@joanmuschampfagnani Thanks for the excellent examples. If you’re handy with PowerPoint, etc. you can create your own basic background. It is what I did for my page. There are plenty of free options out there too I’m sure.

@joanmuschampfagnani I did it because I had time not money The resources that  @kristi-hines mentions in her article are definitely reasonably priced.

@joanmuschampfagnani I did a quick search. Here are some free background tools, though I have not personally tried them. Maybe one of our fellow Clubbers can chime in for us?

• Twitbacks: http://www.twitbacks.com/
• Template Monster: http://blog.templatemonster.com/free-twitter-backgrounds/
• 38 Pages: http://www.38pages.com/twitter-background-template/
• LiveCrunch list: http://www.livecrunch.com/2009/04/08/6-websites-for-free-twitter-themes-backgrounds-and-themes-profile-templates/

@kc_kreative  @joanmuschampfagnani   I suggested the design services because I usually have very, very little patience when it comes to design.  The background on my own Twitter profile was designed by me, but it took forever and it’s not that great.  

Sometimes I look at it from the perspective of yes, I could save $100 by doing it myself.  But what if it takes me 5 hours to search for the right template and customize it?  Alternatively, I could take one hour to think up an idea, send in a form detailing what I want, and make a $100 payment.  That leaves me another 4 hours to do client work where I earn $600.  That would make paying someone else to do my design better financially.  :)

@joanmuschampfagnani 

@kristi-hines 

I use the template from 38 Pages  that @kc_kreative  refers to. 

Though it is older and doesn’t reflect twitters current “look” it still marks the various screen sizes so you know how much of your design will show for different screen resolutions.

@joanmuschampfagnani

@kristi-hines  That’s a good point. I looked it up and the width of the current content area is 875px. In the template on  38 Pages  it’s 763px.

It’s important to remember that because the content area will always be centered, how much of your bkground will still depend on screen size. On smaller devices your bkgound will not be legible

Thanks for the helpful information and links. I did a fairly simple background on my twitter to get going awhile back, but do believe I will spend a bit more time on it with photoshop and/or check out some of the links as well.
I took a look at yours Moin and looks sharp.

Hello Folks.

I’ve been trying to follow you folks; that are commenting in this thread. I love twitter backgrounds and look at them when following new folks.

Mine is @SuperEB and is a self designed background. I know it doesn’t work for every resolution but such is life. I get an awful lot of complements on it so know it is good, at least for my followers!  It’s silly and somewhat frivolous but it is also fun.

The problem with resolution doesn’t bother me much as everyone knows this is a problem with twitter backgrounds. I just added the right side info in the last few days when the newest layout took effect for everyone.

Since I own and/or manage over 100 websites and more than a dozen blogs, I design twitter backgrounds for clients as an add-on service.

And I’ve been trying to follow some of you folks too (at twitter too), while I’m learning my way around the SM Examiner.