Latest Contributions by StephenSylvia

Sorry, you must explicitly put the field name into the config for the filter to show up in the app. ... View more

The issue is that the filter field must be named exactly “filter” (lowercase f). Alternatively, you should find a filterField option in the config section of the index.html file. If you set it to “Filter,” that should also add the filter correctly. Are your thumbnail images shared publicly? They do not work for me even in Chrome. They would come through in Chrome if that browser was logged into your Google account. ... View more

Can you post a link to your web map so we can investigate? ... View more

It is technically possible to modify one of the story map templates to allow the function you have stated, however you will need to be pretty familiar with the JavaScript API and web map data structure. That being said, we believe it would be a far better idea to keep the link in the popup. In usability testing, we found that users can get very confused when they click on something in a map and get taken to a new page without any notice. I recommend adding some brief information or at least the name then a link to the site. You could even make a nice looking button in photoshop that say something like “click for more information” which you then add the link to. This is all possible when you configure the popup in the web map viewer. Besides being far easier to accomplish, especially if you are not a developer, it will provide a better user experience. ... View more

If you are using the map tour template, you will not be able to use the interactive builder that is provided with ArcGIS Online. Once you start using the builder, the points showing in the map tour will be locked down, even if you add more points to the dataset or filter the. Instead you will need to download the developer version of the code: https://github.com/Esri/map-tour-storytelling-template-js. There is lots of documentation in the readme for the specific data structure of your CSV and other information you will need for rebuilding your app for production, etc. For disabling map navigation, you will need to work with the methods that the JavaScript API provides like disablePan (https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jsapi/map-amd.html). Also, make sure you set the map option “smartNavigation” to false. You can do this in the Core.js file when the map is first loaded: https://github.com/Esri/map-tour-storytelling-template-js/blob/0d2934378b575e8db4bc31e26f43dd5df2ccd179/MapTour/src/app/storymaps/core/Core.js#L424. ... View more

The answer to both questions is yes, however, depending of the template you are using it might be very involved to load the web map from individual layer rather than using a web map. Which template are you using (http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/app-list/)? Another option is to continue using a web map, but instead of dragging the CSV file onto the map, you can add a CSV file from a URL. This CSV can live on your server and be updated with your script. Every time the web map is loaded in the app, it will fetch the data from your server so it will always be up to date. You could also look into a feature service, which may be easier to update and host than a CSV file. ... View more

It looks like you have a very specific look and feel that you want to accomplish with your map. Instead of starting with a story map template and stripping out all the extra code and adding new code for filtering, panning, and loading map layers without a web map id; I would recommend starting from scratch. Here’s a sample that creates a map and loads a CSV file with only a few lines of code: https://developers.arcgis.com/javascript/jssamples/layers_csv.html. The API documentation has lots of samples to help you load other types of layers, apply filters, and much more. Hope this helps. ... View more

Are you referring to our new Map Series app using the tabbed template. That one includes a full interactive builder and looks like this: http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2015/celebrating-a-world-of-cheese/ Or are you referring to the recently retired text and legend template: http://www.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingTextLegend/index.html?appid=c72ce2ec4eec4da6935423d04a2ab0ed ... View more

The playlist app will automatically pull the description from the playlist web map or the configuration section in the index.html file. If you do not have a description, it will not be included. If you would like to include the description in the web map item details, you will need to dig into the javascript with the developer download and customize the app. ... View more