People always love to customize because it makes things seem more personal.
Even in their user profiles in different web sites, you will notice a lot of customizations especially in how their pages look.
Twitter, the most popular social networking and microblogging site, is not exempt from this.
Many people like to express their personalities by creating their own Twitter backgrounds.
Although creating your own background is not that easy, it is also not impossibly difficult.
All you need is Photoshop or any image editing software.
If you are thinking of creating your own Twitter background as well, below are some tips that could help you.
· Use a manageable file size.
Some people create really good backgrounds but their pages take too long to load.
This is because of the size of the file.
Try to save the file in different qualities, i.
e.
low quality, high quality, et cetera, so that you will also have the same file in different file sizes and you can try each of them.
Choose one that looks good and still loads pretty quickly.
· Consider monitor sizes.
Different people have different monitor sizes.
It would be great if you can use 2000 x 1500 pixels, but a standard 1024 x 768 pixels should be good enough.
· Don't hide behind your interface.
Make sure that important elements of your background are not hidden behind your Twitter interface.
· Match it with your avatar.
Consider your avatar when designing or creating your background.
It looks better if they somehow match or their looks go together.
· Make sure that you use this space or 'Internet Real Estate' to its full potential.
You can put photographs there, website URLs, any information you like.
It will not be clickable but it is the next best thing.
· Finally if this is beyond you it is possible to easily create a perfectly acceptable backgrounds with the creative templates provided at the FREE site 'Twitbacks.
com'.