How to Create Custom Twitter Backgrounds

by Paul Wyre


The first thing in order to create a custom Twitter background is obviously to have an account, jump online and head to the Twitter site. Sign up for an account and you’ve completed the first step!

Step 2

Image is important and knowing the type of image you’d like to portray is critical in knowing where to start and how you’d like the design of your twitter background to be. Most people leave the design up to chance, and put any old background up not even thinking about how they’d like people to see them. Spend some time on this step and find or create a background that represents your interests and pleasures. Don’t rush at the first thing you like because more likely than not, you’ll find something better if you spend a little more time searching. A good way of designing your background is to use a program such as Photoshop which isn’t too hard to use effectively. It also has some features which allows for the creation of really unique designs.

Step 3

Understand that the screen of your twitter background is in fact real estate and that most people upon viewing a webpage will look directly in the center of the screen. Create a design that facilitates this as it’ll become more popular and you’ll have a lot of repeat visitors if you design this correctly. Providing of course your Twitter content is interesting!

Step 4

Design a background that is large. Most people can’t stand small writing and probably won’t even read the text as it’ll be too hard to read if it is this way inclined. Bigger is best. Also understand that the bigger the resolution, the more of your background that the user will see. Create a background which takes that into account.

Step 5

Use a border. When creating the Twitter background, it’s important to note that the top part of the screen is dedicated to the Twitter logo and user panel. If you create a border, it creates a more pleasant experience for the visitor as the twitter logo and user panel don’t interfere with your own personal background and design.

Step 6


Test your background by uploading the background to twitter and see how it looks. Click on the ‘design’ feature under the settings tab and ‘change background’ image to upload. If you like how it presents, keep it. Otherwise revert back to a previous standard image that twitter provides until such time that you design a background that you like.

You should be done! It’s a good idea to change the design often as it can keep visitors alert when they come back to your pages.

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