topic Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page? in Classic Esri Story Maps Questions

Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

KingstonArcGIS_Online — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 15:41:04 GMT

Hello,

Has anyone come across a way to link to specific sections within a Map Journal if the Main Stage is a web page? In my case I'd like to have a web page with various images (similar open data themes/categories), then each image links to a different section. I've been told this isn't possible out of the box, but was wondering if it can even be achieved through customization.

Thanks,

Chris

PS: Apologies for impersonally posting under our admin account - it's showing me as logged in under my personal account at the top of the screen...

Chris Taylor

City of Kingston, Ontario

Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

CarmelConnolly — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:38:38 GMT

Hi Chris,

This isn't exactly what you want but it might help you get started: https://developerscorner.storymaps.arcgis.com/add-context-to-story-map-journal-with-an-index-map-ccc3c8ca12b5

There are also more helpful tips for developing storymaps else where on the site: https://developerscorner.storymaps.arcgis.com

Carmel

Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

KingstonArcGIS_Online — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:44:25 GMT

Hi Carmel - thanks for the suggestion. I did see that and was thinking about how/whether I could make it work. I think the main thing that may prevent me from using it is that it doesn't behave the same way on mobile, but I suspect if I'm getting into customizing that may be what I'm faced with in most cases.

Thanks again and I'll keep browsing!

Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

RupertEssinger — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 20:33:52 GMT

Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

KingstonArcGIS_Online — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:15:00 GMT

Thanks Rupert. I did see that one as well, but two things precluded me from using it - the fact that the main stage was a map rather than a web page, and the caveat at the bottom that it wouldn't work on mobile. If it worked on mobile I may have tried to shoehorn something together using the map rather than web page.

Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

RupertEssinger — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:14:22 GMT

I've not seen that done from a web page like you describe. Another approach would be to divide a large Story Map Journal up into separate stories and create a standard web page provides links to each Map Journal. For example, see:

People for Bikes: How it got Built

https://peopleforbikes.org/how-it-got-built/

Or you could use an ArcGIS Online Gallery app to present a set of Map Journals, like:
https://usfs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/PublicGallery/index.html?appid=bb59566ba3574c92aa04038aed91276b

Rupert

Re: Link to Map Journal Sections from Main Stage Web Page?

KingstonArcGIS_Online — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:29:33 GMT

Interesting you mention that - we had originally been set on a separate landing page (a simple web page, similar to the bikes example) which did essentially that, but I was asked to see how/whether we could wrap everything into one experience.