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‎10-25-2016

It sounds like you are just adding bitly links in the captions of the photos for more information. This will not have any impact of the photo loading time. Do you have a public link to share so we can help diagnose the slowness? A couple things to check: Where are the photos stored? On your own server referenced as URLs? If they are on your own server How big are they? We recommend optimizing your photos for the web before uploading them Photos should be less than 400kb Thumbnails should be less than 100kb We're you on a cellular connection with your iPhone? This is significantly slower than most wifi/ethernet connections. The Desktop computer probably already had the photos cached unless you explicitly cleared your cache.

‎10-25-2016

Story map apps that have been downloaded have two ways to configure an app: By adding the appid to the index.html page as you have done Adding the appid to the URL's query parameter When configuring the app through the index.html file as you have done, you should only use the alphanumeric id and not the "&edit." The builder mode of the app is always opened via the query parameter. In your case, to load the normal app, open: https://elpinguinodev.github.io/maptour_user/. Or to open the builder mode, use: https://elpinguinodev.github.io/maptour_user/?edit. Here's a brief introduction to query strings as part of the URL: URL - Marketing Glossary

‎10-10-2016

In the index.html page under the configuration option where you added the appid, try setting the firstRecordAsIntro to false.

‎10-07-2016

Currently, the Story Map Crowdsource beta is not compatible with GeoForm configurations and cannot modify the form to add new fields. In the future we are planning to add a simple form editor that will allow you to customize the form directly in the Builder but we don't have a planned date to release that at this point.

‎10-07-2016

Thanks for your response. We'll try to continue optimize the app as much as we can for these scenarios. A couple notes that may help. The accuracy the we can provide through the locate me feature is limited to what your phone will provide. Here are a couple tips that may improve accuracy: Make sure you have given your browser permission to access your phone's location (IP address location is much less accurate) On Android, make sure you have your phones location's setting set to "high accuracy." Due to how GPS and other location signals work, location will be most accurate outside with a clear open sky. If you have tall buildings/trees around you, the signal will bounce off these walls causing your accuracy to decrease. The delay to enter text after you pick a photo is due to the photo having to load into the browser and reading its location. Most phones limit how much processing power it will provide to the web browser which can cause the "stall" in the user interaction momentarily until it finishes.

‎10-06-2016

Sarah, Thanks for your feedback. Could you provide us with a little more information so we can help optimize the app in the future. 1. What device, browser, and internet connection (ethernet, wifi, cellular) are you using? How many points are in your crowdsource story? Do you have a public link you can share to your story? 2. In most cases the location provided by the browser is determined by your internet service provided. If you are using a personal internet connection at home or a cellular connection, your location should be pretty accurate. In some cases, ISP's do not share correct information for privacy reason. If you are on a corporate network, your location may be less reliable due to how your company sets up their network. For example, I work in a small regional office in VA, but our headquarters is in CA which is where the connection is registered so it sometimes looks like my location is in CA. How far off is the location that is provided? 3. Which text field activation? Do you mean clicking on a text input in the participate form and the time it takes before you can start typing?

‎10-05-2016

Antoine, Yes, the dijit dialog is one of the easier ways to add a simple slash page to your story, however, you do have a few errors in your code. Here's some changes to your code to make it work. Notice how I was also able to write html right in the content attribute to add more then just text. If you're using images, you should add a height and width to the style attribute so the splash page stays centered on the page require(["dojo/topic","dijit/Dialog"], function(topic, Dialog) { /* * Custom Javascript to be executed while the application is initializing goes here */ // The application is ready topic.subscribe("tpl-ready", function(){ /* * Custom Javascript to be executed when the application is ready goes here */ var splashPage = new Dialog ({ title: 'Splash Page', content: '<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Quisquam vel in rem rerum saepe quidem est, ratione molestias a harum!</p><br /><img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1469521669194-babb45599def?dpr=1&auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&w=400&q=80&cs=tinysrgb" alt="Photo of parks" />', style: 'width: 430px; height: 436px;' }); splashPage.show(); }); });‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ There is also a new dojo widget theme that will provide a nicer look if you make these two change: Change the body class to calcite (map-journal-storytelling-template-js/index.html at master · Esri/map-journal-storytelling-template-js · GitHub ) <body class="calcite">‍ And change the theme CSS file in app > main-config.js (map-journal-storytelling-template-js/main-config.js at master · Esri/map-journal-storytelling-template-js · GitHub ) loadCSS(app.pathJSAPI + "esri/themes/calcite/dijit/calcite.css", true); ‍ This code will produce:

‎09-27-2016

When the story map crowdsource app builds the web map and adds the feature layer into the map, the feature layer is given a unique ID in the web map JSON. This ID is then saved in the application configuration so the story map knows which layer to work with. If you add a new feature layer to the the current web map that the crowdsource builder created, you will need to manually switch out this layer id. Also, the crowdsource app is set up to recognize specific field names in the data. If you changed the field names, the app will no longer recognize that data unless you also update that in the application configuration. Because this is still a Beta, we don't have an interactive builder for this. You will need to open up the application configuration through AGO Assistant and manually edit JSON to read the new field names. By changing the field name in the feature service, you will not change the form input labels in the crowdsource form, this will only change the name in your database. If this is what you're trying to accomplish, I can send you instruction on how to do this. If you are just trying to change the form inputs and placeholder for your users, you can follow these instruction: https://developerscorner.storymaps.arcgis.com/how-to-personalize-your-crowdsource-story-even-more-a9ccfef11af3#.i9t3vqx3… .

‎09-26-2016

The Beta version of the Story Map Crowdsource will only read the specific fields that the builder creates. If you want to add new fields to a feature service and have them show up in the application, you will have to download the source code of the application and customize it.

‎09-20-2016

For various technical reasons, we do not load the image using a standard HTML image element. Because of this, the browser will not give you "Save Photo" option if you right click over the photo in the gallery. You do not need to create a new map or feature layer. When you created the crowdsource story, the app automatically created a new feature layer and web map and added to your ArcGIS Online account. They will be in the same folder that you saved your app. If you did not specify a folder, they should all be in the root directory with the same name that you initially saved your app. The layer name will just use camel case syntax (if your app is call My Crowdsource Story, your layer will be named myCrowdsourceStory).

‎09-20-2016

The photos collected in the Story Map crowdsource are uploaded as attachments on the feature layer created with your story. If you open the feature layer item in ArcGIS Online and click on the data tab, the last field in the table is "Photos and Files" which will give you a link to open that feature's attachments in a new tab. Once you open the photo, just right click to save the photo. At this time we do not provide a bulk download option and the exif data is not preserved with the photo.

‎09-20-2016

In the Beta version of Crowdsource we have not incorporated a way to remove the cover page. Currently the only way to do this, is to download the source code and modify the app.

‎09-16-2016

The date does not show up on the published story map but if you access to the story, you should also have access to the item page. You would just need to search of the each story map in ArcGIS Online or know the ID for the story. Another option would be to share all the stories to a single group. Then you can just sort the group by date to see to most recent changes. The group will link to the item pages of each story.

‎09-16-2016

Josh, Every item (apps, web maps, layer items) in ArcGIS Online has the last modified date saved on the item's details page: If you search ArcGIS Online or when viewing your "My Content" page, you can also sort by when the item was last modified. The "My Stories" section of our website is also another great way to manage your stories: My Stories | Story Maps. This page will give you a quick view of all your stories including when it was last updated. It also let's you see if any content of your stories has errors and provides links to edit those stories:

‎09-15-2016

At this time the Story Map Crowdsource Beta application does not support out of the box. If you have a developer, we provide the full source code to the application that can be downloaded and customize to add new features.

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