I would really like a custom-made profile, however, I cannot afford to pay to have one made. Is there anyone who can help me learn how to do it myself? I have a lot of graphics and designs in mind, and haven't created them yet, but I know what I want done! Any help would be amazing! :) Thanks!

this thread has links to other helpful threads/tutorials for pet and user profiles: Useful Profiles and Graphics Threads. you can also learn more about css from w3schools.

the majority of profile customization relies on knowing what things are called and how they behave, so here's a tip: if you don't know what a certain profile element is called (e.g. what div you should be styling in your css), you can right-click it and choose "inspect" or "inspect element" from the dropdown menu (if you're using chrome or firefox, idk if other browsers have this function); this will pull up a panel in your browser window with more information about the element, including what it's called, if it is inside of and/or contains any other divs, and what css is already applied to it. i know at least in chrome's version of this, there is a button on the top left corner of the panel shaped like a box with a cursor arrow inside it; clicking this will allow you to hover over any part of the page to see what's what.