hey folks, your friendly neighborhood developer here.

i want to start talking about custom profiles. first let's see all the different ways we can custom tailor a poots profile.

1 - customize your poots there. on your dashboard there is a section for this. where you can create a new theme based on an existing one and rip into the HTML and CSS of your profile. don't know what this is? here are some handy links:

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp -intro to HTML

http://www.w3schools.com/css/ - intro to CSS

http://www.csszengarden.com/ - the most beautiful example of what CSS can do for you

http://www.getfirebug.com - the only tool you can't live without

2- generic code widget. on your profile edit page you can add this widget to your profile. when you edit the widget you will find a blank text box where you can paste any piece of stand alone code [HTML, Javascript, Flash, Embeds]. what can you do with this? here as some examples:

http://www.widgetbox.com/widget/jack-sparrow-soundbox - jack sparrow?

http://www.widgipedia.com/widgets/search/tag/profile - a huge quantity of bling

i was thinking of one more thing i wanted to mention but my mind suddenly blanked so you just get two but that's enough to start.

as for the future we of the poots team are working hard to bring you a number of awesome looking profile templates from fantastic designers that you can simply choose from to skin your profile. as far as that... we want your feedback, tell us what kinds of themes you want to skin your profile with!