How to write a Telegraph article: in the editor and with a bot

For what purposes do most users use Telegram? Surely it's to communicate with friends and keep track of news portals. But the functions of Telegram do not stop there, on the contrary, in 2016 the developers decided to go further and combined the functions of the messenger and social networks in Telegram. The popularity of the social network is growing every day, so in this article we will tell you how to write articles in Telegram, show you how to use Telegraf

What is the Telegraph and what is it for

In 2016 there was a service for content creation called Telegraph. It is based on the markdown web language, which allows you to create lightweight content for publications. This platform will help you to create articles with photos, videos and other embedded elements. Telegraph can be used by anyone without first registering and providing personal information, which allows the user to remain anonymous. Let's see what features it has.

What opportunities the new platform offers for bloggers

The developers claim that the service has all the features for presenting information as the media do. The Telegraph has a whole set of features:

• change the text (italic, bold);
• bulleted and numbered lists;
• highlight quotations and statements;
• place illustrations and images;
• broadcast clips from YouTube;
• Unfollowing posts from Twitter.

Such a function as Instant View (in the Russian version - "Read more") allows you to view materials created using Telegraf, it unfolds the content in the dialog window of the channel or chat. The main purpose of this feature is the convenience of studying information, for this you do not need to leave the messenger to see the original source.

Such articles do not differ externally from standard media publications, but the anonymity and the ability to view articles without leaving messenger opens up new opportunities for blogging and commercial projects.

Getting Started with the Telegraph: How to Write an Article with it

To get started with the Telegraph, go to Telegraph. The page does not contain any information except: Title, You Name, Your Story

• Title - post title. It is formed from the date of creation and the title of the link publication. The link will be needed for further work on other resources.
• Your Name — here you can use your name, pseudonym, nickname, or leave this line blank. Stay incognito or identify yourself as the author - the choice is yours.
• Your Story — This is the section for your content, where you can post your article and all the materials that go with it. Make adjustments to the text, add lists, illustrations - everything mentioned above.

For writing articles you can use the service-assistants, for example ReText.AI. With its paraphrasing function, you can quickly improve the uniqueness of already written texts - this will help you save time and write posts in half the time or, summarization - a brief announcement of large-sized articles. It can be adapted immediately for Telegram.

Here are some tips for editing text in the Telegraph:

• Insert image. It is possible to add along with the text or after pressing the button with the image of the camera. You can add a caption to each illustration if you wish
• Adding videos. You can diversify your content with videos from YouTube, just insert the link
• Changing the text. To edit individual parts of the text, italicize the desired part, then a menu will appear and select the desired change: bold/italic, title, quote
• Creating lists. To start numbering, put a number followed by a space, and the list will automatically be generated

Using a bot to publish in Telegram

As you can see, there is nothing complicated about creating an article in Telegraf. But there is one disadvantage - further editing of the article is only possible on the same device and in the same browser in which the text was originally written. Therefore, the developers did not stop at the Telegraph service and created a bot @telegraph to manage your publications.

Let's see what he can do:

• Sign in to the Telegraph from your account. In this case, you can create records from any device and have access to editing
• Statistics of views of each post including transfers from other resources
• Ability to specify a permanent nickname and link to the profile. Another feature for the convenience of users, so you do not have to specify each time you create content

Instructions on how to run the bot

1. In the Telegram search box, search for the bot @telegraph and start it by clicking "Start".
2. Now you need to select an account to attach it to the Telegraph. Select "Log in as (this will be your name) on the device".
3. When you switch, you will open a window with the Telegraph editor. Here the user name will automatically be added, but as we said before, you can change it or leave this box empty.
4. Now, after adding content, you press the "Publish" button and go back to the bot in Telegram.
5. Here you will see a new notification with the number of new posts. Click on "My posts" and the bot will give you the text of your article:
6. Now all you have to do is click on "Share post" and choose a channel to post:

Conclusion

Telegram is not just a social networking app, it's a social network that's attracting more and more users every day. You can use the tips in this article to tell a brand story or blog more extensively.