50+ Beautifully Designed Left-Bar in Twitter Profile Backgrounds

these are great… I just re-did mine on the weekend, so these have given me lots of ideas to run with.

Thanks for the post!

Warwick (@adesignapart)

Thanks for including me in your list!
My new background has been slightly updated (since I’ve finally found a better job).

Nice collections, Thanks for the nice links

Thanks for featuring me!

Thanks for featuring mine! That was quite the surprise to see!

wow, great list! really like a few of the ones that push out far to the right. that’s an even more under-utilized spot.

have you checked out TreeHugger’s? http://twitter.com/treehugger We use the left-bar.

chris tackett’s last blog post..Rock Your Socks Off With Manimal’s Eco-Friendly Mocs

Awesome list, these backgrounds are great!

peekr’s last blog post..peekr: ? Custom Twitter Background of the Day => @BAULDOFF | http://bauldoff.tumblr.com

I take the non traditional approach and just try and make it look appealing http://www.twitter.com/peternudo

Peter Nudo’s last blog post..The Enemy tour poster

Great backgrounds – you must love iThinkMedia as Vanessa is in there twice I have to agree.

Might i submit mine fro consideration: http://twitter.com/bluewavemedia

Kimberly Beaven’s last blog post..links for 2009-05-21

Great backgrounds! Would I qualify?

http://twitter.com/JacePerry

Hey thanks for adding my background as well!

Love the effort that these guys put into their profiles! Twitter Backgrounds are so cool and unlike Myspace don’t cause clutter.
.-= twitter backgrounds´s last blog ..Fairy Twitter Background =-.

Nice List but I miss mine here..

@ENKED

What Steve [May 21st, 2009] said. I use 1280×800px, which I know is very popular, and I come across a lot of Twitter pages that are poorly designed, obviously by someone with much higher res who has no idea how page design and backgrounds really work (or perhaps they don’t care).

Most people won’t see what they’ve written ‘below the fold’ or to the right, where these design elements can be hidden behind the Twitter content area or be blown off the page altogether. When I see one of these poorly designed (and ugly, as a result) pages, I tend to back right out. Rarely do I bother to right-click and view the background just to be able to read contact info or some ironic horn-tooting about web design skills.

Some of this stuff can be more negative than positive for your business. Keep it to under 150×550px (left only) and you’ll actually reach more people. If you must post an entire resume or contact list, do so offsite and use a simple link. (It’ll be easier on those who might rather copy and paste info anyway.)

Peter Nudo [May 21st, 2009] has a nice approach that I’ve seen before – there is a logo, but it’s integrated into the background so that if it’s obscured a bit, it’s not to his detriment, as would be half an e-mail address.

The take-away: You can certainly have a theme going, but don’t overwhelm your viewer, and take a look at your page at different sizes (simply resize your browser) before walking away.

Great list! You might like my Twitter bkg too (@thinkmoxie)
.-= Allison´s last blog ..Learning to Sketch All Over Again =-.

Peter McClean [July 14th, 2009] – indeed snazzy, but what does “Making today the yesterday” mean? I have a feeling there’s some text below that, but many/most visitors will not see it.

Thanks for including my background here – quite a nice collection – very inspiring indeed

Cheers!

I thank you for your article.

I followed these links and found, that you don’t actually have to pay to get cool Twitter backgrounds. I found many web pages, which also offer cool and interesting design for Twitter and you can get them for free.
I hope that this will help you and the readers of this blog. Thank you again and I encourage you to write even more articles like this. They inspire a lot!

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