How to make a new paragraph on VKontakte. Secrets of VKontakte

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There are various bugs on VKontakte, although it is incorrect to call them bugs - rather, Easter eggs from the developers that users of the most popular social network in Russia can use. Today we will talk about one of these Easter eggs.

We will talk about the so-called codes of emptiness. What is this, the user may ask? This is code that allows you to send a literal empty space (not to be confused with a space - they are different things!). For example, you can use void codes to send messages to friends for the purpose of a prank or, say, to write a status in several lines.

Actually, here are the void codes themselves:

How to use them? Yes, very simple! Let's say you want to send a blank text to a friend. Copy any code in its entirety, including the semicolon, and paste it into a message, maybe even into several lines.

You send a message. When you do this, you will see numbers and symbols in the message. Don't be alarmed, this is how it should be.

Just refresh the page and you will see a blank message. The recipient will see the same thing, which will probably surprise him a lot.

The codes can also be used to create, which we have already talked about, so we will not repeat it. Let us just remind you that in order to get a status in several lines, you need to add a large number of void codes and, depending on the length of the status, adjust their number.

In contact with. And I’ll start, perhaps, with working with texts. Text is one of the main forms of content, so well-designed articles and posts can bring a lot of benefits. Today I will try to tell you how to use Wiki markup to edit text (bold, italic, underline), how to make lists and indents, and how to create headings. So, first things first :)

To edit any information in Wiki markup, special tags are used. The table below shows the main tags for working with text:

Tag	Result
Gray text	Gray text
Thumbnail	Thumbnail
"'Thumbnail"'	Thumbnail
Italics- "Italic"	Italics — Italics
~~Strikethrough text~~	Strikethrough text
Underlined text	Underlined text
Text ^superscript	Superscript text
Text _subscript	Subscript text
`Monospace`	Monospace
`Monospace`	Monospace
Center	Center
	Text in quotation
Tag for line feed	Result
line 1 line 2	line 1 line 2
Tag for ignoring markup	Result
Text	Text
Text	Text

Also, you have probably come across various blue headings, subheadings, etc. in VKontakte articles. The heading consists of a title and a leading line (not in all cases). It is used to separate sections on a wiki page. You can also separate sections with a line without a title.

Well, as for lists and indentations. Indentations are used to set paragraphs apart. Lists - for organizing text into points. It’s convenient, for example, to make a plan :)

In terms of working with text, this is, in principle, all the basic information. For deeper knowledge, you need to be a pro in HTML codes, which I hope I am not yet :) And finally, a video lesson to reinforce:

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In 2017, VK launched a new format for publishing posts. Now you can create beautiful text with media files and the design of headings and quotes without having to worry about wiki markup. The editor you need to work in is simple, convenient and saves your time! Your energy will only go into writing content. But the main thing is that your material will look perfect on any device. It will load instantly even with a weak Internet connection. What’s even nicer is that it will be read by a large audience, since the longread can be opened even by those who are not logged into the social network.

Are you ready to try this publication format in action? Let's get started right now! It's not difficult and you won't notice how you'll master all the functionality in a few minutes.

How to make an article on VK

Elementary! In your public, group or page there is a field “What’s new with you?” There you usually type a post or attach a picture or music. Find him. You need the last icon. He looks like this.

A window will appear as in the screenshot below. You can already write your message to readers in it. Come up with a title that reflects the essence of the material and enter it in the first line. It will be reflected in the announcement that you publish in the community. Place the cursor in the second one and click on “+”. Select what you want to add: video, photo, animation, paragraph.

Working with text in the VK article editor

Let's say you've typed the introduction to a note and want to format the excerpt. It's very easy to do. Select the required phrases and a menu will open.

The following functions are available to you:

Bold font.
Italics.
Crossed out words.
Inserting a link.
Heading H1.
Subtitle.

The last icon means enclosing the phrase in a quotation. It can be done in two ways.

To get the second option, click the icon again. Bulleted and numbered lists are well understood in texts. They are also easy to create. To do this, in the next line, start the first paragraph with the number 1. (dot is required) and a space or with * and a space. To end the list, press Enter twice. The maximum number of characters for one longread is 100,000 characters.

Editing media files: size of pictures and covers for articles in VK

Images can be taken from the post author’s page, from a group, or pasted from the clipboard. In the new field, select the desired type of material and upload. The proportions of photographs and screenshots may vary. Use the 16:9 ratio as a guide. It is recommended by the social network itself. The tool allows you to add a description to the object; it is automatically located in the center, at the bottom. A similar function is available for other attachments. Suitable formats for work: JPG, GIF or PNG; AVI, MP4, 3GP, MPEG, MOV, FLV, F4V, WMV, MKV and others.

Note! During editing, viewing of the copied video is not available. Users will be able to watch it only after attaching it to news.

VKontakte article editor: how to make a picture for an announcement

You can also choose a cover for your note. This is a banner with the name that readers in the group will see. It looks like this.

If you do not put the required photo, the site will automatically take it either from the first image in the text or from the avatar of the community, the author of the post. To choose your option, scroll to the top of the page. In the right corner, find the “Publish” menu, close the already installed option and download the appropriate one from your personal account or another archive. Recommended proportions are 16:9 or 510*286 px. Don't forget that part of the image will be taken up by the title and button. Don't forget to save the result.

How to make articles on VK: hotkeys, additional features

To speed up your work, use the following button combinations:

Shift + Enter or Ctrl + Enter – move to a new line.
Enter – creates a paragraph.
Ctrl/Cmd + Z – undo the previous action.
Ctrl/Cmd + B – formatting into bold font.
Ctrl/Cmd + I – italics.

The editor's developers have combined many convenient functions in it. For example, autosave. A sudden power outage or an escaped thought will not ruin anything, since each change is automatically saved within two seconds. The latest version of the text is in the “Articles” menu, in drafts. Open them and start creating at any time.

Additional features: deletion, day/night, statistics

Day and night screen backlighting is also available. To prevent late readers from being irritated by the monitor light, they can click on the image of the moon in the upper right corner. You can exit the twilight by clicking on the icon again.

Administrators and group owners can see the presence of reads, scrolls and other indicators. All users are taken into account, including unregistered and not logged into the site. More than one hundred visitors are needed to obtain information. Then the “Statistics” button will appear in the viewing mode. Information about the number of people who opened the article can be found at the end of the page. There is also data on mentions. They show how many people or publics have shared your material using a special button.

Deletion is available in “Edit” – in the top right corner. Open the menu and select the desired action. The post ends up in drafts, from where it can be easily restored in a modified or original form. If you remove it from the list, nothing will happen to the document, provided that it has already appeared in the community. But you won't be able to format it.

A couple more useful features:

To do this, just go to the already familiar “Publish” menu. Replace the link if necessary. Initially, it is formed from the header. Also at this stage the choice of a different cover is still available. When everything is ready, click the appropriate button. If you are creating material for a closed community and want no one except the participants to read it, check the appropriate box. If there are no entry restrictions or this is your personal page, everyone will see the information.

How to publish an article on VKontakte in a group

Once you've saved everything, the post is still available only to you. To fix this, open the link that appears in the “Publish” menu window and send the text where your readers should see it.

To start a blog you no longer need a wiki markup or a narrative divided into several parts. Instead, users received a tool with neat layout and simple functionality. With its help, you will simplify the perception of large blocks of information and design them aesthetically.

Developers are adding new features. Recently there was an instant transition to the next and previous material. This holds the attention of visitors and draws them into reading the community.

Hi all! In this short article we will discuss with you the new features of VKontakte. Namely, how to use the innovations in the articles.

If you have not yet understood the benefits of VK articles, then they now allow everyone who is engaged or wants to engage in a blog to reduce the cost of a website or, if you do not understand websites, to do without them!

You can write an article from the desktop version of VKontakte

After all, in order to create a full-fledged article, you just need to start writing a post on VKontakte!

The title will appear in the article description

Let's now add an image to our article, but before that, let's note that, as you can see in articles, VK itself makes indentations between paragraphs, which makes the text pleasing to the eye and reading! To insert an image, video or GIF, you need to click on the next line after the paragraph and click on the plus, after which a window will pop up where you select the picture or video you need.

To add a media file, click on the plus.

Now let's move on to adding links, because this important moment will come when you already have a lot of articles and you will need to provide links to them so as not to repeat yourself. And here we will provide a link to an article I have already created about my story in life and business, about how I came to where I am now. And I will provide the link.

To do this, you will need to highlight the word here (in our example) and click on the icon in the pop-up window, as you see in the picture below. Next, paste your link and press “Enter.” This way you can add a link to any site, channel, as well as your VK page or articles. And now you can bind all your articles!

Highlight a word and click on the link icon. (Fourth in a row)

And in conclusion, we’ll look at some simple things that will be very useful for the visual perception of the reader of your blog and will make your articles professional and beautiful!

Let's learn how to make headlines!

And for this we will select the text “Let's learn how to make headlines!” and click on the letter “N” in the pop-up window. Now our text has become the title.

Click on the big letter "H"

Let's learn how to make headlines!

Well, the last thing I wanted to show is how to make a beautiful quote.

We simply write a quote invented by us or taken from the Internet. Then select this text and click on the icon in the pop-up window, as shown in the picture, and our quote is ready!)

Select the text and click on the Quotes icon

We simply write a quote invented by us or taken from the Internet. Then select this text and click on the pop-up window icon, as shown in the picture, and our quote is ready!) This is what it looks like.

The article is ready!

Let's publish it now!

For this we will select preview. Be sure to select a preview without text, because... The text will already be superimposed on the picture by VK itself. This will be your table of contents, i.e. article title.

We delete the image. proposed by Contact

Attached to the post.

This is how our article will look nice now.

I hope that this article was very useful for you and now your VKontakte wall will look professional!!!

Some of you may have seen a status in several lines on the page of other VKontakte users. How is this possible, you ask? Probably, this opportunity is provided by the social network itself, since this is definitely not a bug. But not everyone knows how to add this status, but in reality everything is not so difficult.

On the Internet you can find various ways to add such a status, including by editing the site code and even browser add-ons. We will use a much simpler method that does not require additional knowledge from you or installation of third-party software.

In VK there are so-called void codes, which look like this:

Let’s say that you need to write something in three lines (three lines is the maximum for status; you won’t be able to use more lines). You take the words you want and add any of the given void codes after each one. The number of codes may vary depending on the length of your words, so you must adjust them yourself.

In practice it looks like this: