After the last update (Multiply 3.0) you do most of the page editing and change the settings directly in your main page. You just have to click on the Customize My Site link at the top of your page (right bellow the navigation menu, to the right) or go to Settings -> My Site. There is no other way to change some settings. The only exceptions are the Page Layout and the Welcome Message box, that can be edited using this link: http://multiply.com/setup/pages/content
But sometimes you enter the wrong HTML code and you can't change the settings anymore (or you might have some broken code before the update and now you can't edit your main page at all). So follow these simple tips:
- Download and install the latest Firefox if you haven't done yet. It's a free web browser, more secure and stable than IE (Internet Explorer) and it's more compatible with Multiply too;
- Lately it seems that most problems are due to graphics added by to the Guestbook. If you think it's the problem, please follow the tips in this tutorial to hide the graphics or delete the offending entry: http://usersupport.multiply.com/journal/item/131/Guestbook_FAQ
- Backup your Custom CSS (when you choose another theme you may lose the code);
- Chose another theme and try to edit the section that has the broken code. You may have to change themes a couple of times if it does not work at the first time.
If you still can't edit your main page, you should contact the support staff and give them as much details as your can about what you want to do but can't.
PS1: I saw the above tip the first time on Nov 16th in a group, posted by licatayag.
PS3: If you've hidden something in your Home Page and you don't see the unhide links after you click on Customize My Site, maybe you've set your page to Linear View. Try going back to Boxes View to unhide what you want first: http://multiply.com/setup/pages/home
Update1: After the latest Multiply update, the Customize My Site link has moved to the rail, below the headshot.
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Probably you had some broken code prior the update and you edited the Welcome Message only now. Maybe you code is still there. Use this link to take a look and edit/fix it: http://multiply.com/setup/pages/content
The part about 'wrong HTML' and 'broken codes' - is that relevant for someone who never makes codes on her own? I mean: can a code in one of Multiply's "ready made" themes break? If so, what do I do if it happens? I certainly can't repair it myself.
You need to make sure that you are using the base theme required, to start with, for any customized theme, or you will not get the desired and expected result. Best to save your own css before testing another, and if there is a problem with a code you are using from someone or somewhere else, remove the offending code. Note that broken code will show and be easier to edit with Firefox. IE doesn't always show you broken code. Also, you may need to go back to the source of the code you are given, for further answers. :)
I haven't. I don't KNOW how to write anything but simple text.
dantcer, I don't understand one word of your answer. What is "base theme required"? What do you mean by "own css"? "remove the offending code" - I don't even know what a code is or what it might look like.
dantcer wrote on Mar 31, '07, edited on Mar 31, '07
Base theme is one of the standard themes on the "choose a theme" page of Multiply.
All customized themes from the customized themes group are "based" on one of those, and css modifications don't work the same for all. So you need to start with one of the standard base "offered" themes by Multiply before doing css edits, (the one recommended) and if you are using an entire customized theme, it is "based" on one of those first. So you must start with that theme installed before you insert the css to modify any theme.
Some css codes, or snippets of them work in all themes, though differently sometimes. So you have to test them of course (the preview page)
Code can refer to either css code or html code that is used to modify your Multiply. Some codes can be broken (incomplete) and distort a page's appearance. The only way to fix this is either to repair or remove the offending code (the code that is causing this distortion)
i chose the options "thumbnails" so that when someone looks in to my multiply, they can see what's inside each folder of the photos folders. BUt why is it not doing the thumbnail effect? why does my multiply page show the table view especially on the photos area????
I wanted to choose from the basic themes this afternoon then they just showed me a list of stuff that i can change the color of. I also wanted to make a picture that's saved in our PC & make it my background. But every time i put a picture there, it always multiplies... can anyone pls help me???
You have used the Custom Theme (or Custom Colors Theme). It is the only theme that lets you choose an image as your background, but it will be tiled, you cannot disable it as far as I know. You can either use a bigger image so it will fill almost all the window or use a Custom CSS so you can add other parameters. Anyway, it is a kind of question that is more suited to the Multiply.Design group (link on the right rail >>>>).
PS -> new questions should be done as new entries in the Notes section of the group. Thanks.
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Hi, Having Problems staying online everytime I try to view "My Multiply Message Board" I get kicked completely off line when I go there. Can you advise me on how to solve this problem?
hi, could anybody tell me how i get a background at my site? i know how to upload pictures but i haven't found out yet how this background photo thing works... i hope someone can help me out of this terrible situation ;-)))
Hi there, one of my blogs' content was disappeared, the page only left with replies from friends. Is there any way to retrieve it? When viewing from others on my main page, the link was gone too. Can anyone advise, please? HELP. The blog that has the problem is --> http://natanikar.multiply.com/journal/item/5.
Please start a new thread with the question as advised in the post. Your question isn't related to the post subject either... In the mean time, it seems that the post is marked private. You can try to edit it and change the settings using this tutorial: Editing a post when the edit link doesn't work
I would just like to ask, how do I customize the colors of my multiply site? I'm currently using the Default Theme, and I do not know how to change the colors.
You have to open a certain post so you can edit or delete it. All of your blog entries are listed in your Blog page (the analogous work for reviews, videos, etc): http://YOUR_USERNAME.multiply.com/journal
Open the entry and you should be able to click on a link called edit or delete just below the post, to the left, so you make the modifications you want in that post or remove it completely.
I figured it out - I hope this helps... got to your page and click on view all blogs. At the bottome of each blog is edit - delete- reply- etc. from there you can delete the blog or edit it.
i have this album and posted it for individual user only but suddenly after posting, someone viewed my album but she's not in the list of my individual users how come this happened?.. did she really saw the pics inside the album?
If they don't have permission to view an album, then no. They saw nothing. They were attempting to check out your photos, that is all, and so they showed in your viewing history as having been to a url. Doesn't mean they could see anything.
Can anyone tell me how to take a Flash off my page. I have tried to edit and delete it but it is to darn big and is over the box I have to edit. I delete as much as I can but it is still there.
You have to remove the code that starts the Flash file, usually an OBJECT or EMBED tag. Use the links above or the ones in the post below to edit the offending area and remove the code: http://usersupport.multiply.com/journal/item/15
um, i have a problem that i don't know where to ask !!!! my current page is that topics are under each other and now, i want them to be (two topics) in one raw ? how can i do that...?
I've looked EVERY WHERE on my groups to pose a question. This is the ONLY place that I found to do this??? PROBLEM: Shortly after I started designing "My Page" I up/down? loaded a "Video Generator" (Which I know NOTHING about any type of "Generators" Anyway I put it on "My Page" & it turned out to be this "BIG WHITE BOX" thats BLANK that covers nearly half of my "Video" place??? While ONLY I can see it, it is REALLY annoying. I forgot where I got it, But I've tried EVERYTHING to remove it. I don't know if this has any bearing, But I can't up/down? load ANY videos (You Tube, etc.) to "My Page" Could someone PLEASE HELP me with this issue, for I would like to get rid of it & be able to put some videos on "My Page" If this is the wrong place to ask this, could someone PLEASE post it in a PROPER place??? Like I said, this was the ONLY place I found, where I could actually write ANYTHING... I am ETERNALLY GREATFUL. Sincerly, ~ ~ Lone Wolf ~ ~
This should be posted in the notes section please as a new question. Please move it and we can reply to it there in that thread. But only after reading this top post and trying those things mentioned there.
Questions should go in notes, and always search first. Change your page layouts to full/box, clear temp files and then hit customize and look again. (You can always change the layout back once you are done)
I need to delete a css-or something-I put a myspace layout in it by accident and now its not showing up but its messing me up when i try to get something from myspace comments-help-can i delete it..
Your page looks fine to me. If you still have problems, follow the suggestions in the tutorial first, mainly trying to use another browser like Firefox and take a look at the Guestbook FAQ also linked in the text.
okay, thanks for the direct links! major help. but im afraid i still have a question.. im really sorry.. my site before had photos in the welcome message, i used codes for that, now i used the direct link to edit my page.. and its gone. what code works? because what i do before was just type
.. how come i cant enter that in the direct link for editing my welcome message content?
I think you mean you've added pics to your Welcome Message box, right? The link above (http://multiply.com/setup/pages/content) replaces the code with text, so you have to go to your main page again, click on 'Customize My Site', click on Edit on you Welcome box and add the code again. Be careful to add the correct code and add just what you need, or you may have problems again when editing/using your page.
You wish to unhide? Click on Customize and at the top of the page you should see all the unhides. Your page layouts must be in full/box though. Table/linear won't let it show.
To change Page Layouts, if you need to, click on Customize/ Page Layouts << Top of page.
Can you access the customize feature? Do you see unhides at the top of your page when you do? Are you trying to unhide something you hid? I'm trying to understand if that is exactly what you are trying to do. If you can't do something, exactly what do you see when you try?
Your page is broken (the headshot is totally misplaced). Try hiding the Guestbook or deleting some comments, or use this link to remove all code from your Welcome box leaving just plain text: http://multiply.com/setup/pages/content
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been trying very unsuccessfully to change the pics & video's on my main pg...I follow all of the correct steps but when I cick the edit button the the upload/download box DOES NOT appear...the only thing that happens is the entire pg turns transparent...How do I fix this????
Click on Customize, Edit (next to the content box you are editing) Then tick/untick the favorites you want to show on your homepage. There is no upload/download option there.
You must first upload your content. Then follow these steps.
Please always start a new question in notes, and not add it to an existing post.
Go to customize/ Page layouts (very top) and you can change to linear view. Remember though that anything you hide, you will have to go back to box view to unhide. This might not let your guestbook show either (not sure about that)
hi, i have a prob. ive changed my photos to "thumbnails' in my home page but it still shows in a list manner. how do i handle this? HELP NEEDED PLEASE!! thanx!
Probably you've changed the the Photos page layout only, not the main page content box layout. To do this, click on 'Customize My Page', then on Edit in the Photos box and choose 'Summary View' from the drop box menu and save.
Hi folks! I want to use a photo wich is in the photo-box as background.Now I tried to fix the url path to it this way: (my account.multiply.com/photos/albumxxx/xxxxx.jpg) but it does not work.I tried many combinations but it will not appear as background.I think the problem is the right path.Please help! Thanks...
Hi folks! I want to use a photo wich is in the photo-box as background.Now I tried to fix the url path to it this way: (my account.multiply.com/photos/albumxxx/xxxxx.jpg) but it does not work.I tried many combinations but it will not appear as background.I think the problem is the right path.Please help! Thanks...
i need some help! i can't change my headshot! there's something wrong.. please help me guys
You are using a theme with ad tampering code which is against the TERMS. Not only has this disabled this (and possibly other features), but could cause your account to be in jeopardy. Remove the ad tampering code.
You can upload images to an album here (set it to private if you wish), and then click on the share album link and that is the code for a slideshow of all photos in your album, You can post that code in your welcome area.
The part about 'wrong HTML' and 'broken codes' - is that relevant for someone who never makes codes on her own? 
