Latest Contributions by RupertEssinger

Hi Jake, I know what you mean and point taken. Actually, the names don't have to be the same but in some of the Story Map Builders it will update the existing app title in item details in ArcGIS Online when you enter the title in the Builder. And some of the Builders will prompt you if you change the title to see if you want to use that in the item details. We're not very consistent with this. But once you have finalized your Story Map title in the Builder, you should be able to change the title in the item details so that a different title appears. For example sometimes if a story map has a really short title and long subtitle, you might want to edit the title in the item details so that it includes some of the text from the subtitle so that the item title is more meaningful when the item is included in a gallery or ArcGIS Online Org home page featured item strip.  Rupert PS. Authors also sometimes make the title in the item page include version info so that they can see that when they look at their list of apps in ArcGIS Online My Content or My Stories on the Story Maps website. It is best to avoid doing that because the title in the item details is used automatically when your story map is shared on social media. When one of your audience members clicks the Tweet button in your story, the default Twitter card that gets generated automatically by Twitter includes the title, thumbnail and online summary about your story that it gets from the item details page in ArcGIS Online, not the actual title and subtitle in your Story Map header. So authors should be aware of that if they use different text for their item page's title. In the example below the title in bold in the Twitter card is the title in the item page, not the title of the app Also, notice how in the example below, the item details page doesn't have a thumbnail and the one line summary is the same as the title, so the default twitter card doesn't look good: the person who does the tweet can't control this: it is up to the author of the app to fill in the item details. Authors commonly don't take full advantage of making a useful one line summary that will help make people want to click on the link in tweets. If your publicly shared story map doesn't have a thumbnail or good one line summary and it is already being tweeted, don't worry. If you upload a thumbnail or edit the summary, Twitter will pick that up eventually and update all the existing tweets so they look better. You can also force Twitter to update by pasting your app in: https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator  Rupert ... View more

A couple of bonus tips for your story map: - You could specify a URL that gets launched when someone clicks a logo - You could turn off the Legend on your map: doesn't seem necessary - Before you roll out your story, go to My Stories | Story Maps  and upload a thumbnail, enter a one line summary and add some search tags. Most importantly the thumbnail, title and summary on this page get used automatically in social media shares. My Stories updates that page or you can do it directly. My Stories also checks your story for issues, so it is a good deal. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=c59cfb2acf1649b1afe4c58cf72c894b  Rupert ... View more

I get the same findings as Alison Sizer‌  In your Story Map Series the point map in the second section works OK for me on Chrome in HTTP or HTTPS http://nebraska.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=c59cfb2acf1649b1afe4c58cf72c894b&entry=2  https://nebraska.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=c59cfb2acf1649b1afe4c58cf72c894b&entry=2  but on Microsoft Edge the points don't draw on HTTPS.  Perhaps your work machine is enforcing HTTPS when you load HTTP? But I think they both should work. I'm assuming that you aren't seeing any sharing issues reported in the Story Map Series Builder or My Stories | Story Maps . I'd suggest contacting Esri tech support to have them look into the issue as you are close to roll out. Rupert ... View more

Hi John, Sorry about the issue. We need a bit more info. Could you let us know which of the eight Story Map app templates you are using. And if possible could you post a link to the story, assuming it is publicly shared and at a stage where it is OK to post it.  Rupert ... View more

Hi Patrick, thanks for the post. The Cascade devs (yay!) have been looking at this issue this afternoon.  Things to do with extents can be a bit tricky. We'll post here if we come to any conclusion on this. Rupert PS. As a thread admin,  I edited the title of your post to mention the Cascade app to make the thread easier to read. Hope you don't mind. We really need posters to mention the name of the specific app template they are using because there are several apps with a wide range of behaviors and architectures, But I kept the ??? and !!! characters because they look cool and we all feel like that occasionally, users and developers ... View more

Here are a couple of other approaches to Story Map Journal cover page / splash page addition via customization: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0&q=cover%20page&md=storymaps-format:customized_storymaps-apps:map-journal  ... View more