Twitter Backgrounds Specs

There aren't any official specs on Twitter backgrounds. And if you look around you will really only find one solid post with some good guidlines on Twitter backgrounds.

Basically, here's what they say and we tend to agree with. I think the rule is to play with it and get it to where you want it. This is not an exact science.

Here's the link to what we found. Full credit to Croncast.com for this below.

File Dimensions: 2048 px by 1707 px (no clue why i used these dimensions but I am sure I knew what I was doing at the time)

Branding Dimensions: 80 px by 587 px

Coordinates: X=20, Y=14

Horizontal position: 20 px from the left (give yourself some padding)

Vertical position: 14 px from the top (will line up your graphic with the top of the twitter logo. our eyes like symmetry)

File size and type according to Twitter: "Images must be smaller than 800k. GIF, JPG, PNG."

Aesthetics
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Color palette: Pick colors that match that with default Twitter stylesheet colors. If they contrast too much follow the Change Background directions above and change the colors for Text, Name, Link, Sidebar fill and Sidebar border as needed.

Recommendation: Choose colors that work with the default and save yourself the headache of matching the CSS to your image. Follow Twitter's lead.

Uploading your background
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Change Default Background: Login and click 'Settings' >> click 'Design' >> Select 'Use my custom style below' radio button >> Upload your image

Examples of Twitter Backgrounds on Flickr

Upload your own example to Flickr and tag it "twitterbacks" and it will show up on this list below.

www.flickr.com More photos or video tagged with twitterbacks on Flickr