Latest Contributions by AbbyE_Esri

Hi @FredDeNisco , I believe the heading option is not appearing because the heading you are referring to is actually a title of a point in your map tour. They are similar but are not technically headings; if they were, it would cause complications in navigation. When turning on the navigation links in the story's design, for example, you would then have a navigation link at the top of your story for every map tour point! A workaround for this if you really want the heading link, would be to use sidecars instead of map tours. You just wouldn't have those points on the map numbered automatically as they are in a map tour layout. However, you could still configure a map to jump from focusing on a different extents/points for each slide. This idea of adding headings within map tours has also been requested by other Esri Community users. Please feel free to add a Kudo to this similar idea to the ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas board if you want to see this enhancement to the product down the line! ... View more

Hi @SimonLaughton , ArcGIS StoryMaps has been previously evaluated against WCAG 2.0 and 2.1. The product will soon be in the review process for the latest WCAG version (2.2). Here is more general information on ArcGIS StoryMaps accessibility standards: https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-storymaps/reference/accessibility-and-supported-languages.htm --Abby ... View more

Hi @JGVadnais1 , This is the current expected behavior for placing the initial extent of the map tour. This will also happen with the default basemap options in a map tour. The extent is calculated off the collection of points added to the tour, and will factor in the desired zoom level if it is set using the Custom initial zoom level dropdown, which you showed in your video. You can also set the zoom level for the individual points throughout the map tour when adding the locations: I do understand wanting to add a specific extent for that initial zoom. Trying to tweak it a bit with the different initial zoom extents after adding all the expected locations can help a bit. If you need a highly specific extent, you can always use the map block (adding a map to the story instead of a map tour), or use an express map in a sidecar. You can also make a suggestion to allow the custom extent setting in a map tour on the ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas page, and it may be considered as an addition to the product in the future.   Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions on the context above. --Abby ... View more

Hi @HelenCooper Here's some documentation noting this expected workflow: "If you have added, removed, or renamed layers in a map, the map must be removed from the story and added again to view the changes." - ArcGIS StoryMaps - Add maps However, as this post notes, you should be able to edit the name of that layer in the StoryMap map's legend by clicking the layer name in the map designer layer list to alter that layer's name. I understand this can be a bit tedious if you are also changing the layer's name outside of the story, but this will at least save you time with having to remove and re-add the map to the story builder.   --Abby    ... View more