www.RichDirtyGirl.

com

Changing your Twitter background

Tiny Reports’ Line

Written by

The Tech Gal

For RDG.

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 1

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

About this report:

Copyright:

This report is copyrighted by www.RichDirtyGirl.com.

Disclaimer:

Nope, we are not related with Twitter: Neither, I or the owner of the
copyright is associated with Twitter. This report was done by direct research with
information available to the public. This report is not endorsed by Twitter. They
might not even know it exists…

Yes, we are fallible: Even when we strive to give accurate information, there
might be mistakes. Those mistakes might bring you losses of different types
(money, time, or other). You will not hold me or the owner of the copyright
responsible for any damage as a consequence of any mistake incurred in this
report.

Rights:

You CAN:
• Spread the love: You have Give away rights for this report. Give it to
your friends, enemies, neighbors and anyone you think might need it.
• Heat up our server while spreading the love: If you don’t want to
upload the report to your own server or don’t have one, you can Hotlink
our downloadable version. To make it easier, here it is (if it doesn’t work it
is because we changed it… contact us for the working link or download
the latest version of the report from the site):

www.richdirtygirl.com/tinyreports/changing-your-twitter-background.zip

You CAN’T:
• Change it in any way.
• Claim it as yours (as a whole or any part).
• Talk bad about us when distributing it (even if we deserve it ;) ).

Any copyright infringement or defamatory comment will be responded to with all

the strength the law allows.

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 2

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

About RDG (Rich Dirty Girl):

Well… that is something of a mystery. What we know is that she has a past in
porn, no money problems, has fun all day long, and has been making money
with Internet marketing for four years.

This year she decided to start teaching about her findings in niche marketing,
and help others to be their own masters.

From my personal relationship with her, I can add an insider detail… I handle
the tech side of the business, but I have to exercise by contract every day
because according to her, exercise is the different between a Goddess and a
bitch, and she can’t afford me “getting bitchy”. Have to admit… it works.

She is like that… wild, clever, original, and has a particular gift to get to the heart
of things.

To learn more about her, you can follow her in Twitter or visit her website.

What to expect following her in Twitter: crazy comments, spice and

direct answers to problems. She also has some promotion attacks, you can
ignore her when that happens, but I wouldn’t do it… never saw her promoting
something she didn’t turn inside out first.

What to expect visiting her website: So far the outside of the site is
just a blog. General comments, news, her personal view of the business, and
things that call her attention… Plus articles by other people, especially The Lady,
the writer of the team…

The inside of the site is a different story; there is where the real stuff takes
place. It will be populated as time goes by. For now it is completely free (and
almost empty…); she will probably wait to have enough material up to put a
price tag to the door. If you have an interest or are just curious, this would be
the time to join. Hint, hint ;).

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 3

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 5

THE BUILDING OF YOUR IMAGE 6

UPLOAD YOUR IMAGE 7

RESOURCES 10

CHEAT SHEET 11

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 4

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Introduction
The Twitter background is a fixed image; i.e. if you scroll it doesn’t move.

You need to create an image of large enough size to cover the fixed background.

Also it is helpful to consider that the most widely used resolution for 15”
monitors is 1280 x 800, and Twitter sets the body in the middle. You will not be
able to make everybody happy… but if you set your background for that
resolution, you will be able to make your message get through for the most
visitors.

To help the page load faster for RDG, instead of a giant image, I used a
relatively *light* (I mean… of small size) image that fades to black and setup the
background color in black. You will make your own choices to suit your own
needs.

Crash course on images nomenclature:

Image dimensions: width and height of the image, it can be in pixels or

traditional dimensions for a certain resolution.

Image size: the memory allocated to the image.

Image size and dimensions are related, but there are other variables involved:
the format, quality and resolution are the main ones.

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 5

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

The building of your image

I did the one you see in RDG Twitter page with Fireworks, but you can create a
good looking image using Gimp.

Size: 600 x 800 with a 72 dpi will do.

Note: A 600 wide image will not cover the whole background. If you don’t use
an image that fades to a background color, use 1280 pixels wide minimum.

MAP:
Use your statement image in the top left corner and your more relevant contact
info under it (or vice versa). There are other places that can be capitalized, like
the top-center.

Play with your image and find the right configuration for you.

Note: The left usable zone is around 300 pixels wide and 600 pixels high for a
1280 pixels wide resolution.

EXPORT:
If you can choose your image format in your image editor, you should save your
image as .jpg with 80% quality. It will give you a *light*, (see above) but good
looking image.

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 6

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Upload your image

Step 1: Go to your Twitter main page.

Step 2: Click on Settings.

Step 3: Click on Design.

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 7

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Step 4: Click on Change background image.

Step 5: Browse for your image. Make sure that “tile background” is unchecked
(it is checked by default). Click on save changes.

If you are using a design that fades to a background color…

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 8

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Step 6: Click on Change design colors.

Step 7: Change the background color to the one you like. Change the other
colors to match your theme. Click save changes.

Almost The end…

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 9

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Resources
Twitter: the micro blogging site we are talking about.
Link: www.twitter.com

RDG account in Twitter:

Link: www.twitter.com/richdirtygirl

RDG Blog:
Link: www.richdirtygirl.com

Tweet Later: Free site that allows you to do some useful scheduling and to
properly thank your followers.
Link: www.tweetlater.com

The cute birdie in the first page: Belongs to a set of images generously
provided by Productive Dreams for free use (subject to conditions we are
respecting).
Link: www.productivedreams.com

Gimp: The best Open Source image editing option to date. Worth checking it out
if you don’t want to go after commercial solutions.
Link: www.gimp.org

Note: a Tiny Report about Gimp is in the TODO list. You can speed it up by
voting it. More details in RDG site.

Shameless Promotion:
This is the last product RDG is promoting. Of course… we had to add it. She says
it is worth every penny, by the way…
Link: www.richdirtygirl.com/hotstuff/last-promotion.php

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 10

www.RichDirtyGirl.com

Cheat Sheet

Step 1: Go to your Twitter main page.

Step 2: Click on Settings.

Step 3: Click on Design.

Step 4: Click on Change background image.

Step 5: Browse for your image. Make sure that “tile

background” is unchecked. Click on save changes.
Step 6: Click on Change design colors.

Step 7: Change the background color to the one you

like. Change the other colors to match your theme. Click
save changes.

Copyright by RichDirtyGirl.com, all rights reserved. 11