Dress up your Facebook profile with PageRage

In case you're one of the millions of people who are sick of Facebook's new design, and want to change the way it looks, there's a simple solution called PageRage. It won't tweak things to look like they did before, but it will let you to do one of the things Facebook has never allowed--theme your profile.

Like competitor MySpace has allowed for years, PageRage lets you customize both the background and design elements on your profile. There are a handful of pre-sets to choose from, all of which you can browse right from the company's Facebook application. To install them you simply click a button and it will apply the skin.

The one caveat of the service is that others must have the extension installed in order to see your special profile. It's also browser specific, so if you have it installed in Firefox but not Internet Explorer you won't be able to see the layout you've picked. However, changes made in either browser will be reflected in both since the information is stored on PageRage's servers.

For now, you're limited to making edits on your profile. In the future, the company plans to let its users customize other people's profile themes, although not for everyone else to see. Parent company Yontoo also makes a handy browser add-on called Sanity Switch that can turn off a user's MySpace profile customizations with a single click, making noisy, or otherwise obnoxious, social-networking profiles a little more bearable.

PageRage's Facebook profile skins are quite classy, although you'll need a special browser plug-in installed to see them.

(Credit: Yontoo Technology)

[benjaminstraight]

Cool app.

[bubazoo]

actually I'm sick of myspace now. You used to be able to edit the profile of your page directly, but now they have this WYSIWYG beta editor that totally sucks because it lacks the direct editing capacity of the old profile editor, and you can't switch back to the old way, which is my #1 TOP COMPLAINT about myspace now.

[joshdesign]

pretty sweet. another app i use that adds features like rollover pics, one click pokes as well as skinning is Boost, by this company called StudioLD.com. they've been around for a couple of years -u can see it at http://boost.studiold.com

[bigmc6000]

Thankfully I don't have to see that junk if I don't install the app right? I really don't care about your pretty picture backgrounds - that's the single largest problem with myspace. I want info from facebook and that's what it delivers. IMO the new facebook is much, much better than the old since you no longer have to go scrolling and scrolling without end to see a persons wall.

[Josh.Lowensohn]

Correct--you do not have to see my pineapple yellow flower print unless you've got the plug-in installed. :D

[tyler_la4]

I really don't want to see people's personalized layouts. That's part of what made myspace so obnoxious, along with all the stupid myspace bling and crap all crammed onto one page so as to freeze even the heartiest of computers. That why I really dislike facebook applications as well. So many people just love to cram their page with as many stupid apps as possible. I thought the new facebook design was a godsend, as it sent all those stupid apps to a tab in the back somewhere so I never have to look at them again...

Anyways, the point I was basically trying to make is that I'm glad that I'll never be subjected to people's new layout designs since I will definitely not install pagerage. I am opposed to anything that threatens to make facebook become more like myspace...

[coffee_shop]

the link doesnt work..

[Josh.Lowensohn]

Which link?

[yeobaby]

Been using Boost for a couple of years now, http://boost.studiold.com/, firefox extension.

[undoIT]

That this article was featured on CNET is yet another indicator that people really want to have some control over customizing their profiles. However, PageRage is not adequate solution because of the browser dependency. Facebook needs to implement this. The only way to get that done is to sign the petition and let Facebook know that you want to be able to customize your Facebook profile:

http://themebot.com/tips-and-tutorials/how-to-customize-facebook-profile

[brobbt]

I need your help please...I had page rage and deleted the application from facebook...however on the page that comes up on facebook--the one where you click your name...there is still a page rage image in the background and it distorts my page and does not allow me to scroll down...how do I get rid of that photo which is a hypertext file photo?