So I have seen a new feature about uploading a cover for your Steemit account. Exciting times!!! As you can see mine is now updated to what I represent - My YUMMY FOOD.
I wanted to encourage everyone to upload a profile picture, this way you make your steemit account more personable and approachable and people will also recognise you not only by your username but also your picture.
As you can see the circle is tiny, so make sure its a close up of your face and not you standing somewhere hugging a tree or with friends. LOL. I know it sounds silly, but trust me I've seen so many tinder profiles... that are just plain wrong. Just upload a normal face of yourself... preferably smiling :)
Here is how you upload a profile picture. Click on your circle and then settings.
Then upload a picture and paste the image link to where it says Profile Picture:
You can do the same thing with your cover photo.
You can use any pictures you have but I strongly suggest you make it nicer. A really good application you can use to upload picture and create cover photos is https://www.canva.com. It is a free site to design images, logos and everything for social media.
Now I have tried about 40 covers, to find which one works the best, and the one for twitter seems to fit the best for Steemit. So use that one.
Then design and add your writing or leave it black and upload it onto your profile.
I hope this was helpful :)
Lots of Love,
Alla xox
P.S. What do you guys think of my current cover photo?
Glad to see you Allasyummyfood I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community :) Nice post, Wish you much luck! Cheers! i will follow your account, please follow me ...
Thanks for the tip! I tried to do it with the "twitter" format on canva, but it looked really bad - waaaaaay too zoomed in and very very pixelated.
Can you tell me what the original size of your photo was? I mean the measurements of the file?
I'm just wondering why yours turned out such nice quality when I used a HD wallpaper image and it looked so pixelated and bad that I had to remove it 😅
Thanks for the tip. I went to your blog to see how it looks: it looks vegetably fruity and fresh; meaning it fits your blog and looks good to me. The pink looks nice but did you not like it green? Regarding the rest of your post, is it really necessary to upload a picture of our face as a profile pic?
How cool, thanks so much for the info, Alla! I just created a cover with some of my food pics as well and I love that you can personalize your profile in this way. Upvoted and re-steemed ♥♥♥
Thank you! I changed my cover photo twice and now I'm not able to change it again... It seems like the "Update" Button is not active... Do you have an advice?
Thank you. I was struggling with this new platform in general and the guidelines you gave helped me write my intro post a little quicker. Still took a while to get out all the little nuances but definitely a big help!
I made my own original cover art image since it is an awkward size for photos. If anyone wants to use it the link is https://s2.postimg.org/plw7gy7ax/Steemit_Cover_1.jpg
Also a couple tips: you can use larger resolution if you double or triple the pixel size as long as it is the right dimensions. Make sure you are using a direct link (try a different free image hosting site if yours isn't working). make sure you upload it as a .jpg. Try all those things if you are pasting a link and your cover photo isn't showing up! I had a couple issues and it is complicated because there is no error message - you just have to trouble shoot it yourself.
Hi @allasyummyfood, that was good info, upvoted. Only one thing is missing. What is the original resolution of the pic space?
well i used my own pictures which are 6 mb or more!
I'm surprised more people don't know about canva.com. It's practically my secret weapon! Haha! So simple to use and so beneficial to us all!
yes i know, I've been using it for years!! best thing ever!
I use canva, picmokey & gimp for almost everything!
Thanks for sharing - this one was flying under my radar.
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useful tips post !!
Thanks for sharing tips
Awesome! Just got mine adjusted!
Glad to see you Allasyummyfood I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community :) Nice post, Wish you much luck! Cheers! i will follow your account, please follow me ...
Such an informative post.Thanks allas
you are welcome :)
Thanks for this! Yours seems to adjust better than others I have seen on here!!
what do you mean?
Many other Steemians have just posted pictures and the dimensions have been off, so when the screen size is changed it skews the image!
That's really cool! Thank you for the tutorial.
Going to see if I can change mine now.
you are very welcome :))) cant wait to see it!!
Hmm, not working. I'll try it from the PC tomorrow.
Thank You for tip ! I didn't know that I can change my cover photo and also about this application! For sure now I'll change my cover photo😃 Yayyy! :3
heheh yeah you are welcome!
I would like if I could also put a gif
Me gustaría si también fuese posible colocar un gif
oh my gosh you are sooo beautiful my precious lady :) <3 and your yummy cover hahaha :D
aww thanks :)
my pleasure beautiful lady :) GOD BLEss you may you have everything in your life and yeah he must be so lucky to have you hahaha :D right ? :D
Thank you, all understood and loaded the cover :)
nice i will have a look now :)
Much Thank you . This is very usable information .
Thank you for publishing this guide. Greetings.
Neither me i really dont know that hehehe
Thanks for the tip! I tried to do it with the "twitter" format on canva, but it looked really bad - waaaaaay too zoomed in and very very pixelated.
Can you tell me what the original size of your photo was? I mean the measurements of the file?
I'm just wondering why yours turned out such nice quality when I used a HD wallpaper image and it looked so pixelated and bad that I had to remove it 😅
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you are very welcome :) you need to make sure that the picture quality is the highest setting! Mine are all around 6 MG :) hahahah
Are you threatening me!?
Thank you for the link to Canva.com. Very useful. I'm experimenting with my cover picture now.
really glad it helped ;)) welcome!
it`s very usefull
People do seem to like pretty pictures. That's why mine is not going to be displayed. My dog is better looking than I. Steem On!
yeah for sure!! dogs are cute too!
And they rarely talk back.
Is that new? Feel Like I've never noticed that before :-/
i thought it was new as i havent seen cover images before!!
Haha! Well, I'm glad you noticed that because I had no intention of looking in there again :-)
Excellent cover photo, @allasyummyfood!
Thank you for sharing and for the helpful guidance on how to make our online selves more appealing. You've always got some knowledge to drop on us.
I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning :)
aww thanks a lot!!! heheh yeah !
Thanks for the tip. I went to your blog to see how it looks: it looks vegetably fruity and fresh; meaning it fits your blog and looks good to me. The pink looks nice but did you not like it green? Regarding the rest of your post, is it really necessary to upload a picture of our face as a profile pic?
oh glad you liked it! well yes i think its good to have a face, so ppl can feel more comfortable!
Great info...I really do need to upload a profile pic soon!
Thank you @allasyummyfood! This is very helpful for newbies and people who are not very technical like me! Upvoted and resteem for others too.
How cool, thanks so much for the info, Alla! I just created a cover with some of my food pics as well and I love that you can personalize your profile in this way. Upvoted and re-steemed ♥♥♥
canva is awesome!
It's unique, attractive and impressive cover photo. I shall try to do the same. You are a very nice artist.
I am brand new and cannot upload a profile pic or a cover pic. I am not technical and can't figure out how to get an html to even post a pic.
Yes. Much appreciated thank you for sharing. I was most defiantly sleeping on this one.
Thanks! Great ideas. I'm new so this will be a help!
THX! I have tried in vain to get my profile pic uploaded & with your help through this post it happened! Your work here sure put a smile on my face!
:) thanks for the help for this newb
Hi Alla. Thank you so much for the helpful guidance.
Thank you! I changed my cover photo twice and now I'm not able to change it again... It seems like the "Update" Button is not active... Do you have an advice?
great advice!
This was very helpful, thank you.
Thank you. I was struggling with this new platform in general and the guidelines you gave helped me write my intro post a little quicker. Still took a while to get out all the little nuances but definitely a big help!
I made my own original cover art image since it is an awkward size for photos. If anyone wants to use it the link is https://s2.postimg.org/plw7gy7ax/Steemit_Cover_1.jpg
Also a couple tips: you can use larger resolution if you double or triple the pixel size as long as it is the right dimensions. Make sure you are using a direct link (try a different free image hosting site if yours isn't working). make sure you upload it as a .jpg. Try all those things if you are pasting a link and your cover photo isn't showing up! I had a couple issues and it is complicated because there is no error message - you just have to trouble shoot it yourself.
Hey guys!
Can u pls tell me how i can choose a display image for one of my posts?