Latest Contributions by MelissaMcGehee1

Thanks, Derek. I know it's part of AGOL, I just meant was it part of the general issues. I wasn't sure since I was able to access the site but not save the survey. ... View more

Survey123 is still down. Well, I create a survey but get an error message that says "Survey cannot be completed." Is this related? ... View more

Thanks, Owen!  I hope everything gets fixed with the updates.  All of my content is shared publicly, so I am at a loss. I hope that the My Stories can help me identify the issue. ... View more

I am having the same issue. I was planning to do the same work around, but I currently use Dropbox and their hosting service is going away next year, so that won't work long term. I am also having trouble with mine being visible to the public even though everything has been shared. It is visible for a little while, but then it prompts the user to log in. But, here is the link: https://asu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=b57e429b9f034834a95c02b68067bef8  ... View more

Ok, I figured it out! If you want to use Dropbox for images, it will work in the pop ups and as an icon. Woot!  There are some things that you have to do to the URL to make it work. Here is the article I found: Using Dropbox to Host Images on your Website 1. Copy the URL of a public image. 2. Change the beginning of the URL: replace www.dropbox.com with dl.dropboxusercontent.com.      Ex. "https://www.dropbox.com/s/z7e8tn25i94c7u4/Avondalelogo.png?dl=0" becomes "dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/z7e8tn25i94c7u4/Avondalelogo.png?dl=0" At this point, the URL will work in a Story map. If you want to use it in a map pop up or as an icon, simply add https:// to the beginning of the URL. Ex. "https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/z7e8tn25i94c7u4/Avondalelogo.png?dl=0"  (it has to be https given the recent security updates) I just have all of my URLs in a document so I can quickly copy and paste as needed. I'm still trying to work out getting PDFs and Storyline files to work in my Story Maps when hosted on Dropbox. ... View more

I have been successful in getting images to work as icons by hosting my images in Google Docs (there's a process to changing the URL to make it work). Unfortunately, Google is no longer offering the ability to host as of August. I am experimenting with Dropbox at the moment. I have been able to get images to work within Story Map apps, but could not get it to work within the maps either as an icon or within the pop ups. I will follow up if I have any success. But, if anyone else discovers a way to host images and documents on Dropbox and gets them to work within Story Maps and on map icons/popups, please share! ... View more

Funny, we were typing the same thing at the same time. ... View more

Also, when embedding, add "&embed" at the end of the URL for the Story Map to be embedded. Helps remove some of the extra content that you don't need and gives it a cleaner appearance. ... View more

Thanks, Owen. I will give that a shot once we have our server up and running. ... View more

Thank you so much, Gregory! I found, though, that I did not have to change the URL. The duplicate Story Map already had the same appid URL as what was in the URL bar. It seems to have worked, though. ... View more

Hi Owen, In response to your comment about the ability to download and customize an existing Story Map - how far in the future is your consideration for this ability taking you?   I have a Story Map that I have spent a lot of time on and have recently been told that it needs to be customized. I would love to not have to start from scratch. ... View more