Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

Yes, this is possible if you are using the Story Map Journal app. This is called a "main stage action." Here's an example, in the second section click on the dashed hyperlinks to change things in the map (turn on a layer, zoom to a feature and show it's pop-up). Create a Map Journal and add some text to a sections side panel. Then configure a main stage action by highlighting the text you want the viewer to click on to perform the action, choosing one of the main stage actions from the toolbar, and configuring the details of the action. Hope this helps! Owen ... View more

Hi, 1)  I believe you are asking if there is a way to download/export the configuration of a completed Story Map, is that right? Sorry, there is currently no way to do this, but we are considering options for this in the future. Can you please share the workflow you'd like to accomplish by downloading the app or exporting the configuration? 2) There is a lot of information in the readme file on each GitHub repository. Just scroll down from the main page and you will see the readme file content... 3) Correct, when you edit code via Inspect Element or other browser tools you are only changing the files on your local machine. It would be a slight security flaw if you could change HTML/JS files on someone else's app or server! 😉 Hope this is helpful! Owen ... View more

Hi Carol, 1 - There is no configuration option to add a legend to a Map Tour at this time, but you can add some text to your subtitle to denote what the colors mean. See this example. The text fields in the Map Tour support HTML tags, so to change the styling of some text use a <span> tag as shown below with a hex color value or name. My map tour title contains <span style="color:dodgerblue"><b>some bold, blue text</b></span>. 2 - You can add a label to each tour point by opening the web map that was created when you made your map tour and configuring labels on the tour point layer. You can find the web map in your My Content (it should have the same name as your Map Tour app) or use My Stories on the Story Maps website to find your Map Tour and click Edit Map to open it (see this blog post for more info about editing a Map Tour web map). Regarding #2, To avoid cluttering the map, I'd recommend using labels only with a plain basemap like the grey or dark canvas. You could also consider only labeling certain key tour points instead of all of them. To do this you could add a copy of your tour point layer that you filter to only show the points you need to label. Owen ... View more

Hi Rich - Sorry, but I don't believe there is a way to modify the appearance of the legend in that way. If the raster layer is the only layer in your map you could disable the legend in your story map and let your text explain what the layer is. If there are other layers in your map and you do need the legend you could hide only that raster layer in the legend by selecting Hide in legend from its layer menu in the web map. It would still be a good idea to call out the layer in the text. Hope this is helpful! Owen ... View more

Hi Ionut, The Twister Dashboard app is not available as a supported template, but the code can be obtained from GitHub here if you'd like to download and host it yourself. Owen ... View more