title> element is not permitted in the body. Ditto for <meta>. Thus, you cannot use a <title> or <meta> element.

Additionally, an HTML document may have at most ONE <head> tag and ONE <body> tag, so you cannot simply include an additional <head> tag and switch back to <body>.

Not sure what different browsers will do with this - some may support it in some way, but in any case, the result is, at best, "undefined" - if it does work in some browsers, it's almost certain to work differently in others.

rogerd

5:14 pm on Aug 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

Thanks, jtara. That approach seems very typical for sites that let users post content - they rarely let you mess with the header.

tictoc

8:44 pm on Aug 24, 2007 (gmt 0)

If you have spent time putting a blog on the site it seems you would be able to edit things like that. Myspace has even put up its own myspacelinks where you cannot even direct link to another site. I wished I could move my 900 or so friends somewhere else but its not that easy. :(

rogerd

3:21 pm on Aug 25, 2007 (gmt 0)

It's a good bet that 99.9% of their user base has no clue as to what a title tag is. If they let users start messing around with that stuff, it would just add complexity.

Even if you can't link to a different site, surely you could still find ways to promote it. It might take a while for your other site to get popular, but you'd have a lot more control in the long run.

Joseph Morin

8:49 pm on Aug 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

I've been researching this for a client and there doesn't seem to be a way to do this, however, is anyone aware if there exists the possibility of inserting tracking code into the footer?

tictoc

7:20 am on Sep 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

I have seen someone use a tracker program that can track Ip's that come to their myspace but I am not sure about using the footer.

vincevincevince

7:43 am on Sep 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

Some browsers (not sure if it applies to any bots) will override the previous <title> tag in the head if you set another one in the <body>. Entirely invalid code but still functional in some cases. That's the best I can suggest.