topic Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work in ArcGIS Online Questions

Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

TracyGarrison — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:01:51 GMT

Trying to create a tabbed Storytelling application

I create 3 web maps b location:

Spencer County, Indiana : http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=8f02acdf738d4ae0b390630a4055ec99
Menard Couinty, Illinois : http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=d233965e474344aab8f631e58f5ede91
Missouri : http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=88f45ea5dd1a4446b125ccaf85899181

Each of the maps were made public (shared to everyone)

I opened the Spencer County Map and pressed the Share button and selected Application

I then created an Tabbed Storytelling application (2nd page of templates) Bottom row second from the right.
I Entered the three Id's (they are shown above in bold) separated by commas In the Web Map ID section
I Entered the Names of the states separated by commas (Indiana,Illinois,Missouri) in the Tabbed Name area.

When I test this application, I can only see the first webmap (spencer county) area no matter which tab I press. See test app at: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39058532013646aaa3558386af338e08

This was my pilot attempt with very limited data. should have been easy.
The data I am using was uploaded from shapefiles. Very few features.
FireFox, Chrome and IE same problem.

What am I missing?

Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

MichaelVolz — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:34:29 GMT

I was able to see all 3 maps when I went to your link:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html...558386af338e08

Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

TracyGarrison — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:27:20 GMT

I was able to see all 3 maps when I went to your link:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html...558386af338e08

Did the actual map change and show different area for each tab like it should or did the name of the map just change. I told it not to sync the scale and location.

Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

TracyGarrison — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:34:44 GMT

I was able to see all 3 maps when I went to your link:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html...558386af338e08

Maybe I just misunderstand what the application should do. I want each map to display at the webmap's saved extent. Not the extent of the initial map. I don't want the maps synched together.

I know that the map names are displaying correctly but the Menard and Sangamon County map is pretty useless if it displays initially in Spencer County, Indiana.

I thought that if I un-synched the map with that checkbox it should behave the way I want.

Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

MikeMinami — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:31:02 GMT

The template does use the extent of the first map. You could download the source code for the template, make modifications, then publish it to your own web server to achieve the behavior you want.

Thanks,

Mike

Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

TracyGarrison — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:42:21 GMT

Thanks Mike. That is something I will have to try. Maybe this is something that they will address in a later release? Because a lot of stories don't involve the same extent.

Re: Cannot Get StoryTelling Tabbed template to work

MikeMinami — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:57:51 GMT

It is unlikely that this template will change. It was scheduled for retirement at the last update (which means your existing apps will continue to work but you can't create new ones with it), but had a last minute reprieve. The plan is to replace it with another template.

Thanks,

Mike