Latest Contributions by RupertEssinger

Last week we also updated the Story Map Shortlist code with fixes to the original labeling issue that John reported. https://github.com/Esri/shortlist-storytelling-template-js/releases See the latest release on that page (version 1.4.7). ... View more

Hi. Looking at your web map: http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=5c1119d3de844c51b1aac3fcf2e139a9 the most recent point added into the layer that defines all your points has a Tab_Name value ("Downtown Tulsa/Arkansas River") that is not present in the TAB_ORDER variable in your Index.html. TAB_ORDER expects all of the tab names used in your layer to be included.  So it just seems like you or someone else added to the data since Friday and either didn't add the correct value for the Tab_Name field or they've defined a new tab without it being reflected in the TAB_ORDER variable in your Index.html. So you just need to either update the Tab_Name for that new place to use one of the existing tab names, or add the new tab name into that variable, and it will work. Your Shortlist data is OK apart from that. I can open your web map OK in our test Shortlist instance: http://storymaps.esri.com/templates/shortlist/?webmap=5c1119d3de844c51b1aac3fcf2e139a9&DETAILS_PANEL=true (This test doesn't reflect the change to the tab order that you have defined in your Shortlist's Index.html file) ... View more

I'd recommend you check with your employer before adding your name into the text on a story map or the entry for that story map in ArcGIS Online. It also depends on the subject and aim of the story. For example if you work in local government and your story map is about the official top 10 most visited parks in a city or the key transportation improvements made in the last year, the brand that the story map will usually convey is that particular local government or a department in that government, and the person who actually authored the story map isn't part of the identity and brand presented by the story: the story is created by individuals but they are simply representatives of that organization. But if your story map represents a personal view of something where the content represents a subjective view, experience or choice of places, the identity of the author is important and it helps end-users understand what they are looking at in the story to see a name. For example in the San Diego Shortlist story map I made in conjunction with my work at Esri for use in our International User Conference marketing and attendee materials, it has the Esri logo so it is an official Esri map product, but we wanted to make it clear that the choice of 'cool places' in a city is subjective and not official recommendations or endorsements from Esri, so we put my name into the subtitle and made this clear in the text. I found this Story Map Journal example today created by an individual to tell their personal story as a Peace Corp volunteer, and they used the text in the top left of the header to give their name and also linked it to their own personal web page. They included the Peace Corp logo in their story but it is clear from the title that this is one volunteer's story. You could add small print credits into a story map saying who created it, who worked on the maps, etc, for example in the last section of a Story Map Journal or Story Map Series. Another place you could put credit info is into the entry in ArcGIS Online for the story map which you can think of as being the library index-card representing your story. There is a Credits field in the ArcGIS Online entry for an application such as a story map. See this nicely documented example which is the entry for a Story Map Tour in ArcGIS Online. The Credits field under Properties contains the names of the agency and the specific authors. That information, and other info, is available there for example if other ArcGIS Online users want to contact the authors for permission to re-use the content. But in those cases too I would always check with your employer to see if that is OK. If you working in a GIS Department in an organization, they may prefer all products to be branded as coming from that department rather from a particular person or set of people, to ensure that it conveys the authority and trust of that department's work and to standardize the line of communication for feedback and follow ups. Hope that helps ... View more