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The images your page is built from

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Where they live

Your profile picture and banner are under Dashboard → Profile → You, the favicon is Tab icon under Share → When shared, and the background image is under Profile → Background. Each has an Upload button and, once set, Replace and Remove; an upload goes on your page when you press Save.

Profile picture

  • PNG, JPG, JPEG or GIF. An animated GIF stays animated
  • Up to 15MB
  • Square works best: around 400×400 is plenty

Its shape is set in Picture under Profile → You: Round, or Square with a Corner radius slider running from a sharp corner to a full circle. Ring width and Ring color are there too; both are free. Square itself needs Premium.

  • PNG, JPG, JPEG or GIF
  • Up to 15MB
  • 1500×500 recommended: it sits inside your profile card, so a wide crop is what fits

Fade, under Banner on Profile → You, lets the banner fade into your card from its bottom edge, from Off up to the whole banner. It is Premium, like the banner.

Favicon (Premium)

Tab icon, under Share → When shared. The small icon in the browser tab when someone has your page open. Up to 2MB, and 32×32 is the size it will be drawn at: a detailed image becomes mud.

Background image

Pick the Image tile under Profile → Background, and Your image appears under it with the upload: PNG, JPG or JPEG up to 15MB.

Cropping and zoom

Once an image is uploaded, Adjust the picture (or the banner, the background, and so on) opens a crop control under it: Horizontal and Vertical move the part that shows, Zoom goes up to three times closer, and Center it again puts it back. The file itself is not changed, so you can reframe as often as you like. Framing Your Images covers every image that has one.

Getting good results

  • Still pictures are resized for each screen as they upload, so visitors never download your original. An animated GIF is served whole, up to 15MB, so keep GIFs small
  • Check your avatar against your actual background, not against white
  • A GIF banner is fun and costs load time. Decide which you want

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