Most of the profiles on MySpace.com are customized, like the Brittany Site MySpace.com. It is very easy to customize a MySpace profile. The first thing to decide is the kind of MySpace background you would like. This could be a large image background or a repeating background on your profile. The effect of having a single large background unlike the Brittany site MySpace.com is that it takes more time to download. Basically, a large image is a large file. It can add several seconds of download time if you are using broadband, and much more if you are on a dial-up Internet connection.

If a small repeating graphic is used it gives a pleasant appearance to the page with less download time.  As in the Brittany site, MySpace.com the code for adding a single image to the mysql background is quite easy. The code is added to the about me section in the MySpace profile. If you are looking for a fixed background similar to the Brittany site, you can add extra code in the CSS style to fix it so that it does not scroll at all. This gives it a neat look. However, there are times when it can be difficult to read the rest of the page.

With a fixed background, as in the Brittany site, it is also tough to find your place on the web page. If you use small repeating background images for your MySpace background, then it is not that noticeable.  But suppose you have, say, a large racing car as a background, it may be better to leave the scrolling normal. A normal MySpace layout, unlike the Brittany site, has its background scroll with the rest of the page. But with so many premade layouts made available online, customizing the profile has never been easier. There are also MySpace profile editors, which give a range of options to choose from, after which they generate the code to be used for the specific effect required.