How to create and publish an article on VKontakte: a guide to the article editor

Articles in VK allow you to quickly layout articles in a convenient block editor. This way you can maintain a personal blog on VK, post articles for a group, or create advertising publications.

Today we will tell you how to create and format an article on VK, how to publish it in a group or on a page, and how to make changes to already posted material.

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Publishing VK articles in a group

You can send finished material to your community wall from any device, but you can only work with the editor from a computer or tablet. This type of post design is not optimized for smartphones.

From PC

To create a new or open an existing article for public access, you should:

1. Click on the sign with the letter “T” and 3 stripes, which is displayed on the panel next to attaching media files in the posts window on the wall. The site will automatically send it to the editor.
2. After finishing working with the text, select the “Publish” button in the upper right corner of the workspace.
3. In the window that appears, configure the provided functions (“Available only to community members”, “Show author”), and upload the cover if necessary.
4. Save.

If the article is already ready, it is placed in the tab of the same name in the “Drafts” or “Available by link” sections. To continue working, open the desired material and send it to the wall.

Formatting an article on a PC.

Once all the steps are completed, a green circle “checkmark” will appear in the navigation bar, and the full link will appear on the right. If you click on it, the site will send the author to reading mode. A “Share” button will appear at the very bottom of the post. In the recipient window, all you have to do is select a community and write a comment.

There is another publishing option:

1. Copy the full link and paste it into the post creation field. In this case, the article will be attached as an attachment (if not, check the link is correct).
2. Write a comment (this is optional).
3. Send a post to the group wall.

From a smartphone

The VKontakte mobile application does not provide any work with the editor, so you can only publish an already saved and accessible article (it should be displayed in the appropriate section of the community) using the “Share” button.

You can place a link in a finished post. By following it, readers will become familiar with the contents of the work. But this option is allowed only if the required link is provided (sent in private messages, forwarded, sent as a screenshot, etc.).

Depending on the version of VK (official, KateMobile, etc.), the article will either be attached as an attachment or remain in text form.

Rules for publishing articles to reach a wider audience

An article in VK, although it is a simple message, still serves to create content for a certain category of users, and therefore is subject to a number of rules that must be followed in order for the article to always be relevant and interesting to the public.

Try to follow all of them so that your posts remain interesting to as many network users as possible (including unregistered ones).

So, in order for your article to gain a large number of reads and responses from the audience, it must be:

• Unique (you shouldn’t openly steal someone else’s creation, since users also read other sources, and if you are suspected of stealing someone else’s material, the trust of your subscribers will be lost for a long time, if not forever).
• Properly format the article - divide the text into meaningful blocks, create catchy headings and subheadings, so that even someone who is just skimming through the news out of boredom can notice your headline, and it will attract attention, encouraging them to read the entire article.
• Add a little personal touch to each of your posts - social network users love to see the real emotions of those they follow, their sincere experiences and real, live emotions - this always attracts attention and makes you read what affected the idol so much.
• Encourage the public to comment and like, ask provocative questions to make the audience eager to write something of their own, or ask them to share similar experiences from their lives.
• If you claim the veracity of your posts, check in advance the accuracy of all controversial facts (year of an event, exact names, verified information, so that you cannot be caught in lies or “black” PR).
• Cover current news and events.
• Tell your subscribers a little about yourself - create a post about what happened to you on this same day several years ago - a short story or a selection of photos will help you attract new subscribers.
• If your personal blog is about personal growth, tell us about yourself or give a couple of examples from famous personalities who follow a theory similar to yours.

By following a few of these simple points, you will ensure that your publications and articles reach a large audience and become even more popular.

In what cases is an article more appropriate than a post?

Wall posts are used in communities to convey various types of information, but this is not always convenient. A limited number of attachments (10 photos and videos, 10 audio files), and inaccessible functions for beautifully designed written content can alienate subscribers.

It is difficult to perceive a large amount of information in a continuous stream.

The article, in turn, allows you to make any lengthy text more readable and pleasing to the eye. It makes it possible to attach a large amount of different media content, divide the material into parts and has no size restrictions.

This is perfect for communities where they post:

• different opinions;
• interview;
• blogs;
• reviews;
• rules of the group, game, etc.;
• weekly/monthly news reports;
• excerpts from various literary works;
• other lengthy texts with a large amount of information.

We write articles for the blog.

User actions and statistics

Other users can not only view your article, but also share it and save it to their bookmarks. To do this, use the tabs below.

At the same time, you will have access to statistics on the number of views and mentions (how many times the article was shared).

More detailed statistics are still in beta testing and are available if the article has more than 100 words and more than 100 views.

Friends, I suggest you watch my video review of the VKontakte article editor below:

I will be happy to answer your questions in the comments!

I wish you success!

Best regards, Victoria Karpova

Hi all! Today I will tell you about how to write a VKontakte article with photos using a special editor and publish it on your wall or in a group. You've probably already noticed that so-called articles in a new format have appeared on VK, which instantly open a full-text document in a separate window. Would you like to be able to do the same? You have come to the right place, as we will learn how to use the VK article editor to the fullest.

Of course, the first question that arises is why all this is needed. Let's look at a few reasons for this.

1. The ability to write individual smart articles with the possibility of blogging. Moreover, this editor supports full formatting (bold text, italics, lists, inserting photographs or pictures).
2. Ease of reading compared to a regular post. Judge for yourself, when you see a long post on VK, it is wildly inconvenient to read, even if it is very interesting and important. But by correctly formatting the article, inserting photos, videos, adding lists, all these inconveniences are eliminated.
3. Instant page opening that consumes almost no traffic. This feature is especially relevant for mobile users, because while most people have unlimited Internet on their computers, the same cannot yet be said about smartphones.
4. In the editor, you can write a text of 70,000 characters, when a regular post cannot contain more than 15,895 characters.
5. You can edit the text of an article in the editor at any time and as many times as you want, when in posts this feature disappears after a few hours.
6. Ability to insert active external links with anchor

It’s worth noting right away that you can make such entries only on your personal page, as well as in those communities where you are an administrator.

In fact, this format is not new for a long time. I would even say that VK was delayed in this regard, since Yandex Zen articles are published in a similar way, in Telegram (or rather its subsidiary service Telegra.ph), etc.

But, nevertheless, this is a very convenient solution that can breathe new life into the most popular social network in Russia.

Day-Night function

While reading publications in VK, a night mode function is provided. Thanks to it, the screen does not dazzle and the content becomes easier to read and easier to understand. The background changes to black and the text to light grey. All attached images, videos and other files remain unchanged.

This mode is good for reviewing information in the evening; it is suitable for fans of dark themes and people with increased photosensitivity.

On a computer, while reading, the background change icon (made in the shape of a crescent) is located on the top panel on the right side, in the mobile version - in the settings (3 dots at the bottom of the page). When you press the button again, the article is transferred to the default day mode.

How to create

“Now how do I create a new note?” – someone probably has a question. You just need to leave a new post on the wall. If it exceeds 500 characters, it will automatically turn into a note.

The social network Vkontakte is simply unstoppable in its aspirations to expand the internal functionality of the resource. It feels like Pavel Durov considers the day wasted if during this period no new, even more modern features and capabilities were introduced.

On the one hand, the aspirations are worthy of praise, they serve the benefit of users and we have nothing to complain about. But on the other hand, you still have to master one or another new opportunity. Without this it is absolutely impossible to work with her. So, at first, new items, as you know, do not cause delight. Well, oh well, for those who don’t want to figure it out themselves, our article has been repurposed, which will tell you about what I managed to do that’s new.

Articles on the social network in contact

Every time we talked about the functionality of the resource, if we are talking about the social network VKontakte, we were simply amazed at how many different features we managed to cram into the news section. Just a gigantic quantity, beyond even all reasonable limits. And the constant transfers of some sections to others were also not encouraging. Then we have comments highlighted in a separate tab, and answers, along with updates and photos, are pinned in the adjacent one. On the contrary, the answers section acquires the status of independent, and comments lose this right. In general, a terrible cacophony is happening. And here we have a newcomer again, now not a separate tab, but a category. It is located along with news from friends’ photos and updates on resources and public pages. That is, this is the last tab, that’s where the articles are hidden!

The meaning of articles on the social network in contact

What is it, and a much more important question is why we need all this. We are somehow used to evaluating added functionality by the degree of usefulness. Useful or useless. Everything that does not relate to the first point is just for show. But there are very few useful functions and sometimes they are not enough. We are forced to classify articles as useful functions, although not very useful. Let's figure it out, here we are waiting for news articles from the most famous news portals. That is, professionals write here, there are no amateurs in sight. Everything you can read here is reading material verified to the last letter, so you can sacredly trust it. Also, the authority of the sources from which these articles come is beyond doubt. Therefore, you don’t have to constantly check whether there is a lie in what you just read. Is this really a sensation or are you just being skillfully led by the nose? In our case, actually. There are RBC, Vesti and RIA Novosti. So such giants of the modern news industry will not lie under any circumstances. So the point is that, in essence, VKontakte has finally decided to officially begin to perform news functions. It’s just that he used to have this kind of sin, but it wasn’t obvious. Still, the news reached us late, compared to the same portals. And people usually received them from groups and communities, some public pages and in messages from friends. So the message could have been interrupted thirty times while it was going through this broken telephone. So the option of creating our own portal, where we will find all the necessary news information, is an excellent solution. But there are also negative sides. In particular, there is little news and it is impossible to choose any thematic ones for yourself. Moreover, half of the articles are more likely reflections on the essence of existence, a new look at old things, than news items. Which also. Does not add points to the new tab. Moreover, we have very low functionality for managing the tab. If the section were created thoroughly, it would be possible to sort the news as you want according to a good dozen different criteria, from channel to topic and popularity, then there would be no price for such articles. In the meantime, we have before us an extremely crude product that needs constant improvement. This particularly applies to functions.

Features and Features

They are quite narrow, which is why we give the new tab a temporary negative rating. Until everyone corrects themselves and does something worthy. We see news and simply journalistic articles in scrolling mode. About a dozen articles on the page. When clicked, we can open the entire article. In general mode, only the introduction is visible. Some kind of annotation. We can also go to the site itself, from where the article came to the VKontakte resource. The transition is direct, without warning or blocking links. You can sort articles only by time factor. For the day, week, month and so on. We have not yet been entrusted with other sorting capabilities.

So that's our opinion. The section is necessary, useful and in general the whole idea is correct. But raw to the point of impossibility. It still needs a lot of serious work to bring it to fruition. And then, perhaps, it will even be possible to remove it from our news and create a separate category.

Working with a text editor

VKontakte provides a limited set of tools for designing material, but they are enough to present information beautifully.

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Text formatting

The following functions for working with text are available in the article editor:

• highlighting in bold font;
• use of italics;
• creating hyperlinks;
• strikethrough;
• adding second and third level headings;
• formatting quotes in 2 different ways.

To apply any formatting, you must select the desired fragment. A black window will pop up above it with a control panel on which 7 buttons will be displayed.

The letter "B" means bold, and the "I" italic means italics. An "S" with a horizontal line in the middle represents a strikethrough, and an image of a paperclip or chain link allows you to create a link to a third-party resource.

Through the vertical line there are 2 letters “H” of different sizes. The larger one allows you to indicate a second-level subheading, the smaller one - the third.

The font size is set to default, i.e. You cannot change it, nor can you adjust the alignment to the center or to the edge.

The 2 comma tool is used to create a quote. The first time you press the button, the fragment is designed in italics with a vertical side stripe, the second time it is highlighted at the top and bottom with horizontal lines, and the text itself is placed in the center.

Text editor.

Adding and removing blocks

A block is each paragraph or media file inserted into a published piece.

To add a new such object, you can move the cursor over the free space under an existing block and press the left mouse button or, if there was text before, “Enter”.

When creating a fragment, a plus sign will appear on the left side of the “caret” (the flashing stick at the beginning of the line). If you click on it, the panel for adding media files (photos, audio, gif, etc.) will open.

When you need a phrase or any text, you can immediately start typing it or paste it from the clipboard using Ctrl + V or using RMB and selecting the appropriate line.

To delete a block, just erase the entire paragraph or (in the case of different files) press “Backspace” twice, after selecting the attachment or fragment.

Combinations and hotkeys

The article editor has keyboard shortcuts that can make working with text easier:

• Shift + Enter or Ctrl + Enter - new line while maintaining the formatting of the previous one;
• Enter - create a paragraph;
• Ctrl/Cmd + Z - rollback the previous action;
• Ctrl/Cmd + B - apply bold style;
• Ctrl/Cmd + I – italics;
• Alt + C - highlight a code fragment;
• Ctrl/Cmd + C/V/X - copy/paste/delete (work by default, as in any text field).

Publishing a hyperlink

There is no separate block for creating a link, but you can simply insert it into an article or design it as a link to another site.

For the latter you need:

1. Select a piece of text that should become the basis. Either a word, a phrase, a sentence or an entire paragraph is allowed.
2. From the pop-up control panel, select the paperclip/chain link button.
3. In the window that appears, paste the required link (the easiest way to do this is via Ctrl/Cmd + V).
4. Press "Enter".

To change or delete a link to a third-party resource, you should select the fragment again, select the paperclip button (this will erase the old hyperlink) and add the link again.

Insert the link into the text of the article.

Inserting media files

To make the article more readable and interesting, the developers have included the ability to attach various media materials.

If you create a new block and click on the “plus”, a window will open in which attachment icons will be displayed:

• “camera” - uploading photos and other pictures;
• “film” - adding video;
• “note”—attach audio;
• “GIF”—enable GIF animation;
• “3 columns” - using a survey;
• “bag” - the appearance of the product.

Option to insert media files.

Editing images and videos

When you add a photo and/or video to a post, the file size is set by default.

You won’t be able to change the parameters to your taste in this editor, but you can choose 1 of 4 options provided (they appear in a pop-up window above the insert):

1. "Small Image" The only format that wraps around text. Located only on the left side of the screen.
2. "Article Width". Photos/videos are placed in the center. Installed by default.
3. "New section". The image extends beyond the margins. Great for marking the next "chapter" of a publication.
4. "To the width of the screen." This format may be suitable as a preview of an article.

It is worth considering that when resizing, attachments retain their proportions and cannot be trimmed. This will have to be done in advance in Photoshop and other similar programs.

When choosing one format or another, do not forget about the quality of the media material. If it is low, at larger sizes the image will blur and become unclear.

Below the attachments there is a small window for adding a short description. The editor has a function for creating a “carousel” - a series of photos in 1 cell.

To do this you should:

1. Add a new image.
2. Click on the “Add carousel” that appears. Images are downloaded both from the author's page and from the community or computer.
3. Change the order of investments.
4. Save.

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After this, you can view the entire “carousel” by clicking on the arrows (swipe works on smartphones).

It is also necessary to take into account that the parameters of the “carousel” cell do not change depending on the pictures. They rely on the first image loaded. If the selected files included photographs of other sizes, they will have gray fields.

Creating a cover for an article announcement

In order for the article to attract the attention of readers, VK added the function of attaching a cover. You can create it yourself in a third-party editor or select a suitable picture on the Internet.

In this case, the image should be horizontal and have a 16:9 aspect ratio. If the file does not meet these requirements, the system itself will adapt it to its format.

To add a cover you need:

1. Go to the “Publish” section, which is located in the upper right corner of the editor.
2. Under the appropriate heading, select “Upload image”.
3. Find the desired picture on your computer.

If the article has already used photographic materials, the editor automatically sets the first one as the cover. To remove and install your own picture, you need to click on the “cross” in the corresponding window and upload a new one.

Uploading the image.

Attaching a poll to articles

The survey in VK publications is no different from the standard one used on the social network.

To attach it:

1. Create a new paragraph.
2. Open the management window with attachments using the “plus” button.
3. On the panel that opens, select the icon with 3 vertical sticks. The workspace for the attachment will be highlighted.
4. Enter all data.
5. In the lower right corner, select the blue “Attach” button.

The survey will appear immediately in the article. Its size is not adjustable.

Any mistakes made can only be corrected before someone votes by hovering the cursor over the upper right corner of the block and clicking the “Edit” button that appears. A small comment is added below.

We conduct a survey in articles.

Adding products

If the post provides information about something new to the store or includes advertising, you can add products to it. The main thing is that they have already been included in the appropriate topic in the community.

To enable this attachment you need:

1. Create a new block.
2. Open the control window via “plus”.
3. Click on the bag icon.
4. In the pop-up window, select the appropriate product or in the “AliExpress Products” tab, insert a link to the mentioned item.

After that, the selected object will be displayed in the article. At the bottom, as in other attachments, there will be a field for adding a description.

Product in VK.

How to add media files in the VKontakte article editor?

When moving to a new empty line, the user may notice a “+” button to the left of the text area.

After clicking on “+”, five new buttons will appear:

• The first button with the camera allows you to add a picture to the article (from one previously uploaded by the user on VKontakte, or a new photo from your computer);
• Using the second button, videos are added (by default, a list of videos of a community or user immediately opens, but other videos can be found through the search);
• The third button allows you to insert music (you can select from your own audio recordings, or find a new one through the search);
• The next button allows you to insert a GIF animation into an article, and the user’s documents and his list of GIF files uploaded to VKontakte are immediately opened;
• The last button inserts a special text separator.

By adding a new picture to the text, you can set its scale (to fill the entire screen or, for example, only to the entire area with the text of the article), as well as the flow of the text (the first button). Immediately below the picture you can add a description to this image. All the same actions can be performed with video recordings and GIF animation (but the animation cannot be stretched across the entire width of the screen).

Also, when you hover over an added image, a new “Create Carousel” button appears. This is a special selection of several images at once (maximum 30 pictures), which will be displayed as a special gallery.

Important!

It is not possible to view the video while editing an article. It will be available to view after the article is published.

What to do if the article is not published

Sometimes the finished work may not be posted to the community wall, may not display a “Share” button, or may not appear on the page.

The first thing to check in this situation is whether the article itself has been saved and is available for publication. To do this, go to the appropriate section.

The absence of a checkmark in the green circle in the window and the display of the inscription “Saved and available via link” means that this is only a draft for now. It needs to be preserved.

If the article is already ready, make sure it has been attached to the post, uploaded and simply shared correctly. You can check whether subscribers see it in a special section on the community’s main page. It is under discussion.

Perhaps this type of post is simply disabled in the group.

To fix this you need to:

1. Go to “Management”.
2. Select "Sections".
3. Opposite the required line, set the status to “Enabled”.
4. Save all changes.

You should not lose sight of technical problems with the device from which the publication is made.

To eliminate them, you can:

• refresh the page;
• check your internet connection;
• clear browser cache;

If these tips do not help solve the problem, you should contact technical support.

Editing

For various reasons, an article may require editing. For example, you found an error, want to add more material or remove something irrelevant.

In this case, you need to enter the editor again by clicking on the already familiar icon, and then select “My Articles” - “Published”. In this list, look for the material you want to change.

Now you can edit the article as usual, and it will be automatically saved every 2 seconds. However, now the publication becomes a draft, so it will need to be resaved.

In principle, there is nothing more to say here. I hope that you understand how to write an article on VKontakte with photos and video files on your wall or in a group. And now you can make really high-quality publications that will interest your readers even more.

That's all I have. Don’t forget to subscribe to my blog, public pages on social networks, and of course I’m waiting for you again on the site. Good luck to you. Bye bye!

Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.

Did you know that VKontakte has a selection of the most popular and relevant articles? Unfortunately, not all users know about this function. But, as always, our site comes to the rescue! We will turn you into advanced users and tell you how to find the most relevant article on VKontakte at the moment, how to add this feature to your page and other “goodies” related to the topic.

1. Log in to your VKontakte page using the login and password that you entered during registration on the social network.
2. Go to the “My News” section, which is located on the left side of the interface.
3. Next, you should click on the tab, which is called “Articles”.
4. If you don’t have such a tab, click on the “plus” on the left and select the required item from the list. The Articles tab will immediately appear.

What do you need to know about VKontakte articles?

Despite all the advantages, this section of the social network is not as popular as the others. But this is not surprising. After all, people, as a rule, register on Vk not for articles or news, but to communicate with

Just recently, in one of our blog articles, we looked at and you found out. We continue the topic of introducing new functionality. This time we will consider the possibility of adding and formatting articles in a new convenient and functional format.

The new option can be used by both ordinary users on their personal wall and administrators of public communities in order to attract attention to their posts and increase the number of subscribers/sales.

It's easy to start using the new editor. On your profile page we find a field with the text “What’s new with you?” and click on a specific new button with the letter “T”.

In a group or public page, we do the same by selecting a field and clicking the corresponding button described above.

Let's go to the editor.

The first line “Come up with a name” will initially be written in capital letters using the tag

, so it will look larger than all the other text since it's a heading.

When you click on the question mark located at the bottom right, a hint appears to help you understand when editing the article.

Let's start filling out our post. Adding text. To format the text, just select the required fragment and use the pop-up menu, which has the ability to make the text bold, italic, or strikethrough.

To go to a new line, press “Enter”, and a new paragraph – “Shift + Enter”.

Other useful features

In addition to beautiful text design, adding media files, etc., VK has several other useful options that make it easier to work before publishing material.

Saving a draft

The VKontakte editor does not have a button to save a draft article, because... this happens automatically. Any changes, even minor ones, are recorded.

Thanks to this, you don’t have to worry that all your hours of work will be deleted due to power/internet outages or computer freezes. Once the problems have been corrected, you can continue from where you left off.

You can find your saved work by title and creation time in the “Articles” section on the top control panel.

Deleting an article

To remove a publication from drafts, go to “Articles” and hover over the desired line. It will turn gray and a button will appear on the right side.

After clicking on it, a warning will be displayed that the work will not be restored. After receiving confirmation for deletion, the system will erase all information.

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If the article is already available in the community, you should go to the “Publication” section. In the lower right corner of the window that appears, there is a “Delete” button.

After selecting, you will immediately receive a notification that the article will move to drafts. This will allow you to make all the necessary edits and send it to the wall again.

If desired, the article can be deleted.

How to edit existing material

Provided that this is not the final version of the article, you can correct the defect, like other drafts, in the editor.

If an error is found in an already published material, the text can be corrected regardless of the date it was created and posted publicly (unlike a post on a wall, where this function is disabled after 24 hours from the date the post was sent).

To make changes to the article, you need to find the “Edit” button in the form of a pencil. It is located at the very top to the right of the group name/author name, next to the night/day mode switch.

The reading mode will turn off immediately after clicking on the icon, and the information can be easily changed, even redoing the entire article completely.

Any adjustments made are automatically saved in drafts, and they are not displayed in an already available article. To transfer all changes, you need to resave your work through the Publish window.

It is worth noting that corrections to the title of an existing article are not accepted. The system will generate another link to the new job. Therefore, you should pay close attention to the title and be prepared to remove previous material if necessary.

Editing the article.

Displaying a block with articles on the group page

In order for any VKontakte user to be able to view all articles, the block should be displayed on the community’s main page. To do this, you need to be a group administrator and have access to change internal settings.

If such a role is not provided, it is better to contact the community leaders and ask them to make the required block open.

Provided that access is allowed, you must:

1. Go to the "Management" section. It is located in the first line on the right side of the page, under the community avatar.
2. Select the “Sections” subheading in the list of settings.
3. Enable "Articles".
4. At the very bottom, find the “Main block” and “Secondary block” windows. The only difference between them will be their location below each other.
5. Depending on the characteristics of the group and the content used, select the required section in each field.
6. Save.

Once you return to the home screen, your posts will appear as configured. If there are no articles, the window will remain blank.

There is no need to configure blocks. In this case, the system will put everything in random order, and the articles will most likely be located under discussions, in front of the window for creating a post on the wall.

Is it possible to hide a block with an article?

Publications are hidden in almost the same way as they are displayed on the main page. The most important thing is to be a community leader and have access to settings.

The following is the procedure:

1. Under the group avatar, go to “Management”.
2. From the list provided on the right side of the screen, select the “Sections” heading.
3. Decide whether you just need to hide the list of articles or close them completely (access to them via links will remain unchanged).

To solve the first problem you need:

1. Go to the end of the section to the “Main block” and “Secondary block” windows.
2. Instead of the “Articles” item, set something else or “Not selected”.
3. Save.

In this case, a list of available posts may be displayed in the right panel of the community.

To remove an unnecessary block from a group page, repeat the steps again by going to “Management” and “Sections”, and opposite the “Articles” line, either remove the selection of the square (for a thematic page), or set the “Disabled” option (for a group) and save the changes .

After this, the unnecessary block should not be displayed on the main page of the community.

How to edit, delete, or hide an article

Change. To make changes, open the article and click “Edit”. Next, we do the same as in the mode of creating a new article. In order for all changes to be saved, you must click “Publish” again, otherwise it will be saved as a draft.

Editing an article

Hide . All articles are located in the articles block. If you decide to hide this block, then go to the group settings: “Management - Sections” and disable the “Articles” section (it should say “Disabled”).

Hide an article

Delete. Open the article that you want to remove, click “Publish” and then “Delete article”.

Deleting an article

We confirm the deletion. If you suddenly change your mind, the article will still remain in drafts and you can add it again at any time. To permanently delete, go to drafts and click on the cross next to the desired article.

Formatting and Design

It’s worth taking a closer look at text formatting in the VK article, because the social network offers users quite good opportunities:

• highlighting in bold;
• italics;
• crossing out text;
• adding headings and subheadings;
• creating quotes that attract the reader's attention;
• inserting links to other Internet pages.

To get the desired effect, select the text and select a formatting option in the pop-up button. If you wish, insert a photo, image or GIF file into your post. They are available for downloading from a computer or from a VKontakte album. Videos are published only from those previously uploaded by the user to the social network. To play music, click on the corresponding icon and enter the name of the song (or artist) in the search bar.

If you need to undo or redo an action, use the arrows at the top left of the page. Thanks to such broad capabilities, all users of the social network can now publish full-fledged articles.