Posting text-based status updates on Facebook is tedious. A group of alphabets that form words in a specific order. You should use Facebook’s backgrounds to spice things up. This allows you to choose one of the multi-colored backgrounds to make your message look more attractive on the status update. Want to know how to add custom background to your Facebook post? Continue reading this article.
The benefit is that your status suddenly becomes more attractive and memorable. You can imagine how easy it is to miss a text update while navigating a sea of feeds. Choosing the right background will help you stand out when others are doing the same with their posts. Making a statement.
Let’s start.
How to Add Background to Facebook Post on the Web
The steps are simple, but choosing the right background for your post is not.
Stage 1: Open Facebook in your favorite browser and ‘What do you have in mind, name?’ Click on the blank area. You’ll find it next to your profile picture under the header in the middle of the screen. This will open the Create Post popup.
Step 2: Click on the bottom left multicolored button with the universal symbol (Aa) for text. This will open the background gallery.
Stage 3: You will now display a set of custom backgrounds, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Click the button on the far right of the bar to reveal even more options.
Step 4: You will now see more backgrounds. Popular etc. They are organized regularly under headings such as: This makes it easy to find what you’re looking for. Click on a background image to select it.
Step 5: You can write your message or status update now. The text will appear in the background of your choice in real time, giving you an idea of how things will look to everyone. Adjust the visibility settings as you normally would.
Note that you cannot add another image, or even a link or video, to your status update. This will automatically remove the background image you just selected.
How to Add Background to Facebook Post on Android
For smartphone users, the steps will be slightly different as they are touch based devices.
Stage 1: Open the Facebook app and under the Home tab, tap on the empty space that says ‘Type something here’. At the bottom, you will see a menu and an area where you can write your status update.
Step 2: Scroll up the menu to find the Background Color option and tap on it. It has the word Aa on it.
Stage 3: You will see a lot of backgrounds. Tap the last button to reveal more backgrounds for your status update.
Step 4: Select a background here to view in real time. Tap the background in the status area to start typing your message.
The same rules apply to smartphone users; this means you cannot share links, images or videos while using an image background. It is for text messages only.
How to Add Background to Facebook Post on iOS
The steps for iOS are similar to its Android counterpart.
Stage 1: Open the Facebook app and tap the area where you wrote your status update. ‘What’s on your mind?’ should say. You will see a menu at the bottom of the screen.
Step 2: Scroll up the menu to find the Background Color option. It is denoted by Aa, which is a universal symbol for text.
Stage 3: You should now see a list of backgrounds at the bottom of the screen. Tap the last button in the list to enter the background gallery where you will find more backgrounds.
Step 4: Now you can choose any background you want from the list by simply selecting it. Write your message on the newly applied background to see the effect in real time.
background check
The Background feature on Facebook is pretty cool but limited in the number of texts you can type. If the sentences are too long, Facebook will automatically remove the selected background image and you will find yourself typing on an ordinary white background. There are too many words you can write on the picture. If you want to test the upper limit, keep typing. I recommend keeping the background image feature for text messages only. It looks better.
Colorful backgrounds add a new flavor to status updates. Even casual messages look pretty cool when you use a colorful background in the background. I recommend avoiding using the same background color over and over as users will get used to it quickly. Keep rotating them to draw attention to the status update.
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