Add Patterns to your Twitter profile
added 07/29/09 - posted in TutorialsIt’s very easy to customize your twitter profile with any pattern from DinPattern. Here’s how to do it in a five easy steps.
Step 1: Download your favorite pattern.
Download and unzip any pattern to your desktop.
Step 2: Login to your twitter account and click “Settings”
The settings link is located in the upper-right toolbar of your home page.

Step 3: Select the design tab and click “Change background image”
The design tab is the the far right tab. Below that to the left, you’ll see a link to “Change background image”


Step 4: Browse to and upload your pattern.
Browse your computer to where you saved and unzipped your pattern and upload. Your pattern will always be a .gif file with the pattern name. I.e. “humidor.gif”

Step 5: Click “tile background” and Save Changes.
Make sure the “tile background” checkbox is selected under your pattern preview and click “Save Changes.” That’s all there is too it. Give twitter a few seconds to refresh and you should start seeing your new background. Enjoy!

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July 29th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Been doing this since day one on Twitter. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
http://twitter.com/JakeWharton
October 9th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Nice & simple tutorial, Well defined, Thanks for sharing this cool post.