Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

‎10-05-2015

Hi Eddie, As Greg mentioned if you want your viewers to be able to get back to your initial explanation screen you shouldn't use an intro point in your tour. Make your intro screen as tour point #1 and perhaps make it a different color icon to distinguish it from the rest of the points. You can put the first point at a location like your office in DC or just the center of DC. This is not an ideal user experience, but another option would be to put a hyperlink for your app in the subtitle section. That would essentially reload the app at the intro screen. For this you'd use the HTML code in the subtitle field like this: <a href="http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/?appid=abcdefghi123456789">Click here to show intro.</a> We are looking at updating the existing Map Tour layouts and adding several new ones in 2016, and we will consider adding this feature as part of that update. I've added an issue for this request on GitHub and you can follow it here. Owen

‎09-28-2015

Hello Rhianna - I'm sorry but this fix got pushed from our last release. It is on the list of issues to fix for the November release.

‎09-25-2015

Kate/Allen, Thanks for your interest in the Story Map Crowdsource app. We are planning to release a downloadable form of the new Story Map Crowdsource app in November 2015, which will continue to be updated periodically after that with additional features as they are finished. Then, in March 2016 we plan to deploy a hosted version on ArcGIS Online. It's still undecided if/how the Twitter hashtag feature will be included. As Lee mentioned above there is a server-side component that handles this in our current custom deployments, so the team still needs to work out how to best implement this. Owen

‎09-24-2015

Hi Callie, Sorry you are having an issue. I'm not sure what it might be from the screenshots. Could you please post (or private message me) your CSV file so I can take a closer look? Owen

‎09-20-2015

Hi Jami, The views reported in My Stories are the same views reported on the web application item on arcgis.com. For web apps (including Story Maps) the number of views goes up by one every time the app is loaded. Views are not counted for web apps when the item page is viewed. So that number of views will include the times you've reloaded the app during development (assuming your app is hosted on arcgis.com). Hope this is helpful - let me know if you have any more questions. Owen

‎09-16-2015

Hi Kirsten, Thanks for your feedback; I agree that would be be a better experience. I've created an issue on GitHub for your request so we can consider and prioritize this for a future release and so you can track it. We'd hope to get this added to our March or July release next year. If you absolutely need that experience today, you could put your map in the Map Tools configurable app (which does have the pin and pop-up) and then embed that app in your Map Series (see this blog post for instructions). Owen

‎09-15-2015

Todd, While there's currently no way to merge accounts, I have a script that migrates items, groups, role, and profile info from one account to another that can be used for this purpose. This script is unsupported, so please test before using to confirm it works in your environment. See the Enterprise Logins section of this page on the ArcGIS Organization Administrator's Wiki for details: Maintenance Tasks: Members · Esri/ago-admin-wiki Wiki · GitHub If you haven't run python scripts on your machine before see this page for help: Set up your machine for python admin scripting · Esri/ago-admin-wiki Wiki · GitHub Owen

‎09-10-2015

Last night (Sept 9, 2015), ArcGIS Online was updated in a release focusing on quality and stability. Here is a list of some of the issues addressed in our Storytelling apps. Spellchecking has been added to all input fields in Map Journal, Map Series, Map Tour, and Swipe apps! The quality and experience of the spellchecker is browser-specific. Various improvements to the web map picker: ability to clear search field, look and feel of pagination and thumbnails. (Journal, Series, Swipe) Fixed an issue preventing the addition of links using HTTPS (or protocols other than HTTP) Fixed an issue preventing the legend's 'Open by default' setting from persisting after editing an entry (Journal/Series) Fixed the behavior of the 'Unload when reader navigates away' feature to accommodate a web page containing autoplaying audio/video content (Journal/Series) Fixed the Bullet Layout overflow dropdown list icon placement (Series) Fixed an issue in Safari with the text editor that caused the cursor to jump to the top of the section when hitting Enter. (Journal/Series) Various visual improvements and fixes to text and element position/layout. Lists of all the issues addressed can be found in the release notes on the public repositories for the Storytelling apps on GitHub: Map Series Map Journal Map Tour Swipe

‎09-09-2015

Hi Allison, Sorry you are having this problem. We do know about this issue and plan to fix it in the November release. As a workaround for now you can paste the URL for the page into the "webpage URL" field (instead of using the iframe/embed). Owen

‎09-08-2015

Hi John, Looks like all those icons aren't publicly accessible. I tried to paste the URL below in my browser address bar and got a "page cannot be found" error and you can see all the "resource failed to load" errors in the browser dev tools: http://www.pbcgov.com/pzb/Planning/ActiveAmend/map/resources/images/icons/green/NumberIcong2.png Can you check that those image URLs are correct and that folder and its contents are *publicly* accessible on your web server? I didn't see a header logo or any errors for loading a logo image. Is that still in the app? Owen

‎09-08-2015

Hi John, Sorry you are having trouble. It sounds like your icon links are broken or the icon files aren't publicly accessible. Could you please provide a little more information so I can help you troubleshoot your issue? Which story map app are you using? Are you creating a story map on arcgis.com or did you download the app code and host it yourself? Which icons are red Xs? Default map pins, a map symbol you added, your organization's logo, something else? Owen

‎09-08-2015

Joseph, I'm not sure why you are not getting that option in the UI. I just checked and saw it in Chrome and Safari (both on a Mac). However, looking at how deselecting that option changes the embed code it looks like you just need to add ?rel=0 to your URL, so you can easily do it manually. For example: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tqOmAA0HlEM?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Hope this helps! Owen

‎09-08-2015

Hi Christine, I think this other recent post on GeoNet will provide you with the information you need. Hope this is helpful! Owen

‎09-08-2015

Hi Eric -- give this a try. The YouTube interface has changed slightly since this was written, but the option to hide related video links is still there. You just have to click "Show More" from the embedding options. Owen

‎09-08-2015

Looks like this issue was diagnosed as a network issue and resolved (see this other thread on GeoNet).

Online Status	Offline
Date Last Visited	yesterday

My Ideas

Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

Re: Is there a way to get back to the intro section (intro Image)?

Re: Error embedding an esri video in Story Map Series template

Re: Twitter Map

Re: CSV to Story Map puts all points in a straight line

Re: Are the Story Map views count unique?

Re: story map address and place finder pin/pop-up

Re: Is it possible to merge existing AGOL accounts with new SSO accounts?

September 2015 Storytelling Apps Release

Re: Error embedding an esri video in Story Map Series template

Re: Icons are red X's

Re: Icons are red X's

Re: Embed a video in Map Tour Story Map

Re: How Do I Get My ARCMap Project in a Story Map?

Re: Embed a video in Map Tour Story Map

Re: Story Map Journey Images Unlinked

Re: StoryMap Embed not retaining URL parameters

Re: StoryMap Embed not retaining URL parameters

Re: StoryMap Embed not retaining URL parameters

Re: Unable to click links in Attribution notes

Re: ArcGIS Online June 2026 – Line label failure: ...