Each of the maps were made public (shared to everyone)
I opened the Spencer County Map and pressed the Share button and selected Application
I then created an Tabbed Storytelling application (2nd page of templates) Bottom row second from the right. I Entered the three Id's (they are shown above in bold) separated by commas In the Web Map ID section I Entered the Names of the states separated by commas (Indiana,Illinois,Missouri) in the Tabbed Name area.
This was my pilot attempt with very limited data. should have been easy. The data I am using was uploaded from shapefiles. Very few features. FireFox, Chrome and IE same problem.
The template does use the extent of the first map. You could download the source code for the template, make modifications, then publish it to your own web server to achieve the behavior you want.
Did the actual map change and show different area for each tab like it should or did the name of the map just change. I told it not to sync the scale and location.
Maybe I just misunderstand what the application should do. I want each map to display at the webmap's saved extent. Not the extent of the initial map. I don't want the maps synched together.
I know that the map names are displaying correctly but the Menard and Sangamon County map is pretty useless if it displays initially in Spencer County, Indiana.
I thought that if I un-synched the map with that checkbox it should behave the way I want.
The template does use the extent of the first map. You could download the source code for the template, make modifications, then publish it to your own web server to achieve the behavior you want.
Thanks Mike. That is something I will have to try. Maybe this is something that they will address in a later release? Because a lot of stories don't involve the same extent.
It is unlikely that this template will change. It was scheduled for retirement at the last update (which means your existing apps will continue to work but you can't create new ones with it), but had a last minute reprieve. The plan is to replace it with another template.