Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

Hi Bethany -- thanks for posting your question. Story Maps are responsively designed so that the on-screen elements, like the side panel, will resize based on different screen resolutions, browser window sizes, and aspect ratios. Also, below a certain size the layout will switch over to something that is more mobile friendly. Currently, however, the text doesn't resize (other than when the story switches over to the mobile view). Could you please share the resolutions of the two monitors you are working with and perhaps even screenshots of the text and content on each monitor? It'd be helpful to see the differences you are seeing so we can consider addressing this in a future release. You may be able to design around this by choosing an overall smaller text size that looks better at more resolutions. Also, developers can download the code for our Story Map apps here on Github and customize it with HTML, CSS, or JavaScript to add behaviors that aren't currently included. You can read more about how to do that here. ... View more

Hi Laura -- Unfortunately, we are not planning to have a direct replacement for the Story Map Crowdsource template at this time. While it's possible that future browser updates or changes to related technologies may cause issues with the Crowdsource template, it has been stable for several years with minimal updates. Even though the app will no longer appear in the default configurable app gallery after June 2018 and won't receive any new features or fixes, you will still be able to create new Crowdsource story maps and existing stories created with the template will continue to work for the foreseeable future. So for short-term, narrow-scope projects (such as using it to kick off a workshop) Story Map Crowdsource can still be a viable option; however, we cannot recommend it for high-profile and/or long-term projects. ... View more

Hi Andrew -- Adding a hyperlink to an image isn't supported in the Cascade Builder at this time, but there's a procedure you can use to do this outside of the builder. This article should help you accomplish what you are trying to do. ... View more

Hello -- The interactive element in the Anacostia story is a custom web page that is embedded inside the story map. It's not currently possible to create something like that using just the Cascade Builder, but you can create your own web elements, host them on server or cloud infrastructure you manage, and embed them in your story by pasting in the URL to your custom page on the Link to Content tab when adding media. ... View more

Hi Kristen -- There's a blue note at the top of your screenshot that indicates that in that place in the story you can only add an image, so my guess is that you opened the media picker from a title section. If that's not the case please let me know. Title section backgrounds only support images, so that's why the ArcGIS options for browsing maps and scenes are disabled in this situation. If you've previously uploaded images to your story, you would see them there under the "This Story" and could chose one for the title section background. ... View more

Hi Lindsay -- You can't pick a web map from the media picker when adding media to a narrative panel, but narrative panels do allow web content media. So you can add a map, but it takes a few extra steps. Just paste in a link or iframe code for a simple map on the 'Link to Content' tab. You can use the code you get from sharing from the ArcGIS.com map viewer (see screenshots below) or a link to a simple app you've created using the Media or Minimalist configurable app templates. I'd recommend turning off all/most of the controls like scale bars and zoom in/out buttons. You don't have any control over the size of the map, but it might fit your needs. It'll look like the screenshot below... If you could share why you want to add a live map in the narrative panel, I'd appreciate it. We've discussed this a bit on our team and are interested to hear your reasons for this. ... View more

Hi Steve -- Unfortunately there are technical limitations with the Safari browser on iOS that prevent a live Cascade story from being embedded in an iframe on iOS devices. Starting with the June 2017 release, the behavior you described is expected when viewing a web page with an embedded Cascade story. This is not the case on Android devices. We will continue to follow this situation to see if we are able to support a live embed on iOS in the future. ... View more