Twitter tips--Using a solid color background in Twitter

Twitter tips--Using a solid color background in Twitter 

The simplest customization you can make to your design is to switch to a solid color background.Swirling patterns and striking photos have their place in the world of Twitter backgrounds, but some people find them distracting. Framing your Twitter home with an attractive color lays a solid foundation for your content, and focuses your reader’s attention on your posts.

Here are the steps you have to follow to switch to a solid color background:

 1.  Sign in to your Twitter account.

 2.  Click Settings. The Settings page appears.

 3.  Click the Design tab.

 4.  If you have a predefined Twitter theme applied, click Change background image, and then click Don’t use a background image.

 5.  Click Change design colors.

 6.  Click the Background swatch. Twitter displays two color controls, The outer circle controls the base color, and the inner square controls the amount of gray in the color.

 7.  Click a spot in the outer circle to set the base color. You can also drag the small circle to set the base. When you make your choice, Twitter temporarily changes the background color so you can see the results.

8.  Click a spot in the inner square to set the gray component color. You can also drag the small circle to set the grayness. Again, Twitter temporarily changes the background color so you can see the results.

 9.  Click Save Changes. Twitter updates your profile with the new background color.

Reference : wiley.com

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Twitter tips--Filling In Twitter account Profile Details

When you created your Twitter account, you only had to specify three things about yourself: your name, the Twitter username you preferred, and a password for your account. That made the signup procedure blessedly quick, but it doesn’t give folks much to chew on when they access your profile.

Fortunately, Twitter lets you fill in a few more details after your account is set up, including your time zone, your Web site address, a short bio, your location in the real world, and the language you prefer. Of these, your Web address, bio, and location are the most important because they appear directly on your Twitter home page (as does your real name), so anyone (even non-Twitterers) can see them.

Here are the steps to follow to fill in these profile details:

 1.  Sign in to your Twitter account.

 2.  Click Settings. The Settings page appears.

 3.  Click the Account tab.

 4.  If you want to adjust your real name, edit the Name text box. Remember that other Twitter users usually   rely on the real name to find people, so don’t be shy about using your full name (although remember that you only get 20 characters to play with here).

 5.  If you want to change the e-mail address that Twitter uses to communicate with you, edit the Email text box. Although you may be tempted to use a fake address here, stick with a legit address to ensure not only that you get notifications from Twitter, but also so you have the option of resetting your password if you
forget it (as I described in last post link).

6.  Use the Time Zone list to choose the option that most closely matches your time zone.

 7.  If you have a separate Web site or blog, use the More Info URL text box to type the address.

8.  In the One Line Bio text box, type a short description of yourself. Somewhat oddly, Twitter gives you 160 characters here; limiting this field to 140 characters would seem more in keeping with the Twitter vibe, but there you go.

Give a bit of time and thought to your Twitter bio. When people are deciding whether to follow you, they look at your recent updates, for sure, but most folks also glance at the bio to get a sense of who you are. If your bio is uninspiring, people might think your tweets will be, too. A bio that portrays a sense of whimsy or fun is always welcome in the Twitter sphere.

9.  Use the Location text box to type your city, state, country, GPS coordinates, or any combination of the four (up to 30 characters).

 10.  Click Save. Twitter updates your profile.


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Twitter Tips- Changing Your Twitter Password

When you forged your new Twitter account,you had to specify an account password,and Twitter is security-minded enough to rate your password on-the-fly:Weak, Good, Strong, or Very Strong. If you settled for a Weak or even just a Good rating, you might be having second thoughts and feel you’d sleep better at night with a Strong or even a Very Strong password.

Conversely, you might be wondering what’s the big whoop about a Twitter password? After all, it’s just your Twitter account. It’s not like you’re exposing your finances or national security secrets to the world (I’m assuming here you’re not the Secretary of State). 

True enough, but it’s also true that Twitter accounts have been hacked in the past, with the accounts of Britney Spears and a Twitter staffer (who was using the password “happiness,” which is about as weak as they come) being the most notorious. 

If you’re using your real name with your Twitter account, then you definitely don’t want some malicious hacker having his way with this part of your online identity.Fortunately, changing the password for your Twitter account isn’t much harder than what you had to go through in the first place:

 1.  Sign in to your Twitter account.

 2.  Click Settings. The Settings page appears.

 3.  Click the Password tab.

 4.  Use the Current Password text box to type your existing   

   Twitter password.

 5.  Type your new password in the New Password and Verify New 

     Password text boxes.

 6.  Click Change. Twitter updates your account with the new   

   password.

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TRICK-- Your Twitter Followers Are Active

Do you really think your followers are checking your tweets? Many of us wasting our precious tweets unknowingly. Now we’ll see when the people following you are active on Twitter, so that your shared links 

and tweets can get popular. By this you can establish your Twitter Existence.

When to tweet analyzes the time at which your followers tweet and gives you a personalized recommendation on when the best time of day for you to tweet is. Amazing to see Whentotweet is built in Python on top of Google App Engine.

The free version of When to tweet analyzes your first 500 followers and the latest 200 tweets of each follower and the PRO (premium) version analyzes one million followers and up to 1000 tweets per follower.

" TRICK-- Your Twitter Followers Are Active"

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