I'm developing a kinda-sorta dating website, it's not really like other one, though... it isn't the standard approach towards them. Anyway when users sign up, they get http://www.domain.com/USERNAME as a link to their profile. My question, is... Do you think it would be better to use a "one size fits all" profile and just use PHP to dynamically fill a set template... or is it really worth the trouble to allow users to customize their profile page, as far as layout, colors, etc? I was thinking having an edit profile link, which loads their profile and a floating DIV that has controls in it, to change background color (or add bgimage), change text color of the different DIV's, manage what DIV's are displayed (friends, contact, pictures, etc), and update it live with a java app. From an end-user perspective, do you think it's worth the time to do this? It's possible to impliment it, other sites have done so... but do you think it's unessessary fluff? Thoughts and opinions would be much appriciated!
I think it's necessary because most people like to experiment on their own web pages. They like to change the layout, the background image, color, etc. I also suggest that you have a feature to upload and display video about the users, so they can promote themselves more attractive than ever.