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November 29, 2008 10:18 AM PST

Get your customized Twitter background with TwitBacks

by Harrison Hoffman
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People with a good-looking custom Twitter background have been the envy of ordinary Twitter users without the Photoshop skills to make their own. TwitBacks is looking to make those same rich profiles available to everyone. It only took me a few minutes to pimp out my Twitter profile with my very own custom background.

TwitBacks currently features six different themes that you can choose from, but promises more in the future. I couldn't get photo upload to work correctly, but I have seen other users who have been able to upload, so that may be an isolated issue. I would also like to see some more fields added for custom links and other information like LinkedIn, FriendFeed, Facebook profiles, and phone numbers.

All in all, TwitBacks is a nice little service with only a couple of little issues. I see no reason why these minor improvements couldn't be added in the future. If you're looking for a quick, good looking custom background for your Twitter profile, give TwitBacks a shot.

Thanks to Sam Sethi for pointing me towards the site.

Harrison Hoffman is a tech enthusiast and co-founder of LiveSide.net, a blog about Windows Live. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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by gosmart4u November 29, 2008 2:58 PM PST
Thanks for the coverage Harrison. We added social network links and phone # field like you requested.
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by LouCypher December 1, 2008 11:29 AM PST
Your background won't display properly on 1024x768 screen resolution.
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by WeCanDoBIZ December 2, 2008 1:18 AM PST
Neat enough, but not groundbreaking. Would be good to see some custom link fields to add social networks that aren't mainstream, or personal websites alongside blog, for example.

Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
http://www.wecando.biz
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by DoctorTwitter April 3, 2009 4:28 PM PDT
yeah def not ground breaking..but Doctor Twitter is we have auto apply one click themes and all types from entertainers to your favorite tv shows..but twit back is a good but now outdated solution..
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by twitbacks July 12, 2009 9:35 AM PDT
Just wanted to give an update. TwitBacks has added a bunch more features since this review. We added a ton of different background styles, more social network links, fields for blog and website, added more customization options and even partnered with Picnik allowing you to enhance your background even more using the Picnik tools directly from the TwitBacks site.
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by socialmedia July 30, 2009 10:17 PM PDT
anyone check out the "clickable now" software?
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