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Switch language

You can change the language. There is a wide choice: Russian, English, German and others. But there are also more exotic / funny ones. For example, Pre-revolutionary or Belarusian. Try it yourself. At the top right, click on your profile, select Settings. Language - Change. And there you can choose whatever you want from a large list. We recommend trying Pre-Revolutionary.

Leave an empty field

It is possible to fill in your profile in the Career section, but leave most of the fields blank. To do this, go to Profile Editing. Then, in all lines (section Career) we insert a set of symbols:

Confidentiality

In order that you cannot be found by your phone number in VKontakte, you need to go to Settings - Privacy - Contact me. There, in the line: "Who can find me when importing contacts by the number +37529 ******" select "Only me".

Disable ads

Are you annoyed by obsessive advertising on VKontakte? It's time to turn it off once and for all. Just download and install the extension Adblock plus for Firefox or Chrome. Activate all filters by default, and ads will disappear not only on VKontakte, but also on other sites. How nice and calm it is to read news without advertising. Thanks, Adblock.

Listening to music

There is a lot of music on VKontakte. Lots of good music. New items quickly appear here. But we want to listen to it not only on the website, but also in a smartphone, a car and without the Internet at all. No problem. We go to a special site, it will ask you for authorization, allow it and start downloading! We enter the song of interest in the search and go!

Changing the design

Do you want to refresh your page design a little? Or are you a little tired of the classic VKontakte design? It couldn't be easier. You can change the theme of the site at your discretion. Only you will see this design. To do this, you need to go to the site and install the extension for Chrome / Firefox. Then, in the same place on the site, select the theme you like and click "Apply". Here's what happens in the end:

Updates in the news

In "Novosti" sometimes you can glean a lot of necessary and not so much information. How about seeing a list of those your friends have added today? Click the News section, then Updates on the side. Voila! Now we see specifically who your acquaintances have added to the list of friends.

Privacy

If you are a very private person and value privacy, you can hide your page completely. Users will only be able to see your main photo. To do this, let's go to Settings - Privacy. Next, select "Who sees the main information of my page", mark "Only me". Ready!

Blocking

If you need to completely hide from one person, it is enough to block him. Go to his Profile and select - Block. Now he will not be able to write to you, see your photos, friends and information about you.

Hide friends

By default, all VKontakte users can see all your friends. It is convenient for some, but not for others. VKontakte stands for openness. We will stand for confidentiality. It is possible to hide certain (but not all) friends. To do this, go to Settings - Privacy. There we click on the item "Who is visible in the list of my friends and subscriptions", select "Show all friends except". We select the friends you want to hide. Ready!

Delayed publication

To post a note or photo on your page in certain time, there is a useful function - Delayed publication. It's easy to start it. We go into the interface for writing a message, then click "More" - "Timer". There we select the date and time of posting the message.

Security

If you suspect that someone is following you and secretly logs into your account, it will not be difficult to verify this. Go to the Settings - Security - Show activity history section. There you will see the IP address, country, time and type of device from which you entered VKontakte the last few times. Visual and accessible. If you see some strange IP addresses from other countries, and you yourself are in Belarus - a reason to think about it and change your passwords.

Free Votes

There we will be offered to play various online games, reach a certain level and get our free votes. Why not?

Mention

If you want to mention someone in your wall post, you can do it by analogy with Twitter use, @. For example, like this: @ Petrov

Change the page address

Want to know about some of the useful features of the mega popular in our latitudes social network In contact with? Then, read about the seven hidden features of VK and use the knowledge gained now!

More recently, we wrote about. Everything was solved there by installing a special plug-in that automatically added the functionality we needed, among which downloading media files is only a small part of the improvements ...

However, not always and not everyone has the opportunity to install something on the computer from which they go online ... And it turns out that in most cases it is far from necessary to use third-party software - the main thing is to know some secrets and be able to use;)

Therefore, I bring to your attention a small, but useful selection tips that will allow you to significantly diversify your VKontakte stay :)

Language change

And we will start with perhaps the most useless but fun function - changing the interface language of our account. Previously, in the "basement" (the very bottom of the page) of the social network, there were links to quickly change the language, among which there were two funny versions of Russian: "Pre-revolutionary" and "Soviet".

Then Contact was redesigned and some of the "chips", among which were the mentioned interface options, disappeared somewhere. But, in fact, everything remained in place, it was simply moved :) The Soviet and pre-revolutionary Contact can still be turned on. To do this, go to "My Settings" and at the bottom in the drop-down list "Language" the last two items will be our cherished parameters :)

Select the desired design option, click the "Apply" button and get desired result... The only pity is that friends will not see and appreciate your new interface, since it is only visible to you. However, in the company you can laugh, for example, changing one of the comrades on his computer to the pre-revolutionary language, and observing the reaction with an imperturbable look :).

By the way, on the same first settings tab ("General"), you can also change the address of your page like "vk.com/id_page_number" to a more readable and memorable version, like "vk.com/vasya_pupkin". To do this, just enter the desired name of your account in the "Page address" field, just above the list of languages.

How to add characters and underscores in messages

If the change in the interface language will be visible only to us, now I propose to study the question of what can be done in VKontakte so that everyone can see it :) Specifically, I mean the possibility of text formatting in my messages. Since the last redesign (around April-May), many of the text formatting features have been removed, but some remain ...

The general concept of formatting VKontakte text is as follows: a special code is put in front of the letter that needs to be highlighted in a certain way, starting with symbols and ending with a certain number with a colon at the end. In practice, it looks something like this (we enter the example without quotes): "͠п͠р͠и͠в͠эт":

In addition to the wavy overline, the following codes are still working:

  • ́ - stress (placed before the letter we want to emphasize and works only once in one word);
  • - non-breaking space (replaced by an empty character and allows, for example, to send an empty message);
  • ¯ - overline with a solid straight line;
  • ̅ - overline with a dotted line.

On this moment in terms of formatting everything, however, it is worth mentioning that VKontakte codes overlap with popular ALT codes. If someone else is not in the know, then the ALT code is a special set of numbers that are entered with numeric keypad(block of buttons with numbers on the right) with a clamped ALT key... While the button is pressed, we can enter certain numbers that will not be visible, but as soon as we release the key, a certain character will appear.

So ... By experimenting with the numbers after, you can get interesting results. For example, code © will give us a copyright badge - :)

Wall posts visible only to friends

Since the conversation turned to messages, then it is worth mentioning one far from obvious, but useful function, such as hiding information on the wall from all visitors except friends. If you try to do this during normal editing from "My Page", then you will fail, since nowhere is the desired option available.

Someone may justly notice that in the Settings in the "Privacy" tab (second), you can configure so that only friends (or no one at all :)) can view the wall. But this will be a global setting. What if you only want to hide a single post?

It turns out that this is possible and not difficult at all. You just need to know where to look :) And you need to search in the "All records" section! You can get into it if you click on the inscription on your page, where the number of posts on the wall is displayed (in the upper left above the field "What's new?"). This will open a page displaying only your wall and an extended news entry field:

Under the news entry field, we will have the cherished "only for friends" checkbox. We activate it, publish the news and it will be invisible to everyone who is not on the list of your friends!

The only caveat is that you cannot hide previously added news. You can hide only new posts that you publish directly to your wall, which has an address like "vk.com/wallyourID".

How to find out who visits you most often

In general, many different questions are connected with VKontakte friends ... For example, officially we cannot find out which of our friends came to our page. For this, VKontakte has dozens of applications that show with varying degrees of reliability who allegedly visited you. However, in reality, most often such applications do not work.

It turns out that there is quite real way find out who's in recent times most often came to you, even without third party applications of dubious quality. True, it is not known what degree of certainty there is in this way, because you can only check by asking people directly if they came to you. Although, everything coincided with me, so I'll tell you about the method, and it's up to you :)

So, first of all we need to go to "My Settings" and at the very bottom of the page find the inscription "You can delete your page". Click on the link in this inscription and go to the page for deleting your account:

You don't need to delete anything! We are only interested in the item "My page is not commented on." We select it and in the field with a standard answer the system will give us the names of two people who have visited your page recently :) If you want to know who else, besides these two, came to you, repeat the procedure and get the names of a couple of more visitors. This can be repeated until we figure out everyone! I got 7 people per day - it looks like the truth, although who will understand their developers :).

How to delete a friend request

The last situation related to friends, which often arises among VK users - applications for adding friends from strangers, dubious activities :). Previously, there was a button that allowed you to directly delete any add request. Today, we are offered only two options: either add or leave in subscribers ...

Subscribers will not be able to write messages to you directly, but they will be able to read and comment on your posts on the wall ... If you do not want a person to receive information about all your new posts, then you can proceed as follows ...

We leave the person in subscribers, and then go to the "My subscribers" section (in the menu under the avatar on your page). A pop-up window will open with a list of people following you. We find the avatar of the person whom we have just added, and in the upper right corner of it click on the button with the cross "Block". Everything is ready - you will not be disturbed anymore :)

How to download music and videos

There is a whole bunch of services, plugins and full-fledged ones for downloading music and videos from Contact. However, there is a way to download media files directly without additional tools :). To do this, any browser that allows us to view the -code is suitable (usually, the code view is invoked by pressing the CTRL + U keyboard shortcut).

To download music, go to the "My audio recordings" section and look for the track you want to download. For speed, copy its name and call the page code using the context menu (in Chrome, this is the "View page code" item) or the combination mentioned above (works in all popular browsers). We call the search by code (CTRL + F) and paste the copied name of the desired song (if there are several of them, then scroll through the code manually):

For ease of search, you need to know that all the links we need are in the block with id = "audios list". Now we find the name of the desired song, and the link to it will be in the block above in the block with the class class = "play_btn fl_l". Copy the link starting with "http" and ending with ".mp3", create new tab, paste this link into the address bar and press Enter.

In some browsers (mostly old ones), after such manipulation, the download will immediately start, and in some a player will appear. If you have started playing, then you need to call context menu and activate the "Save As" item in it. A standard save dialog will appear, in which you can select the location where the file will be downloaded and give it a normal name.

To download a video, we need to add it to "My Videos", open it for playback and quickly press CTRL + U to access the code. Video in Vkontakte can be stored in two formats: .mp4 or .flv. We enter both options in turn on the search and see the result. You should find a link of this kind:

As you can see, it is not stored in a completely working form. Specifically, its performance is hindered by backslashes, which are three in front of the forward slashes. We need to copy the link starting with "http" and ending with ".mp4" or ".flv", and then paste it into the address bar and remove the extra slash groups. Further, the algorithm is the same as for links to music: either the video will immediately start downloading to the default download folder, or a player will appear and we can save the video through the context menu.

The only thing worth saying is that we can download a video in this way only if it is uploaded to one of the servers VK.com, VK.me or friendly video hosting sites, but not YouTube or RuTube. And one more thing :) For some videos there are several links - they are preceded by url240, url360, url480 or url720 codes. These numbers mean the resolution, which means the video quality;).

Status "Online from a mobile device" on a PC

For a snack, one more simple trick :) Recently, VKontakte, in addition to the "Online" status, began to display the "Online with mobile device", which is displayed if you are surfing the net from a phone or tablet. Some comrades immediately" spotted the trick "and began to brag about the fact that they have cool tablets and smartphones. As proof, of course, they cite their status :)

But the status, if necessary, can be quite easily obtained if your browser is - or similar (a new one will do too :)).

We need to go to the browser menu and find there the "Tools" - "Developer Tools" item (also called by the CTRL + SHIFT + I keyboard shortcut). Now in the panel that opens, activate the "Emulation" section and in the "Device" tab, select the device that we want to emulate from the list. I chose the Google Nexus 10 because this tablet has a fairly high screen resolution and will work comfortably on a regular monitor at that resolution.

Now it remains only to press the "Emulate" button and reload the Contact page. You will be automatically transferred to the mobile version of the site, and next to your name there will be a status icon in the form of a mobile phone :) Close the "Developer Tools" panel and switch to the full version of the site by clicking the " Full version"in the left menu at the bottom. Although, if you are satisfied mobile version then you can leave her ...

conclusions

So our mini-excursion to hidden opportunities In contact with. In fact, there are many more secrets in VK, but it's unrealistic to know all of them! And the obsolescence of certain chips is happening quite rapidly. While this article was being written, for example, the function of choosing a language from the footer of the site was returned in VKontakte :) And the article was written for only two days ...

In a word, you can't keep track of everything, so we use to the maximum today what you can still use, and what will happen tomorrow - we'll see :) Fast surfing and more friends with whom you can communicate on any topic!

P.S. It is allowed to freely copy and cite this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Ruslan Tertyshny is preserved.

There is hardly a VKontakte user who would not want to read a private message from someone so that the sender does not know about it. For example, because you do not have the time or desire to immediately respond to a person. There is an easy way to do this. Insert the link into the address bar http://vk.com/im?q=day:31122014 , where numbers are dates in the format DD: MM: YYYY. Instead of these numbers, you enter another date, until which all messages will be displayed, including unread ones. You will be able to read them, while they will remain unread status.

Returning to the conversation

Sometimes in our hearts we can leave the dialogue to which we were added, but over time we realize how hasty and doubtful this decision was. Fortunately, there is always a way to add back, even if you deleted the correspondence and no longer see it in your account.

But let's start with a simple case - if you just walked out of the conversation. To do this, you need to go into it, click "Actions" and find the item "Return to conversation" in the drop-down menu. That's all.

If you managed to delete the correspondence, then even in this case you can return, but you have to find it first. To do this, you need to insert a link into the address bar

Many people think that the Vkontakte network is known to everyone. But it has many hidden corners. If you find out the hidden possibilities of Vkontakte, then you can diversify your social life and get a boost of energy and humor. The fact is that VK has many functions that cannot be learned right away. And if you start to understand them, you will understand that the good old social. the network is not as simple as you think.

Hidden ability to customize languages

If you select "pre-revolutionary language" in the settings, then all the menu labels will change. In particular:

  • Instead of a profile, there will be a passport;
  • Instead of friends - acquaintances;
  • My videos are cinematography;
  • Messages - letters and so on.

It is no less interesting to choose the “Soviet language”. As a result, you will receive the following transformations:

  1. The way out is emigration;
  2. Communities - clubs;
  3. News - information bureau;
  4. Search - search, and the like.

This way, you can dive into a long time ago and have some fun.

Possibilities of VK settings

If you want to leave any column in the profile completely empty, then you need to enter the code into it: It automatically makes the line empty.

You may not know, but in the "place of work" column you can always give a link to any VK group. This is not prohibited by the rules of the network.

And if you want your id to become shorter, then you need to go to "My Settings" and change it. This will help your friends remember you faster.

You cannot download music on Vkontakte. But it's not a problem. You can install a simple extension like SaveFrom or something else. And you will have a download button under each song.

A few more chips

If you want to send a message to someone in strikethrough text, then you need the code ̶.

Also, the hidden features of Vkontakte contain the ability to put emoticons wherever they are officially not. For this there are. Paste the code anywhere and the smile is ready.

Sometimes we are forbidden to sit VK (for example, at work). Enter it through an anonymizer, for example Chameleon. So it will not be clear what exactly you visited VK.

This network closely monitors who is in it for how many days. Want to know how many days you have been on this web? Install the application from the link https://vk.com/app640450.

And the most important secret

Few people know, but Contact today is a huge business platform. And you can receive money just by being in your account. You just need to add a platform (VK account). After that, you will automatically receive posts, for posting which on your wall you will receive money.

There are also other exchanges where you can:

  • Put paid likes;
  • Provide advertising in groups for money;
  • There is a charge to join the groups;
  • Earn on affiliate programs and so on.

Therefore, do not sit idly by. Your additional income is right in front of you. Use the capabilities of Vkontakte not only for entertainment, but also for getting money.

Thus, you shouldn't believe what you see. Always try to get the gist and your life, both real and online, will become much more interesting.

There are many interesting features and opportunities that users do not know about.


With the help of various tricks, you can greatly change the interface of the site, make the design original, receive votes for free and much more.

The tricks and secrets of Vkontakte, which we will tell you about in this article, can be useful to everyone. Some of them are not so useful, but are intended more for transformation. appearance site and profile, but it can also become interesting for active users of social networks.

8 secrets of using Vkontakte

1. Empty fields.
If you have not completely filled out the information in your profile, then by default, next to some lines will be written "No information". You can remove these labels by adding a set of special characters to the stitches.

2. Design by Vkontakte.
Everyone can change the external design of the Vkontakte website by using special themes. To do this, use the service where you can download a special plug-in for the browser and select the original design. Everything is free, and after its application, pages in social. the networks will look unusual:

3. Non-standard menu.
V side menu all items for using Vkontakte are displayed, and you can change them by changing the language. In the settings, you can choose the language Soviet or Pre-revolutionary and you will observe the following menu view:

4. Interesting work.
When editing your profile data, on the career tab, you can select any community you are a member of. This is a great way to ensure that the link to the group always accompanies your name on social media. networks:

5. Hiding ads.
Everyone is tired of advertising on websites, and annoying blocks always appear under the Vkontakte menu. Removing them is not difficult, for this it is enough to install a free browser add-on, which we talked about in the article on how to remove ads from sites.

6. Free votes.
From time to time, each Vkontakte user can receive free votes using promotions. Go to the settings, go to the "Payments" tab, click on the button to replenish the balance and select Special offers... After that, you will see a list of all the options for getting free votes:

7. Downloading media files.
To listen to music or watch videos, you have to constantly log into a social network. V standard interface Vkontakte does not have buttons to download media files, but this can be done using the extension from. Now the format of videos has changed, so the add-on does not work with videos, use