How to create a group in Vkontakte, configure and delete it
Due to the wide popularity of the social network Vkontakte, a large number of its users create different groups. Groups, as a rule, unite users by common interests and themes. If you and your like-minded people have something to share with other users, then by creating a Vkontakte group, you will be able to solve this issue. About how to create a group in Vkontakte, how to configure it and how to delete it - we'll tell you in this article.
Our article will be built from the following sections:
- What is the group in VKontakte
- How to create a group in VKontakte
- Setting up a group in VKontakte
- How to delete a group in VKontakte
What is the group in VKontakte
If you have something interesting, and you want to share this with other members of the social network Vkontakte or you want to unite all like-minded people in any area, then a special group is created for this. Today groups in VKontakte are divided into 3 types:
- Group - is created for communication, information exchange and media content;
- Public Page - is created for personal filling of news or information;
- Event - is created to inform about the event: parties, concerts, etc.
Surely you are interested in more detailed study of all kinds of groups to choose the most suitable for your needs. So, let's start in order.
What group can you create in VKontakte
Group
A simple group is suitable for you to create a group based on interests, where only a limited number of people or all members of the group will be able to fill it with their materials. For example, a group dedicated to car audio or car tuning, a music group, a performer, etc. In order for the group to be filled not only by you, but also by subscribers, it is necessary to set the appropriate parameters in the settings.
Public Page
Public page is created to inform Vkontakte users. For example, you have your own online store and to get potential buyers, as well as inform about the receipt of a new product of your regular customers - you create a public page, users subscribe to it and receive the latest information. The same goes for your company, which, for example, specializes in providing services.
For webmasters, a public page will help to attract additional traffic to the site, if you publish a description of the news site and links to them in this page, then users who read you on VKontakte can go to your site to read the full version of the article.
Event
Event - this kind of groups is created to inform and attract people to it. For example, you are a club manager and a grand party is being prepared, for example, in honor of the birthday of the club. In order to feed the interest of subscribers( potential visitors), you can publish a photoreport about how the preparations for the event are going: posting photographs of editing decorations, adding commercials, etc. On the wall of the event will be written the date of the event, its time and venue and other information. If, for example, you organize a meeting of a tuned car club, then on the wall of the event you can tell about the venue, date and other organizational information. Also you can post interesting materials: photos of participants and their cars, photos from past events, etc.
Which group is best to create in Vkontakte - solve based on the above description. Let's briefly consider creating and configuring each of these kinds of groups.
Instruction how to create a group in VKontakte
So, before creating a group in Vkontakte, it should be said that if for some reason you want to delete this group, you will not be able to do it. As such, removing groups in Vkontakte is not provided, it can only be "cleaned", but not deleted. In principle, we will tell you about the process of deleting a group a little later, and now let's look at the instructions for creating all three kinds of groups.
To create a group in Vkontakte you need to go to your page in this social network and in the left menu click "My groups".
You will see a list of the groups in which you are subscribed and signed.
Then at the top, below the navigation bar, click on the link "Create community".
After that you will have a window with a choice of the community type
Creating a group
In order to create a simple group, we leave the point in place, since a simple group will be initially selected. In the top field, enter the name of the group, for example: "The most interesting from the Internet" or the "iPhone Lovers Club", in a word - the name of your community. Then click the button "Create community".
After creating the group, you will need to enter the settings for its profile. If you suddenly change your mind, you can rename the group. If not - leave the name the same.
Address of the page
In the page address field the system will automatically enter its serial number. But in order for your group not to be lost among thousands of other groups, we recommend to come up with some more original name, written in Latin letters. If this address is occupied, and the system informs you about it, then you will have to change or even come up with a new address.
Community Description
In the community description, you need to write a few words about the subject of the community and its goals. It is also recommended that you enter several keywords so that your group can be found in the search engines by entering a query that matches the keywords.
Theme of the community
Here you need to choose from the proposed list of topics that your group will belong to.
Website
If the materials that you publish will relate to your site, or you just want to enter information about yourself, enter the address of your resource in this field.
Location
Here you need to enter the city in which you are located or for which region your group is calculated.
Access and privacy settings
Below you will need to configure access to your group by clicking the left mouse button on the access type, opposite each parameter.
When all parameters are configured, click the "Save" button and everything - the group is created.
Creating a public page
If you want to create a public page in Vkontakte, then you can do this as follows
In this window, enter the name of the public page, for example: "Clothing store - Passage", "News - InfoNews", etc.
In the choice of the community type, select the "Public page" item. After that click on the button "Create community".
Now you have to choose the page type:
- Place or small company( for visitors of a place and owners of different establishments);
- Company, organization or website( for business owners and site owners);
- A well-known person or collective( for musicians, actors, politicians, public figures, etc.);
- Product or product( for authors and fans, and also for manufacturers of goods).
After selecting the type of your page, tick the box where you confirm that you are the official representative and accept the rules. Then click the "Create Page" button.
On the page you will be asked to enter certain information:
Address of the page
In this field enter the desired address of your page in VKontakte.
Category
From the list, select the topic that your page belongs to.
Community Description
In this field, enter a few sentences about this public page, your resource, or your activities.
Website Here you must enter the address of your official website.
Date of foundation
We enter the date of the foundation of the resource, company, institution, institution, etc.
Feedback
Leaving a tick - you will allow subscribers and resource users to leave comments on your materials.
Export to Twitter
Clicking on the link "Configure" before you will appear a window in which you will be asked to authorize your Twitter account. This feature will automatically send a link to the published material to the Twitter account.
Creating additional sections of the
page Before you create a page, you probably decided what exactly to publish on it. Proceeding from this, check by ticking which sections you will need to do this:
- References;
- Photo albums;
- Video;
- Audio Recording;
- Discussions;
- Activities;
- Places;
- Contacts.
After selecting the necessary sections, we click the "Save" button and the page is ready.
Creating an event
To create an event group, you need to write the name of the event in the new community creation window and select the third item: "Event".
After that click on "Create community" and go to the setup menu of the event page.
As with creating previous types of communities at the very beginning, you can correct the name of the event and the address of the page in the social network. Next, enter the description of the event, information that will interest the users, you can mention the sponsors, etc. If there is an official site for the event, its main organizers or a resource associated with it, enter its web address in the appropriate field. And, of course, the main thing - indicate the time of the beginning of the event( and, if necessary, the time of its completion).Do not forget to indicate the location of the event, and set up access to this page.
Below choose those categories of data that you will publish on the event page and access to them:
- Photos;
- Video Recording;
- Audio Recording;
- Documents;
- Discussions( user comments on materials);
- Materials;
- Type of meeting.
After that we check the entered data and press the button "Save".
Changing information and group settings
Remember that at any time you can make changes to group settings. You can change the name, restrict or expand access to users, add additional sections, etc.
Setting up a group in VKontakte
Of course, every administrator wants to create a beautiful Vkontakte group. Of course, the more beautifully framed the group, the more users will enter and subscribe to it. In addition to beauty, an important role is played by filling the group with quality and interesting material, but as regards the material, it is entirely your responsibility. We, in turn, will help you to arrange the group visually beautiful.
The first thing to do is the avatar of the group, this is the main picture, which is on the upper right. For this, you can set a picture 600 pixels high, width 200. The avatar of your group can be a group logo, a website, a company or just a beautiful picture - in short, what you like will be liked by users and will distinguish your group by visually identifying it.
The next thing we recommend is a graphical menu. The graphical menu allows you to navigate through the group and insert links to various sites embedded in the main menu picture, which will look more harmonious than regular text links.
How to create a menu in a group VKontakte
Create a menu in the Vkontakte group is quite simple, how this video will tell you.
How to fill a group Vkontakte
When filling your group try not to use special characters, and if you use them, then such symbols should be the smallest number, because their presence makes the group not serious, but "childish".The headings of the group should be interesting and informative.
Pay attention to the pictures that you will add to the page of your group, they should be of good quality.
Pay attention to user comments, they can give interesting recommendations for filling, its style and content.
How to delete a group in VKontakte
Now let's look at the options for how to delete a group created in Vkontakte. As mentioned earlier, as a group in Vkontakte can not be removed, but it can be completely cleaned, which, in fact, is its removal. Note that you can only delete your group in Vkontakte, and then, provided that you are its only administrator.
In order to clear your group you need to delete all publications that were posted on it, including: photo, video, audio, etc. In addition, you need to delete all members of the group, and then change the group type to private. Then remove yourself from the group - thus, there will be absolutely empty group in the social network, which is its removal.
You can not delete someone else's Vkontakte group, only if the group administration gave you administrator rights, and you left the group yourself, then you delete all the information from the group wall, delete users, and then you yourself delete from this group. If you are not a group administrator, and other members of the administration do not delete themselves - you can not delete the group.