Linking to Sections Within StoryMaps in a Collection Without Exiting the Collection View

[TomCushan]

Hello everyone,

I'm currently working on a set of StoryMaps that are grouped together as a collection.

Within the text of each StoryMap, I often need to link to other StoryMaps in the collection—or even to specific sections within them. Linking to the top-level of another StoryMap works fine and keeps the user within the collection view. For example, the URL looks like this:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/xyz?item=1

However, when I try to link to a specific section within another StoryMap, the link changes to a direct StoryMap URL like this:

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/xyz

This causes the user to exit the collection view, which isn't ideal since the StoryMaps are meant to be experienced together as a cohesive set.

Has anyone encountered this issue? Is there a way to link to specific sections within a StoryMap while staying inside the collection view? I'm wondering if there's a setting I might have missed, or if this functionality just isn't supported at the moment.

Any advice or workarounds would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Tom

[OwenGeo · Accepted solution]

@TomCushan - Thanks for sharing your feedback about this! Linking to a section of another story in a collection is not currently supported, but you can comment on/upvote this idea on our Ideas board to register your support for this being added in the future.

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