Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

Hi Naomi, The relationship between your story map app and ArcGIS Online web maps is the same as it is with Web AppBuilder or other ArcGIS configurable apps. When you create a specific story map from one of the app templates your story map is stored in My Content as a Web Mapping Application item just like those other apps. If you want to have a "default version" of your story map that starts with your logo, links, and other branding you need to download the source code of the app or apps you want to make a template for from GitHub, make the customizations you want (you'll need to understand HTML and CSS to do this), and then host it yourself on your own web server. After doing that you can follow the steps in the "part 2" blog post I shared above to add your customized story map template as an item that anyone in your organization can select when they create a web app from the web app template gallery. Esri is planning to add more features to ArcGIS Online and configurable apps to make it easier to brand your apps in the future, but we don't have any specifics or timeline for these features at this time. Owen ... View more

Hi Kathryn, Yup, it sure is! We've got two posts about this on our Developers' Corner blog: Getting the most out of your customized storytelling app — part 1​ Getting the most out of your customized storytelling app — part 2​ Owen ... View more

Hi Joe, Map Tour always uses a feature service for the tour points, but that service needs to follow the map tour schema and have specific fields that are present to provide the required information to the app. If you go to the in-app Help (a button in the header), then to the Data tab, and scroll down to the section Using an existing Feature Service or Shapefile you'll find information about using existing services for a map tour. Owen ... View more

If you are having trouble getting a web page or app to load inside a story map, please review the troubleshooting section of this blog for help on how to fix issues: Embedding apps and websites in Story Maps | ArcGIS Blog Owen ... View more

Dragan -- yep! Just like all our storytelling apps the source code for Crowdsource will be available as a download on GitHub. Owen ... View more

Hi Eninna, The numbers are always there in the current version of Map Tour hosted on ArcGIS Online. If you download the app from GitHub and host it yourself you could customize the app and provide unnumbered icons. We are planning to update Map Tour later this year with one or more new layouts and also plan to add an option to have unnumbered tour points. Here's a preview of what one of the new layouts might look like (with unnumbered points): On the Brink: the Sixth Great Extinction Owen ... View more

Hi Pam, Yes, Thomas's solution does work. I've had an unpublished blog post for a while that I've shared privately with a few people who have asked this question. Since this keeps coming up I figured I should just publish it, so a link is below. The article describes the details of how to use AGO Assistant to copy items and edit JSON to copy a story map and all assets from one Organization or Portal to another and get it working. https://medium.com/@OwenGeo/how-do-i-copy-a-story-map-from-one-organization-or-portal-to-another-440586dffdf1 GeoJobe also has a nice tool called Admin Tools for ArcGIS Online that's available in the ArcGIS Marketplace, and the Pro version of that tool will clone applications from one place to another without the messy JSON editing. Owen ... View more

Hi Mark, Our development time is currently focused on several new apps so we have not gotten to considering this yet. I know it's not exactly what you were asking, but this blog post describes a way to make more engaging main stage action links by formatting them as buttons. You may find this helpful: https://developerscorner.storymaps.arcgis.com/create-buttons-for-main-stage-actions-using-the-style-tag-144b3aeb5583 Owen ... View more

Hi Julio, The Story Map Swipe/Spyglass app only supports web maps. To use your TIFF you'll have to publish it as an image service or map service using ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro. You can then add your service to a web map and then add the web map to the Swipe app. Owen ... View more

Hi David, The Gallery on the Story Maps website has many examples of customized story maps: Gallery | Story Maps - Custom Examples We are thinking about creating a place where developers can share the code for their customization in the future, but until then we encourage developers to post their examples here on GeoNet to share them with the community. Owen ... View more

Hi Richard, Are the students part of an ArcGIS Organization or are they using public accounts? If they are part of an organization then administrators can change the sharing on any item, regardless of the owner. Just make sure that the story item as well as any maps and layers in the story are shared by the administrator and then you can post the stories on your website. The gallery on our story maps website has a lot of nice examples of how to embed, link or create a collection of story maps on a website. Owen ... View more

Hi Ana, When embedding a story map in another web page or blog you'll need to use an iframe. This blog describes the process you'll need to follow: Embedding Story Maps into websites and blogs | ArcGIS Blog Owen ... View more