How do I edit the color of point symbols in a crowdsource story map?

[AlisonDavis-Holland1]

I am trying to edit the colors of the clusters and point symbols of the crowdsource layer. I am looking at the JSON and the color section has four numbers but they are not CMYK percentages as some numbers are greater than 100. Any ideas? Owen Evans‌

[AlisonDavis-Holland1]

Ok - I figured out the four numbers for the colors are the RGB and transparency values. They match the map that I created. But I do not see a place to edit the colors of the clusters and points as they appear in the map app. They always appear white with blue rings like this:

Am I am to edit the cluster colors or do I need to edit the source code for that? Owen Evans‌

[HeathAnderson]

Hi Alison,

Did you figure out how to accomplish this?  

[AlisonDavis-Holland1]

I seem to recall that I looked for the map that is autogenerated by the

crowdsourced app. Then I opened it and edited the symbol as in a normal map.

Alison

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[StephenSylvia · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately, you will not be able to edit the point symbology in the hosted version of the Story Map Crowdsource app. This app relies on a custom cluster layer implementation that is not available in the ArcGIS JavaScript API or the web map spec. Because of this, you will need to download modify the source code of the app and fork the crowdsource layer on github, then host the custom version of the app on your web server.

[HeathAnderson]

Stephen,

Thank you for the update.  Would you know where in the file structure I would make that change?

Best,

Heath

[StephenSylvia]

Here's where we're setting the options for the cluster layer: storymap-crowdsource/CrowdsourceWebmapController.babel.js at master · Esri/storymap-crowdsource · Gi.... 

The options for the cluster layer are documented here: GitHub - ssylvia/cluster-layer-js: One way to cluster many, many point features.

Make sure you are using the developer version: GitHub - Esri/storymap-crowdsource: DEPRECATED: The Story Map Crowdsource℠ app enables you to publis... .

[MAPS_PLUSAPPS]

What if - in the crowdsource web map you copy the crowdsource layer. Then symbolize as you wish. Then in the code you make the crowdsource layer transparent. Given you are able to do so as it was mentioned above.