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Apr 10, '07 3:14 PM
by Meg for everyone

Customizing your welcome message can help to give your multiply site a personal feel. It's easy to do.

Click on "My Site" at the top of any page within Multiply. This will take you to your personal site's home page. Just to the left of your headshot, right above your current welcome message, you'll see a link that says "Customize My Site". Click on that. A yellow bar will slide down from the top of the page and the rest of the page will have boxes around the various sections.

Click on "Edit" in the upper right hand corner of your welcome box. A new box will appear over the page in which you can edit the title of your welcome message, the content, where you can choose to "Show your Tags at the end of your Welcome Message", choose to "Show a link to your Profile the end of your Welcome Message", and/or choose to play music on your home page. (To find out more about posting music here on multiply, you may want to look through these posts.)

You can add pictures, links, and other doo dads using html in the content section. (If you don't know how to use html, you might want to check out this link to a tutorial. You don't have to learn much to be able to make significant improvements to your posts.)

Once you've made all the changes that you want to, click on the "save" button at the bottom of that little box. You can make other customizations to your site now if you'd like, or you can click the "done" button at the very top of the page.

If you accidentally hide a section and can't figure out how to get it back, you may want to check out this post.

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vilius wrote on Apr 10, '07

barefootmeg said

and/or choose to play music on your home page.

for even more advanced customization tips check out http://modify.multiply.com and http://multiplydesign.multiply.com

My friend recently asked me if it's possible to make her music play on all of her pages instead of being limited to home page.
I did manage to make it happen with some html digging/copy/pasting into the 'Title' box. It is definitely not user friendly.

ullangoo wrote on Apr 11, '07

Thanks, Meg, this is a very good tutorial.

ullangoo wrote on Apr 11, '07

Thanks especially for the link to the HTML tutorial. I'm trying to figure out how to put a picture - I'll be back if I can't. The other information is terrific.

lfom wrote on Apr 11, '07, edited on Apr 11, '07

Make sure you take a look at those tutorials too, they teach how to host files and use them inside Multiply:
http://multiplynewbie.multiply.com/journal/item/46
http://multiplynewbie.multiply.com/journal/item/47

ullangoo wrote on Apr 11, '07

Thank you, Luiz, I just read them. Don't fall off your chair, but - I understand this! My only problem is the image size, but I think I ought to post my question in 'notes'. Right?

dantcer wrote on Apr 11, '07

Yes, questions should go in Notes section of this group to help everyone. However, modifications to your Multiply page not related to actual Multiply issues are best addressed at multiplynewbie or modify :)

lfom wrote on Apr 11, '07

You can resize an image using the HTML img command, it's explained in the 1st tutorial. You'd better ask questions like this in the New to Multiply group or in the Modify group, IMO. (like Linda said before me =P)

ullangoo wrote on Apr 11, '07

Thanks - I will.

alyssahanie wrote on Apr 14, '07

HELP! My "Customize your site tab" is not working properly. When I kind of placed a background music generated from pimp-my-profile site, at first, it came out well, the music played and so on. when i logged in on multiply again, i cannot click the customize your site anymore. there has been some sorta error. what should i do?

dantcer wrote on Apr 14, '07, edited on Apr 14, '07

Please post new questions in the notes section as a new post. Thanks :)

lfom wrote on Apr 14, '07, edited on Apr 14, '07

alyssahanie said

Take a look at these threads:
http://usersupport.multiply.com/journal/item/34
http://usersupport.multiply.com/journal/item/15

If you still have problems after doing what is suggested there, please start a new thread with your question.

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thelovekim wrote on Apr 23, '07

my wive can not open her site dont know why......just she can open multiply for share/reply...her MP is aldokim....please need ur help

barefootmeg wrote on Apr 23, '07

thelovekim said

my wive can not open her site dont know why......just she can open multiply for share/reply...her MP is aldokim....please need ur help

this is a thread about welcome messages. if you have a question about a welcome message, i would love to hear about it here.

however, your question seems to be about something altogether different. i would recommend starting a new thread to address your question.

(and with all the blinky shiney things on your wife's site, i'm guessing you just didn't wait long enough for it to load.)

coltmann wrote on Apr 23, '07

I am going nuts because I filled out information for a profile, and can't find where to add or hide it!! I know other people have a link to a profile, either in their welcome or under their headshot? why am I so dumb??

dantcer wrote on Apr 23, '07

Bottom right of your welcome area, you should see the words "view profile". Upon clicking on it, you will then see the option to edit your profile.

dantcer wrote on Apr 23, '07

Also, if you can't see it, click on Customize, and then in the upper yellow drop down area, there should be the option to show your profile if you have it hidden.

lfom wrote on Apr 23, '07

You can choose to hide or show your profile when you edit your Welcome Message. For this, click on Customize My Site then on Edit in your Welcome Message.

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dantcer wrote on May 8, '07, edited on May 8, '07

Please notice in the terms that no Multiply site can be used for business or commercial purposes and would be subject to being deleted. Try editing your welcome area using the following shortcut links..

http://usersupport.multiply.com/journal/item/15

leyscatering wrote on May 29, '07

i accidentaly click hide into my welcome massage.how to make it back again,thank you

dantcer wrote on May 29, '07

Click on Customize and then in the upper area of your page, (welcome area) you should see the "unhide" or "restore" link :)

bestfriendaira29 wrote on May 31, '07

how can i align my rock you slides, led scrolled message and dividers at the center of my welcome page? They are all align to the left.

barefootmeg wrote on May 31, '07

you'll need to use html to either center them, or organize them (probably with a table).

if you don't know how to do html, click here.

rhonnel10 wrote on Jun 16, '07

i recently uploaded slide photos to my home page, apparently, after i hit the save button, all the contents on my homepage disappeared. When i fo to "My Site", i dont see anything in there. What can I do to fix this problem?
thanks!

puputdpl wrote on Jun 16, '07

barefootmeg said

I can't customize my site. I have been try with puputdpl.multiply.com/edit/content but it can't make my site normal again. please help me. you can see in my multiply. before that i have make my welcome title with glitter maker in glittermaker.com. after that i can't customize my site again (only welcome title that i can't customize, the other no problems

puputdpl wrote on Jun 16, '07

my problem is not simple like that. my "Customize My Site" is can click or i can edit with "Customize My Site". the link "Customize My Site" is gone behind my glitter font that i make from glitter.com. i want to delete that glitter font from my site but i can do that

puputdpl wrote on Jun 16, '07

i have the same problem. if you have an answer please contact me. i need your solution too

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 16, '07

rhonnel10 said

i'm not sure what part of this problem has to do with the welcome message. could you help me see the connection?

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 16, '07

puputdpl said

it sounds like something you might need customer service to help you fix. or you could check the source code to see if there's a URL you could try to pull out that would load the customize functions. not sure how that works, though. i thought it was a javascript.

monstersofts wrote on Jun 19, '07

HELP ME!!!, 3 Check Box & "save" button in Form "Edit Welcome message" is Loss,
I think html tag error

Some body help me,plz

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 20, '07

monstersofts said

HELP ME!!!, 3 Check Box & "save" button in Form "Edit Welcome message" is Loss,
I think html tag error

Some body help me,plz

make sure that you have the latest version of your browser loaded.

and if you've added something to your welcome message from another site, you may want to try to remove it and see if that helps.

monstersofts wrote on Jun 21, '07

i check browser it's ok.
i can't update message,because Save Button is loss.

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 21, '07

you'll need to contact CS if your save button isn't loading. use the link at the right.

bitchisback wrote on Jun 27, '07

I want to make a banner, do you happen to know whats the image size? and how I could put on the links for Home, photos etc? thank much in advance. :]

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 27, '07

bitchisback said

I want to make a banner, do you happen to know whats the image size? and how I could put on the links for Home, photos etc? thank much in advance. :]

the width of the welcome box depends on the theme you are using. some themes have constrained proportions and some do not. (or perhaps it's only the default and modified color themes that do not.)

try adding an image that you know the size of and adjust from there.

if you want to change the banner picture that shows up at the top of the theme (not in the welcome box but above it) that also will depend on what theme you are basing your page on. ditto for the links section. it all depends on your base theme.

bitchisback wrote on Jun 27, '07

can you check my page please? would you know? thanks for the reply, i appreciate it.

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 27, '07

bitchisback said

can you check my page please? would you know? thanks for the reply, i appreciate it.

it looks like you're using the default theme and have already stretched it out a bit with the slideshow. so banner size would all depend on whether you want to match the new stretched size, or the original unstretched size.

since your question seems to be more how to customize your page rather than how to customize your welcome message, though, you might want to check out some groups that are focused on that specific topic like the modify group or i think the other one is called grouped. they'll not only help you get the right size banner, but they'll have information about which theme might work better, how to add the banner in once you get to that point, etc.

bitchisback wrote on Jun 27, '07

aight, ill check on it. thanks for your time. Ü

fallen23 wrote on Jul 12, '07

how do you center your welcome message

junooon wrote on Jul 22, '07

please update my website with Free Software

bluerosepetal wrote on Aug 6, '07

I accidentally hit "hide" on my welcome message and i can't seem to restore it. I do not see "unhide" portion to make it appear again. What do i need to do to unhide my welcome message?

purpludge wrote on Aug 16, '07

I got a personalized theme from multiply and now I cannot edit it. I want to change the theme but everytime I click on "customize profile > edit" it hangs. How do i change the theme and keep my site from hanging. :((

barefootmeg wrote on Aug 16, '07

fallen23 said

how do you center your welcome message

to center a post (in your welcome message or elsewhere) you'll need to use html. i'd recommend checking out this page which explains centering as well as other things and which is really easy to understand.

barefootmeg wrote on Aug 16, '07

junooon said

please update my website with Free Software

sure thing. i'll get right on that.

barefootmeg wrote on Aug 16, '07

bluerosepetal said

I accidentally hit "hide" on my welcome message and i can't seem to restore it. I do not see "unhide" portion to make it appear again. What do i need to do to unhide my welcome message?

check out this thread and see if it helps. if not, go to the home page of this group and type "unhide" in the search engine that's in the welcome message. there are 3 pages of threads that have already been posted on this subject.

barefootmeg wrote on Aug 16, '07

purpludge said

you might want to check out this thread and see if it helps. if not, you might want to go to the home page of this group and type "customize my site" in the search engine that you can find there in the welcome section. there are over 10 pages of threads on the topic. i'm sure your answer is in there somewhere.

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hanaz123 wrote on Sep 5, '07

how can i update themes that other people updated?

barefootmeg wrote on Sep 5, '07

hanaz123 said

how can i update themes that other people updated?

that's a good question for the modify group. i think there's also grouped that's a design based group.

ecahqem wrote on Sep 11, '07

i want to change the background color of my welcome message.. basically i had all boxes transparent but i just want a keep my welcome box message remains and i tried solving it but i cant.. so can anyone help me with the codes nor any suggestions...

/* item contents area */
.itembox {
background: none;
background-color: none;
div.owner_nav { background: black; }
}
body {
background: url(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/mhaldeetuh/bg.jpg);
background-attachment: fixed;
}
a, a:visited, a:link { color: black; }
.rail {
width: 139px;
}
.navinput {
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid #680407;
background-color: black;
color: #680407;
}
div.infobox .boxbody {
color: #680407;
background-color: #FF0066;
}
a.voptsel, a:link.voptsel, a:visited.voptsel {
background-color: #F33636;
border: 1px solid #680407;
color: #680407;
}
div.gndd {
background-color: #F33636;
border: 1px solid #680407;
}
div.gndd a {
border: 1px solid #F33636;
}
.replybox {
border: 1px solid #680407;
background: none;
background-color: #CC0099;
color: #680407;
}
div.guidebox {
color: #680407;
background: none;
background-color: #F33636;
border: 1px solid #680407;
}

div.owner_nav {
background-color: #fff;
border: none;
margin: 0;
/* -moz-border-radius: 10px; */
background: none;
width: 799px;
height: 250px;
background: url(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/mhaldeetuh/top.jpg);
margin: 0 auto;
}

div#page_start {
width: 730px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding-left: 48px;
padding-right: 22px;

background: url
}

div#ownedfooter {
margin: 0;
height: 200px;
padding: 103px 0 0 0;
line-height: 10px;
border: none;
color: #680407;
text-align: center;
font-size: 10px;
font-family: Comic Sans MS;
background: url(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/mhaldeetuh/bottom.jpg) no-repeat top center;
}

.itemboxsub {
color: #680407;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 24px;
font-family: Comic Sans MS;
border: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
background: none;
background: url
bottom left;
/* display: none; */
max-width: 520px;
}

.rolloverfordnd {
color: #680407;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 24px;
font-family: Comic Sans MS;
border: none;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
background: none;
max-width: 520px;
background: url(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b361/mhaldeetuh/name.jpg) repeat-x bottom left;
/* display: none; */
}

h1#page_owner_title {
width: 799px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 106px 0 0 0;
background-color: none;
background: none;
color: #680407;
border: none;
font-size: 40px;
font-family: Comic Sans MS;
text-align: left;
}

barefootmeg wrote on Sep 11, '07

ecahqem, i'd recommend getting help from either the modify group or the grouped group with CSS problems.

qemschizo wrote on Sep 15, '07

heelo..i want to insert own pictures in my top box..and how shud i probably do that?

barefootmeg wrote on Sep 15, '07

qemschizo said

heelo..i want to insert own pictures in my top box..and how shud i probably do that?

if you mean that you want to add an image to your welcome message, then all you need is regular html. if you don't know html, i'd recommend googling for a tutorial. there are lots on the web.

if you mean that you want to change the banner image that is above your welcome message, then that's a good question to ask in the modify group or in the grouped group.

haruzke wrote on Sep 30, '07

how could i unhide my welcome message? i accidentally hide it and now ican't return it anymore. pls. help. T_T

barefootmeg wrote on Sep 30, '07

haruzke said

how could i unhide my welcome message? i accidentally hide it and now ican't return it anymore. pls. help. T_T

please see this article.

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maikofevah wrote on Oct 30, '07, edited on Oct 30, '07

i cant see my customize my site button. thus, i cant get my site to work and the background's all messed up. maikofevah.multiply.com .tried direct link to css but when i save, im not logged in. so HELP. PLEASE.

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barefootmeg wrote on Oct 31, '07

maikofevah said

i'm guessing that you changed your CSS and covered up your "customize my site" link.

to fix this, i'd recommend clicking on "settings" then choosing the option to customize the look of your site. this will put you into customization mode.

fix whatever CSS you put in that covered up the link.

farhana17 wrote on Nov 29, '07

Hi I cant seems to reposition my welcome box back to the top page now. When I go CSS customised click move and drag to top i cant seems to place it at the location i wanted. Please help me :(

barefootmeg wrote on Nov 29, '07

i don't see why it won't move, unless it has something to do with the title. it looks like all the other titles have special graphics except that one. could it be that there's supposed to be something special there but it's messing up the box?

it actually looks fine where it is. it's nice to have the pictures at the top. it's a nice looking page. :-)

but if you can't figure it out, and no one else has a suggestion, you might want to have the customer service folks look at it. maybe clear your cache and restart the browser first just to make sure it's not one of those things.

farhana17 wrote on Nov 29, '07

barefootmeg said

Thanks for the comment of my homepage. Guess what I did just as what u instruct clear cache use firefox instead of Internet Explorer and it works. Thanks a lots for your help, sis.

iamgiantherockstar wrote on Nov 30, '07

i don't have a welcome message! i only have my title bar! where do i click to unhide the welcome message bar?

barefootmeg wrote on Nov 30, '07

your welcome message is not hidden. the welcome message contains your tags and your tags are visible. you just need to add something to it.

dantcer wrote on Nov 30, '07

To add to it, click on Customize, and then Edit in that welcome area. As Meg said, you can edit both the title of it and the content inside.

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bernadeth08 wrote on Dec 27, '07

i don't know how to make a multiply in Confirmation Required... can u help me.. pls..

barefootmeg wrote on Dec 27, '07

bernadeth08 said

i don't know how to make a multiply in Confirmation Required... can u help me.. pls..

do you mean that you don't know how to use the confirmation email that multiply requires you to click through on?

or are you saying that you didn't get the confirmation email and you need another one sent to you?

rheafay wrote on Jan 17

i recently edited my welcome box, and it seems that it doesn't recognize html codes anymore... i only used basic html codes for linking and changing the font face... help??

dantcer wrote on Jan 17

I think your html code has errors regarding the links you have there.

rheafay wrote on Jan 21

dantcer said

I think your html code has errors regarding the links you have there.

thanks... yeah it did have errors when i checked it recently... but it didnt show the last time i edited it...
anyway, it's okey now... thanks again! Ü

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vi3nzz wrote on Mar 7

Usually i can do customize my page like the way your suggestion above.
But now, I can't click the "customize my site" at all. There's no change w my page at all.
My history viewed gone as well, and when i wanna post a blog, all facilities to customize a blog also gone.

would you help me ?? PLEASE....

barefootmeg wrote on Mar 7

vi3nzz said

would you help me ?? PLEASE....

perhaps you need to update your browser? or clear your cache? did you recently add a new theme? perhaps there's broken code in there?

jonathanrodriguez31 wrote on Mar 21

HEY PEOPLE WANNA JOIN MY BUSINESS

dantcer wrote on Mar 21

LOL Reported.

tuktatukta wrote on Mar 31, edited on Mar 31

my multiply not public my welcome message.can u guide me ,How i can do?
- Customize My Site
- Add Tagged Content Box : Welcome
- add welcome message
- Show a link to your Profile the end of your Welcome Message
- Save
- Done

but not public , no show content with other user . Help me please....

barefootmeg wrote on Mar 31

tuktatukta said

but not public , no show content with other user . Help me please....

i can see your welcome message just fine. in fact, i can also hear the music blaring out of it (which took me by surprise and which i wish you had warned us about as the last thing i want to hear in the quiet of the morning is someone else's music blaring into my life.)

i'm not sure what your problem is. the box is there. it's showing up to me, and since i'm not a contact that means that your welcome box is showing to everyone, the public. are you trying to show something inside the message box that's now showing up? or are you trying to move the message box so that it's not at the bottom of the page?

dantcer wrote on Mar 31

Go to the bottom of your page and click on "view as another user" and you will see what shows as "public".

dantcer wrote on Mar 31

BTW... Your welcome area is at the VERY bottom of your page also. You must have unhid it after hiding it and didn't see it. When you unhide something it usually lands at the bottom of the page and you need to move it if you wish.

jacquie1951 wrote on Jun 13

I still cannot post html in my Welcome box. This is what I tried to post tonight:

All that showed was "Download Day",not the Firefox logo. This is copied and pasted from the Firefox website.
Can anyone help me? I had one response from cs,and they wanted more information. I don't have anymore,I just gave them what I had already posted.

jacquie1951 wrote on Jun 13

jacquie1951 said

I still cannot post html in my Welcome box. This is what I tried to post tonight:

All that showed was "Download Day",not the Firefox logo. This is copied and pasted from the Firefox website.
Can anyone help me? I had one response from cs,and they wanted more information. I don't have anymore,I just gave them what I had already posted.

Well,it shows up here,but not in my welcome box!

dantcer wrote on Jun 13

Without the code in your welcome box to look at, we can't see what the problem is. I can't find where you got the code from there either.

dantcer wrote on Jun 13

I can paste it here, but I don't know how the code is rendering in your welcome area without seeing it.

lollifuck wrote on Jun 22

hey normally when we click customize page there is always a hide,edit and whatsoever in every boxes. why is it that my blog, contacts and comments does'nt have that hide,edit thing? pls i need yer answer immediately, thank you :((

barefootmeg wrote on Jun 23

lollifuck said

when i click on the customize link i get the hide, edit, etc. boxes.

do you have an outdated version of your browser running? do you have this same problem when you use a different browser or a different computer? have you recently made any changed to your CSS?

dantcer wrote on Jun 23

I think this was due to the issues we were having over the past three days. CSS issues are now resolved and the only issue not resolved now is html issues. It has been reported.

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beeglay wrote on Jul 7

HOW to show up welcome massage !

barefootmeg wrote on Jul 7

beeglay said

HOW to show up welcome massage !

it shows up automatically. you can hide it if you want.

dantcer wrote on Jul 8

Beeglay, yours is already there and you have something in it. (Your top box)

dirtylittl3secr3t wrote on Jul 17

my welcome message seems too big that you have to use a scroll bar to see my user pic D:
how could i make it fit w/o having to use a [left to right] scroll bar

barefootmeg wrote on Jul 17

dirtylittl3secr3t said

my welcome message seems too big that you have to use a scroll bar to see my user pic D:
how could i make it fit w/o having to use a [left to right] scroll bar

you've got so much stuff on your page, that it's hard to know where to begin. (warning to anyone who may click through to the page, in addition to being uber image and blinky heavy, it also has music.)

i would recommend going to the edit section of your welcome message and copying all of the text/html into a notepad or some other program. then remove it all from your welcome box, save, and see if the page is fixed. if so, then add things back one at a time until one of them message up the look of your page. if removing the stuff from the welcome box doesn't help, then i'm guessing it's one of the images in your guestbook.

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