Making a custom background for my Twitter blog to stand out from the endless cloud background on Twitter has been a goal of mine for awhile.
I finally found a resource to teach even photoshop challenged, design flunkies like me how to do it.
I am getting more followers since I tweaked my Twitter because they know at a glance someone is really working here and not just spamming Twitter with automated messages (although I do send my RSS feeds there as well).
I actually used GIMP to make my background image. It was easy with the instructions included at CronCast, to make a killer background and customize my Twitter to be much different than the majority of Twitter blogs out there.
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“…photoshop challenged, design flunkies…”
That means you are LIGHT YEARS ahead of me! I’ll give this a shot tho, looks like a great idea!
Thanks!
Jennifer
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I never knew you could change the twitter background. The link you provide has the actual jpg Croncast uses. That makes it so easy to just edit, then having to worry about dimensions, resolution, etc… Thanks, very helpful.
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I really notice the people who have custom Twitter backgrounds; of course, I’m kind of spoiled here because SEOGroup (which I work for) is the search engine optimization division of a web design company, so I could get one of the designers to trick out my twitter.
Check it out – http://twitter.com/SEOGroup
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HelloJack
Many thanks for that post
I tried many to edit my own backgroud but failed to make it look as good as yours .
Great tutorial from Cromcast.
Thanks for pointing us in the right direction
Hamnat
Jacqueline – that’s a great one!
Thanks Jack:-)
I have been wanting to do this for a while. Just didn’t know where to start.
I am going to get after it right now.
Thanks again,
Rheyanna
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Thanks Jack! I’ll be sure to pass the compliment on to the designer who tricked it out for me.
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Hey Jack – you forget ot mention Twitter Squeeze!
Thanks for the work you do that helps us all take it to the next level!
Rick Butts
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Hi Jack
Great design. However I would really like you to do something on a white background. Staring at a big black background area on the monitor can make a large number of people dizzy (including me – sorry)!
Arun
Jack, I’ve just found your blog after rooting around for some good info on generating traffic. The level of info you provide on your site is fantastic. I’ve downloaded your black book but I’ll have to read that tomorrow. Time to subscribe to your site.
Keep up the excellent work.
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Great post! I tricked my twitter out also. http://twitter.com/justinrains if you want to check it out and say hello.
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Anyone looking to customize their own twitter background should check out the Twitter Template System”. This is by far the fastest and easiest way for anyone to create their own background, with no software to download and no fancy graphic design skills required.
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Also check out TwitBacks.com to create custom twitter backgrounds for free. It’s a web-based interface and only takes minutes to create a background.