Latest Contributions by AbbyE_Esri

Hi @bbarnard Here are some workaround suggestions put forth by @OwenGeo  in a previous post. Though the example story from the post is referencing Cascade layouts, some of these ideas for placement can be achieved similarly in a map tour: "Create a simple graphic legend and add that as an image before the tour to explain the access level colors. Create a bulleted list of the categories right before the tour. Use colored text in the list to match the category description colors to the layer colors." The example story linked above also explores placing legend information and context within the narrative panels in the map tour, though this may be a more helpful technique for maps that are thematically changing with each slide. I know you mentioned adding the legend right before the map tour isn't ideal for the scrolling nature of the tour. I'd also recommend giving Kudos and commenting on the existing ArcGIS StoryMaps idea to request this functionality be considered for future releases. Thanks, Abby ... View more

Hello @sofoo , At the minute, the offline option we offer is to use the Print option and save the story as a PDF. While videos would not save in PDF format, the images and express maps should keep their visual quality when saved to a file (note the express maps would not be displaying any pop-ups). If this does not satisfy your client's presentation needs for their story, I'd recommend you submit this idea on the ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas page so the idea can be considered for future releases. Thanks for bringing up this use case, Abby ... View more

Hi @ChelseaGondeck, Thank you for making us aware of this issue. We are currently investigating the behavior you're describing and will let you know here of plans to implement a fix. For the time being, I would recommend building a map in your ArcGIS Online organization, where you can come back and edit the layer and pop-ups over time, or use that express map if you aren't worried with making frequent edits to the pop-ups. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Abby ... View more

Hi @EricG If you double click on the text you are looking to reformat, the text alignment option appears. You can use the Left, right, or center to align the text to the right of the image. Let me know if those buttons do not allow you to realign the text successfully. Best, Abby ... View more

Hi @GiuliaMattion At the minute, posting your stories into the same My Stories page is not possible, though you do have a couple other options as workarounds within that StoryMaps home page, as well as on other ArcGIS products: You can share each of these stories to a group, which then can have all stories shared with groups the user is a part of appear on the My Groups tab:  This could also be done by sharing to the organization level and using the My Organization tab, if all users within the organization would be looking to see all stories within the organization. You also mentioned having a review process between a user and facilitator. This could be done by having a user share their story to a "facilitator" group, where the facilitator reviews the stories in this group and, once approved, shares to a "Gallery" group. This Gallery group could either be filtered on the Organization page (screen shot below), or the group could be referenced in another site, like ArcGIS Hub. That part would depend on where you are looking for these users to access this gallery.   If you are looking for that reviewer process in a different fashion, I would recommend posting on the ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas page to suggest this added functionality for future releases. Thank you, Abby ... View more

Just following up here @ChristianMartinez-Garcia I wanted to check on your workflow here. Had you completed and published a story, or was this story still in draft mode? Was there a title and multiple blocks added to this story, or just some text in the builder? I'm looking to understand where in the story creation process you were when the story was lost.  Thanks for your input, Abby ... View more

Hi @ChristianMartinez-Garcia I'm sorry you are getting this error. Are you seeing the story on your Stories page, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories? I would also be interested to see if it is within your Portal's Content page as a StoryMap item, or if there is no trace of it in your system.  -Abby ... View more

Hi @KBERG_EGLE @Anonymous User , While I can see this failure to loop in your story, as well as when I upload this video to one of my own stories, other videos I use do not give me the same behavior. I'd recommend opening a ticket with Esri Support, as they can help you further investigate this behavior and hopefully find you a solution for these two videos! Have a good one, Abby ... View more

Hi @efairey ,  I just took a look at your story and was able to view it without logging in. Let me know if the error message is still appearing on this story for you!   Best, Abby ... View more

Hi @KBERG_EGLE and @Anonymous User , Thank you for that link, I can see that the first and third videos in the sidecar are not playing. I am not able to add those linked videos to my story, but was able to download the first linked video, and upload it successfully. Can you let me know if uploading these videos instead of linking them resolves this issue, or if you still have issues playing these videos when uploading them? Thank you, Abby ... View more

Hi Jeremy,  I'm sorry you're experiencing this issue. I am not seeing this when trying to reproduce on my end, could you include a link here to your story demonstrating the issue so we can see it in action? Thank you, Abby ... View more

@ahargreaves_FW, I'm glad that worked for you! Thanks for posting in the Ideas page as well.  Happy Holidays, Abby ... View more

Hello @DucksInaRiver , I'm sorry you are running into this issue. I am able to see a successful transparent background on my 2022 version Powerpoint SmartArt png graphics. How are you adding these pngs to your StoryMap, by dragging and dropping to the Add image window, or by saving the graphics locally as png files and browsing for the image to upload it? I will try and get my hands on an earlier version of Powerpoint to see if I can reproduce at the 2016 version. Thanks,  Abby ... View more

@ahargreaves_FW Hope you're well, I wanted to follow up on this and provide a bit more information on the behavior you're seeing: For your title on the tab, can we check what is set on the Story card page when you select publish? I have a feeling the title did not get transferred over to the Title section there:  I apologize, I was looking at the options for changing the logo on the top of your story header, not in the browser tab. At the minute, changing the logo icon in the browser tab is not supported. I would recommend posting an idea for this in our ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas page to request this enhancement in future releases.  Let me know if you have further questions here, and if altering the Story card title on the Publish page resolves your issue. Thanks, Abby ... View more

Thanks for providing that GIF to demonstrate. Are you seeing this issue with all of your stories at the minute, or just this one? I'm also curious if the StoryMap item in your Organization's ArcGIS Online Content page is showing the title if it has already been published, or if it is also calling it "Untitled". I'd recommend reaching out to Esri Support so they can help you further troubleshoot this issue. Let us know how else we can help, Abby ... View more