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Hi Owen I was wondering if you'd been able to make any progress with the issues in the messages above and below. I have just been updating a couple of Cascade story maps and have encountered the same problems as before with the configuration of maps. For one shorter Cascade, I managed to change set the maps so that the Interaction Enabled button was switched on.  On the way to achieving this however, it was very tricky to get Cascade to 'remember' the configurations.  With the longer Cascade, this problem was very bad, so I have kept most of the maps with Interaction Disabled, which would not be my normal preference. Sometimes this occurs within a duplicate sequence (e.g. when altering the configuration in one (zoom or layers) this is inadvertently copied back to a previous map in the sequence, so the original setting is lost) or between two different maps (e.g. one map's configuration is inadvertently copied back to a different map in the sequence, sometimes changing the previous map or its layers which then have to be reset). Also, when configuring duplicate maps, you can make some changes, click the blue tick, but the Cloud 'Save' button doesn't turn blue, as if Cascade hasn't detected any change.  If you then click the Cloud 'Save', the changes are not saved.  This is very frustrating. All the best Brendan ... View more

Hi Owen   I've only just been able to resume using GeoNet and Andrea kindly conveyed the issues on my behalf.   Further to the points mentioned already, I have found some further issues. It may well be that these are already in hand, but I thought I should report them nonetheless.   1: Use of Cascade on some devices is very glitchy   Android Smartphone: During scrolling, the Cascade story map may jump to a section ahead of the next or even more than one behind the previous. As previously mentioned, videos embedded in Immersive Sections seem particularly problematic.   I am particularly concerned about a Story Map just completed. I initially wrote it with two youtube videos in Immersive Sections. Although it worked OK on my Windows laptop in Chrome, it did not work well on my android smartphone or on a friend's iPad in Safari. In a copy of the story map, I changed the videos to Narrative Sections.   Here are the links to the two versions of the Story Map: Two youtube videos in Immersive Sections (IV = Immersive Videos): http://arcg.is/2jjr5NF Two youtube videos in Narrative Sections (NV = Narrative Videos): http://arcg.is/2joJys9 The NV worked better on the Android smartphone, although it still 'jumps' sections sometimes. However, on the iPad using Safari browser, neither works - see video using NV: Dropbox - Narrative section won't scroll using iPad.MP4 https://www.dropbox.com/s/xsiwz5dbzszgoam/Narrative%20section%20won%27t%20scroll%20using%20iPad.MP4?dl=0   2: The thumbnails stopped appearing in Tweets about Story Maps – this somewhat detracts from the strength of tweeting about a story map. I’ve noticed that some tweets have added an image instead, but there’s no click through functionality with this. I’ve been careful to scrupulously follow the Esri protocols about thumbnails, so it’s now quite frustrating that they’re not appearing.   3: I’ve also tried embedding Spotify to such story maps. I can do this using the embed codes generated by Spotify, but wondered if there could be options for configuring their appearance and functionality in Cascade and other story maps.   Many thanks for all your support   Brendan ... View more