For advance of the groups most of users and the companies spend a lot of time for design of community. In the last few years of avatars recedes into the background, it is succeeded by "cap" or a cover. How it is correct to make it? What sizes are necessary? Why the cover for group of VKontakte is necessary?
Conditions of the caps setup of group
At the beginning it is necessary to prepare a cap in the graphics editor. A wide horizontal avatar – the face of group. Now they can become and animated. "Cap" contains heading, a logo, graphic elements. The heading should be short and tell about a group essence. The logo is responsible for association of group that at users memories of group were postponed. Graphic elements allow to give the necessary information on group. Elements should be displaced to the center and a bottom with an indent of 100 pixels from the upper edge and 220 sideways.
Many freelancers began to earn by such method. They just offer the services in setup of a cap, its style and design. Charge for it a different fee: depends on professionalism and the accumulated experience.
Actually very just to make it independently, it is enough to select the picture suitable by the sizes satisfying to requests of group expressing it an essence and to place it in settings of community. It is possible to order the picture separately, so, perhaps, will be cheaper, than to buy service in setup entirely.
It is important to observe the sizes as differently in mobile version of the application and on the PC "cap" it will correctly not be displayed.
The cover size for group of VKontakte 795x200px or 1590x400px. It is better to use the second option since it opens on all computers without exception. The configured cover on the computer will be automatically adapted for mobile version. It is recommended to leave indents at the edges that nothing important remained behind fields. And visually looks more pleasant.
What to do that the quality of the picture did not deteriorate?
To avoid a situation with a color noise, it is necessary when saving the image in the editor, normally it is the photoshop, to select in the menu: The file to Save for WEB, to check near sRGB. Further we save and we load into social network.
Algorithm of inclusion of a cover
- We open the necessary group;
- We come into "Actions" which are under a group avatar;
- Further we click "Management" where "The cover of community" will be visible. We load;
- The technical support VKontakte advises to load the picture into group by drag and drop of the folder in a loading line;
- After all these actions it is necessary to check how the cover on mobile devices looks.
What it is possible to attract users with?
Now existence in a cover of group of counters where the quantity of likes from participants is displayed became popular. Contests are staged: who was more active in comments during a week, that wins first place and receives a gift. Also new participants, the report prior to any significant action, weather, the schedule of meetings, sales are shown. All that reflects activity of group and can attract new users.