{"id":1031,"date":"2009-05-28T05:37:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T09:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2009-05-30T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T20:01:24","slug":"how-to-make-your-own-background-for-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/05\/28\/how-to-make-your-own-background-for-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your Own Background for Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at my new Twitter background<\/a>, pretty cool? Want one too? Here’s how you make your own.<\/p>\n

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  1. In Photoshop set your canvas to 1920 by 1000 set your resolution to 72 dpi.<\/li>\n
  2. Pull\u00a0over guides from the ruler for vertical guides and place them at 25 pixels from the left, then 185 then 200.<\/li>\n
  3. Pull down guides from the ruler for horizontal guides and place them at 65, 565, and 705 pixels.<\/li>\n
  4. Color your background and add interest with color or brushes as desired.<\/li>\n
  5. Add text in the spot that you have created with the guides that looks like a side bar.<\/li>\n
  6. Make sure your image is under 80 KB.<\/li>\n
  7. Load your new background to Twitter. For me, it took clicking browse and save several times for my image to appear.<\/li>\n
  8. Style your font and sidebar by moving Twitter’s color sliders around until you like the effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Have fun and make sure to follow me @mccordweb, I’ll make sure to follow you back. See you on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Take a look at my new Twitter background, pretty cool? Want one too? Here’s how you make your own. In Photoshop set your canvas to 1920 by 1000 set your resolution to 72 dpi. Pull\u00a0over guides from the ruler for vertical guides and place them at 25 pixels from the left, then 185 then 200. Pull down guides from the ruler for horizontal guides and place them at 65, 565, and 705 pixels. Color your background and add interest with color or brushes as desired. Add text in the spot that you have created with the guides that looks like a side bar. Make sure your image is under 80 KB. Load your new background to Twitter. For me, it took clicking browse and save several times for my image to appear. Style your font and sidebar by moving Twitter’s color sliders around until you like the effect. Have fun and make sure to follow me @mccordweb, I’ll make sure to follow you back. See you on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[443],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-twitter","tag-twitter"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Make Your Own Background for Twitter | The Web Authority<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mccordweb.com\/weblogs\/2009\/05\/28\/how-to-make-your-own-background-for-twitter\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Make Your Own Background for Twitter | The Web Authority\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Take a look at my new Twitter background, pretty cool? 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