How To Create A Custom Twitter Background

A custom Twitter background can help you make a great first impression. In this Hub I will guide you on customizing your Twitter background in less than 10 minutes. You should not miss this awesome marketing opportunity. Spend just a few minutes, and create your own Twitter background today!

Have You Tried Customizing Your Twitter Background?

I guess you have already tried to customize your Twitter background. Chances are, you could not locate the images and the text perfectly well on the screen, and you gave up.

No worries, I have a very easy solution. Let’s start with the Twitter background size.

Twitter Background Size

Firstly, I need to mention that my advice is based on 1280 x 720 monitor screen. The width between the left browser edge and the left edge of the white Twitter posts area is 245 pixels, and the width between the right browser edge and the right edge of the white Twitter posting area is 250 pixels.Therefore when customizing your Twitter background, you have to leave 5 pixels dead space on both sides of the white Twitter posting area.

You may find the standard measures accepted by the most popular Twitter background designers:

• Image height: 555 pixels
  
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• Image width: 1255 pixels
  
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• Right graphic width: 250 pixels
  
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• Left graphic width: 245 pixels
  

Now all we need is to create a background image in 1255 x 555. We should also leave spaces for custom design on both sides. Let’s continue with the design process. Have you opened your graphic design software?

Create A Custom Twitter Background

If you are using Twitter as a promotion tool (I believe you should!), in order to get the best results from your Twitter marketing efforts, your custom Twitter background should include your photo, your logo, an interesting slogan, and your blog’s URL.

Fireworks, Paint, or Photoshop, it really does not matter. All we need is to create a new image that is 1255 x 555. This will be your new Twitter background image.

• Leave Twitter post area empty.
  
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• Create a vertical guide at 450 pixels and another one at 1005 pixels.
  
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• The space between these two guides represents the Twitter post area.
  
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• If you don’t know how to create a guide, just draw two imaginary vertical guides and leave the area between them blank.
  
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• Now place your site’s URL, your logo, your photo, and your slogan out of this zone so that it does not clash with the Twitter post area.
  
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• Be patient, and try a few times for the best result.
  
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• Done? Save your new Twitter background as either a JPG or GIF file.
  
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• Make sure that your new Twitter background is less than 800K. Otherwise Twitter won't let you upload this new background.
  

How Can You Upload Your New Twitter Background Image?

• Login your Twitter account.
  
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• Click on Settings menu.
  
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• Click on Picture Here tab.
  
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• Now click on the tab marked Design.
  
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• Scroll down to the bottom until you find Change Background Image>> link.
  
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• Click on it.
  
• Now you will see a text field with a Browse button next to it.
  
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• Click on that button in order to upload your new Twitter background image.
  
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• Once you complete, make sure the Tile Background check box is empty.
  
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• Click on the Save Changes button at the bottom.
  
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• Congratulations!