Changing the look of your Twitter page

In order to increase the impact of your Twitter page it is important to differentiate from other Twitter pages. Aside from creating interesting 'tweets,' one way of achieving this is to avoid using the standard Twitter default page design.

The simplest way to modify a page is to use one of Twitter's basic design options. These are found by logging into your Twitter account, clicking 'settings' and the 'design' tab and then selecting one of the Twitter themes available. You can then adjust the color scheme by clicking the 'change design colors' button. Make sure that when you change colors there is enough contrast between the text and background so that it is legible.

If you want to be a little more adventurous, ColourLovers has introduced a very comprehensive and easy-to-use app that enables a vast array of different design options, specifically for Twitter. The site is called Themeleon and includes the ability to specify palettes and apply them to a large library of patterns.

Finally, it is great idea to provide textual information as part of your Twitter background. Although the information is not 'clickable' it makes good use of valuable screen real estate. To modify your background images, follow these steps:

1. Create an image which is 2048 pixels wide and 1707 pixels high in Photoshop or image editor.
2. Create a design, but make sure that any textual information is kept within a column of 240 pixels on the left hand side of the design.
3. Save the design as a JPG making sure the file is no bigger than 800 kilobytes.
4. Open your Twitter account. Click 'settings' in the top right and then select the 'design' tab. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the 'change background image' button. Browse for the image you just created and press the 'save changes' button.
5. Click 'change design colors' and select some colors that match your new background design.