How To Create A Custom Background For Twitter

Written by Igor Ovsyannykov on Mar 13, 2010 | 22 Comments

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First impressions are very important, even when it comes to twitter.Your background on twitter represents  you and who you are. Whenever you visit someones twitter page it shows you personality of that person. Sometimes your background might even get you new followers. Because of this i  strongly suggest  you should have a personal background on twitter, that will represent you or your company.

Here are some great examples.

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Now that you have gotten an idea, lets get into it. This how you actually change the background.

1. Once logged in click settings.

2. Now click design and change background image.

3. Browse your computer and upload your image.

4. Your image should be at least 1600px wide x 1200px tall. You might ask why? Because this will fit on most screen resolutions, not everybody has the same monitor keep that in mind.

5. If you would like to post most of your information on the popular left side make sure its only 200px wide from the left side. If you make it larger the middle page will cover the design.

6.  If you would like a twitter template here is a great one: http://www.fuelyourcreativity.com/free-psd-twitter-background-template/

7. Make sure the image is less that 800k in size, other wise they wont let you upload it.

Here is what i came up with. This image is 1280 x 1024 and is around 746k large.

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Well i hope this will help anybody who is is trying to make their own background. If you have any comments or something to add please comment below.

The Author of this post is Igor Ovsyannykov

Igor Ovsyannykov is 18 years old blogger and designer. He mostly spends his time working here. On his free time he likes to play Xbox 360 and own noobs. He also enjoys weight lifting, hanging out with friends, and loosing his mind to house music. If you would like to reach him, send him an email to inspirationfeed@yahoo.com

22 Responses »

  1. Cadu de Castro Alves Says:
    March 14, 2010 at 4:46 am

    I’ve created my own twitter background last week. Check it out here: http://www.twitter.com/castroalves

  2. Lil' Peekr Says:
    March 15, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    Awesome! I love to look at custom Twitter backgrounds… Follow me and use my FREE twidget to view twitter backgrounds with a click ;-)

    http://twitter.com/peekr
    http://peekr.net

  3. Marek Holeszowski Says:
    March 16, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Thanks for the showcase on my background for your examples :D

  4. Igor Ovsyannykov Says:
    March 16, 2010 at 4:37 pm

    No problem!
    Your design is a great example.

  5. munkkron77 Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 4:03 am

    thank you,I changed BG on my twitter.
    http://twitter.com/munkkron77

  7. Hillary H. Says:
    March 17, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    One of my favorite things to do is create my twitter background. Maybe it’s more of just a silly hobby, but I seem to change it often. It’s fun for me.

    Ever since I customized my twitter BG I have been getting a lot more followers. It draws people in.

  8. Sean Says:
    March 18, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    Thanks for the post! I can’t believe it took me this long to change my background. Too much tweeting and not enough looking around. It looks soooo much better now! http://twitter.com/nsiwebdesign

  9. Holly Says:
    March 20, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    Thanks so much for this – I’ve been looking all over for a guide that included a template.

  10. Comparateur Says:
    April 8, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    Changing the background of your twitter will increase your following rate :)
    don’t hesitate te do it, it’s really efficient.

  11. Joseph Says:
    May 14, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    Hey! I found this website it’s called http://www.freetwitterdesigner.com and you can design your Twitter background for FREE! It’s really amazing.

  12. lozmoore Says:
    July 15, 2010 at 9:32 pm

    great post! ~ last image is not showing :(

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