Option 1: Standard Opportunities
In order to host Instagram from a computer, it is enough to use the official website available for the link below. Unfortunately, in this case, you can use only the basic functions of the social network, and some of them are discussed below.
- When using the profile, it is often necessary to make some changes to the settings that partly allows you to make a website. In a separate section, you can change personal data, view information about sessions and even switch between closed and open account.
- Despite the lack of tools for publishing images, instagram allows you to change the profile photo. This is done when you click on the acting avatar on the account page.
- The only type of content that can be downloaded and configured through the website is IGTV video. To do this, it is enough to open the same name, use the "Download" button and follow the recommendations.
- From social functions on the default website, the possibility of commenting and evaluating various publications, subscription to other users and communication via Direct is available. Special attention deserves an internal messenger, as it is practically not limited in comparison with the application.
Without the use of aids are also available and more obvious things like a ribbon, including the Storage of Friends, the list of the best publications and the search site. We will not focus on every detail, since almost every opportunity deserves a separate consideration, but at the same time it is unlikely to call questions.
Option 2: Mobile version of the site
In any Internet browser, you can resort to a built-in emulator that allows you to use a full-fledged mobile version of the website. This is especially useful in the case of Instagram, as it becomes available, albeit in limited form, tools for publishing photos, video recordings and Storsith.
- To enable emulation mode, open the browser console using the "F12" key on the keyboard and use the Toggle Device Toolbar button. Subsequently, the tab must necessarily update any convenient way without closing the window with the page code.
Read more: Opening console in browser on PC
- If everything is done correctly, after rebooting the site design will change, providing several new items. To download ordinary publications, use the "+" button in the center of the bottom panel, while you can add history using the "Your History" block on the home tab.
- During publication, familiar filters are available, adding signatures, geodata, user marks and even alternative text. In this case, the instruments are almost no different from the smartphone.
When creating Storsith, you can use a full-fledged editor, limited, in fact, only in terms of stickers. Unfortunately, for this reason, you will not be able to specify a hashteg, put a label or add a clickable element.
The remaining functions of the website remain virtually unchanged, allowing you to produce various social actions and customize the account. And in general, this mode is convenient to use precisely for posting, as the resolution of the photos and dimensions of the interface are significantly reduced.
Option 3: Creator Studio
With the help of the online service Creator Studio from Facebook, you can make many manipulations over the account in Instagram, pre-attaching the page to each other. Such a solution will be an excellent and relatively more convenient alternative to the mobile version of the web site.
Go to Creator Studio website
- Use the link presented above and execute authorization in the Facebook profile. After that, on the top panel, click on the Instagram icon and click the Slide Account button.
- Through a pop-up window, perform authorization in instagram and subsequently click "Continue as".
To complete the procedure, you will need to use the mobile application, following the service recommendations.
- Having understood with the setting, you can proceed to the use of the service, the main possibility of which is to publish an entagram entry by analogy with Facebook. To go to the editor, expand the "Create Publication" drop-down menu in the left column and select one of the options.
When configured, several blocks for content and descriptions are available, as well as a number of additional parameters. It is better to familiarize yourself with each element by examining the appropriate certificate.
Since the service is primarily aimed at owners of advertising accounts, you can easily use account analysis tools and individual publications or monetization. It is best to combine the tool with the following business manager.
Option 4: Facebook Ads Manager
If you keep a business account in Instagram, the best solution will be controlled by Facebook Ads Manager. In this case, you can configure and publish advertising through a very convenient control panel on a website from a computer, as described in a separate instruction.
Read more: Advertising management in Instagram via Facebook
Option 5: Browser Extensions
To date, Instagram has a very large number of browser extensions that provide a variety of opportunities, whether it is posting or downloading content. Such software should be used in cases where any task is not obtained by standard means.
You can find a suitable addition by visiting extension store and search by the keyword "instagram". It makes no sense to mention individual options in this case.
Option 6: Smartphone emulators
The latest means for maintaining Instagram from a computer is the Android operating system emulators that allow you to use a full-fledged mobile application. And although such a solution removes almost all restrictions on the functions, still puts forward high requirements for the PC and may be inconvenient due to the difference in the ratio of the parties.
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Bluestacks analogs
Android emulators for PC
To use the emulator, select and install the appropriate program from the official site. Subsequently, use the built-in application store to find and add instagram by analogy with the phone.