Showing 1.0 Apps on Profile

Chris Cole — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:58:00 GMT

We've been getting occassional reports of apps written in 1.0 not showing when they correctly specify a content block for the profile surface.

ex:

<Content type="html" view="profile">
...
</Content>

While we've solved most of the issues, developers are still reporting occassional problems. The sure way to solve this problem is to use the super-secret, undocumented (until now) extension to force recognition of a view. This is done by adding the MySpace-Views feature block to the ModulePrefs section. In this block you can specify the anchor location for your profile view (left or right), as well as initial sizing on all views.

<Module>
  <ModulePrefs title="MySpace specific app settings" 
    <Optional feature="MySpace-Views">
      <Param name="profilesize">300</Param>
      <Param name="profilelocation">right</Param>
      <Param name="canvassize">100,1500</Param>
      <Param name="homesize">250</Param>
    </Optional>
  </ModulePrefs>

...
</Module

When the MySpace-Views feature is found in the gadget and a profilesize and profilelocation are specified, you force the gadget to recognize that it has a profile view.

Valid values for profilelocation: left | right
Valid values for profilesize: width,height | height

Profile 2.0!

Kyle — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:21:00 GMT

I want to give you all a heads up on some important changes coming in the next few weeks to MySpace profiles that will affect apps on MDP. MySpace members will be given the option of upgrading to "Profile 2.0", a new design that gives members lots of great new ways to customize their profiles. This is strictly opt-in, so some members will have 1.0 Profiles while others have 2.0 Profiles.

One of the big changes is that profiles will no longer be limited to a narrow left column and a wider right column layout. Members can choose from a variety of layouts including three equal-width columns and a single column, full-width layout. Additionally, members can choose between fixed page widths of 750 or 960 pixels, and dynamic, 100 percent of page width for any layout they prefer. I’m calling-out these changes in particular because they may affect how your apps appear on different profiles. In general, the best practice will be for your profile view to resize dynamically for whatever width it is given, or to request the width from the container: here's how. Doing so will ensure that your app looks good on any member’s profile.

You can try out Profile 2.0 right now at the link below. I encourage all of you to test your apps on a variety of layouts to make sure they adapt gracefully.

http://profileedit.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.upgradeprofile

A couple of things to note. We're aware that some flash-based apps aren't rendering properly. The profile team is working on a fix. We also know that apps aren't being added automatically to new profile layouts and will be addressing that problem shortly.

Profile 2.0 is great news for apps. While it may entail up-front work for some of you, it provides our members a lot of flexibility, including the ability to give the apps they love more "real estate" and prominence on their profiles.

As ever, we want to hear your feedback and your MDP team is here to help!

/Kyle

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Showing 1.0 Apps on Profile

Profile 2.0!