Now, there has probably been thousands of blog posts about Twitter, with the majority of them concentrating on the frequent downtimes that Twitter suffers. There’s even been the odd blessay on the subject, such as the ones by Elliot Jay Stocks.
Now you’re probably expecting me to launch into a rant and rave about the downtime and other problems about the social network, but you’d be wrong! My problem with Twitter is getting the background image on my twitter page to change. I follow the steps meticulously and conform to the image sizes, but when I press save the background goes to all white!
The image is within the correct file size and type – actually it is a JPG sized at 166 KB which is well within the 800KB limit but it just will not show at all. I think the main reason I’m wanting to change the background is so that it reflects the look and feel of this site in order to provide a consistent web presence for myself. It’s not a huge issue as it is not affecting the functionality of my twitter but is one of those annoying wee quirks that exist on the interweb which bug me from time to time.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this working, I will be eternally grateful!
2 Responses to Twitter
The Floating Frog says:
August 22, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I’m thinking of changing the default background on my Twitter page but after hearing your woes I’m thinking twice!
admin says:
August 28, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Changing it does work, although sometimes my image doesn’t load for me, just the background colour. One tip though is once it has saved the image, go to your Twitter home page to see the background load. For some reason it doesn’t instantly appear, good old Twitter eh?
