The social network "Vkontakte" is very popular among the audience of Russian users. That is why, when setting up an Internet business, it is important to install the Vkontakte widget on your website. Potential clients will be able to receive news from you much more often and in their usual social network interface, or use special extensions, bypassing the need for registration.
Instructions
Step 1
Vkontakte widgets are of several types. The "Comment" widget is suitable for sites representing online stores and various blogs. Its presence will allow users to comment on posts and products without registering on the site, but at the same time not remaining anonymous. The extension "Like" will allow you to put "likes". Typically, such a widget is used in various contests, where the owner of the largest number of "hearts" becomes the winner.
Step 2
Widgets with auto-registration via a social network are popular. But for this it is necessary to create an application in Vkontakte that will request information about the user from his page. Also, almost all sites use the "Community" widget, which links to the "Vkontakte" group.
Step 3
You can install the Vkontakte widget using the support of the social network itself. Go to the "Developers" section, which is located at the bottom of any Vkontakte page. For convenience, you can click on the "Settings" menu item, here you will immediately see the necessary link.
Step 4
On the page that opens, select the "Authorization and widgets for sites" block. You will see a wide variety of options for those widgets. which you can install on your site and a short description for each. Choose a widget that suits your purpose. Please note that you can install multiple widgets at once.
Step 5
Customize the appearance of your chosen widget - select the content that will be displayed on the site, size, color of buttons and the block itself. The result of how it will look will be displayed just below. Depending on the settings, a code will be generated in a special field, which must be inserted into the documents of your site.
Step 6
Copy the first piece of code from the field and paste it into the head tag on your site. Usually this part contains the javascpipt code, which links to the files of the vk.com site, which are required for the widget to work. The second part of the code is inserted into the part of the document where the block with the widget should be located. If you are installing an extension for the Vkontakte community, do not forget to add a link to your group.
