Why was the old version of the site replaced with a new one?
A new version of the VKontakte website (new design, appearance, design) appeared in April 2020. The old one existed for a very long time and is outdated. At first, during the trial period, each user could turn on the new version for himself, and if he didn’t like something, then return to the old one.
How did you turn on the new version of the VK website?
At first it was like this: the person who wanted it opened the news on the VK blog and at the very end of the page clicked “Join testing.”
You could also enable the new version using the link “Use the new version of the site as default” in the left column of the site, at the bottom (if you open VK on a computer and not on a phone).
How did you enable the old version?
You could return the old one back there, at the very bottom of the narrow left column of the site, a pale gray link. It was called “Return to the old version of the site.” Then not everyone had it, and even later it disappeared completely. Read on:
The new design of VK does not turn on, what should I do?
Now, in fact, this question is not appropriate, since the new design is connected to 100% of users of the social network VKontakte, good luck with using it!
If you didn’t sign up for the beta test of the new VKontakte 2020 design back in April and didn’t start receiving the design then, then now, when everyone is starting to use the design, you still haven’t been included in it, why? It’s simple, VKontakte’s management is introducing the new VK design gradually, a few percent a day. Since it is simply unrealistic to immediately enable the new VKontakte design for such a large number of users without any glitches in the system. After all, more than 350 million users are registered on VKontakte, and this is not a small figure. For clarity, I will show you statistics on VKontakte users.
And if you are worried that you may not be included, there is something wrong with your page that the design is not included, I will reassure you, this is all temporary. Soon your time will come to become a user of the new wall design and, in general, the entire VKontakte site. You can only wait for the inevitable, because the design change cannot be stopped, even through a VKontakte petition for a new design.
Although many on the Internet write that it is now impossible to return to the old VKontakte design, you now know that this is not so. And many rummaging users will soon find ways to bypass the new design and return to the old one without any complex manipulations.
And yes, I hope that the VKontakte administration will still consider the petition to choose designs between new and old and still introduce such a function. Because the new design is really so important to some users. But, unfortunately, not for me.
