idea In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags in ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas

In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags

Kara_Shindle — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:43:34 GMT

It would be really nice to have the ability to style how my story maps look being shared via social media without having to download the code and edit the Open Graph meta tags and self-host them. A small menu option for editing these in the Story Map itself where a title, description, and picture could be uploaded would be ideal. In fact, being able to set this for all apps would be nice.

Re: In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags

OwenGeo — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 02:40:20 GMT

Hi Kara -- For the classic storytelling templates (Journal, Tour, Series, Cascade, etc.) downloading and modifying the code is the only way to improve how a story looks when shared on social media.

But have you tried ArcGIS StoryMaps? All stories created with the latest generation story builder automatically get nice social metatags based on the story information.

For example, here's how this story looks when shared on social. The author didn't have to do anything special to make it look this way other than create and publish a story. Please try it and let us know what you think!

Re: In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags

Kara_Shindle — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:35:46 GMT

Owen, I've used it but not much, mostly due to it not being self-hostable. Can you choose what information and picture shows up in the tags?

Re: In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags - Status changed to: In Product Plan

OwenGeo — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:33:16 GMT

Re: In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags - Status changed to: Implemented

OwenGeo — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:28:33 GMT

@Kara_Shindle -- In yesterday's update to ArcGIS StoryMaps, the ability to customize a story's social metadata and ArcGIS item details was added. Here's a video: Customize Share Card Details for a Story - YouTube

See the What's new post and the release notes for more detail about this feature and what else has been added to ArcGIS StoryMaps this month.

Re: In-app option for styling Open Graph meta tags - Status changed to: Implemented

Kara_Shindle — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:39:57 GMT

Nice! I'll take a look at it.