Gena from WinAHouseCompetitions.com submitted the following question to AskMissyWard.com:
“I like the way your twitter page has your photo and info down the left hand side of the page! Where did you get your twitter template, it’s cool!”
Hey Gena,
I actually designed the background myself on Twitter.com/MissyWard, but there are a number of companies out there that have done backgrounds for friends of mine:
Auggie4000.com – Auggie charges $20.00 per background. You can see samples of his work and purchase online here. After you’ve completed your purchase, you’ll receive a form via email to complete, letting Auggie know what you want. (I’ve used Auggie’s services for a number of banner creatives and he does a great and fast job).
TwitterWallpaper.com – My friend Julie recommends them. Looks like they charge $75.00 for a custom Twitter background.
TwitterImage.com is another company that provides custom Twitter backgrounds. I haven’t used them, but they’ve done a number of high-profile Twitter users. They charge $100 per background.
MissyWard.com runs on the Thesis Theme Framework
If you’re an affiliate who doesn’t understand a lot of PHP, HTML, or CSS, Thesis will give you a ton of functionality without having to alter any code. For the advanced, Thesis has incredible customization possibilities via extensive hooks and filters. And with so many design options, you can use the template over and over and never have it look like the same site.
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Nice roundup. My friend runs TwitArt.com and he designed my background (@drigotti). He was featured in "Twitter Power" and does great work!
I'm on a different computer than the last time, and I'm still getting a dead link (I added the xx to avoid having a dead link):
hxxp://missyward.com/2009/06/05/where-to-get-custom-twitter-backgrounds/www.twittewallpaper.com
All fixed for you. Left off that pesky "R".
I'm on a different computer than the last time, and I'm still getting a dead link:
http://missyward.com/2009/06/05/where-to-get-cust…
Odd. It's working for me right now.
The "TwitterWallpaper.com" gives a 404
Don't forget about http://TwitterCustomizer.com – high quality, custom backgrounds; free for those w/more than 10k followers.
You can also try twitbacks.com I sed them for my backround and they are free
Also they were very easy to use.
Hope this helps.
Awesome. I really appreciate you taking the time to add it!
Thanks for the twitback.com tip, looks like a great free resource. I did my own background myself, being the diy geek I am, but I would've definitely tried twitbacks.com first if I'd found them before.
Nice roundup. My friend runs TwitArt.com and he designed my background (@drigotti). He was featured in "Twitter Power" and does great work!
Thanks Dave. I didn't know about them. Good deal on the pricing, too.