WordPress StoryMap Plugin

Description

This is the perfect plugin to easily create your own storymaps on your WordrdPress site.
In an interactive way, you will be able to define the characteristics off all your stories (title, basemap) and it’s associated points (title, description, image, position, zoom level)
With a simple shortcode, they will automatically be displayed on the map.

Working on new developments and functionalities.

For personalized developments of this plugin or others, contact with:
picbook.es

Visualize an example at Picbook WordPress StoryMap

Screenshots

Installation

1. Compatible with versions of Story Map 1.x
2. Upload the plugin file to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/plugin-name’ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPressPlugins screen directly.
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
4. If after the installation you activate the plugin, and wordpress throws the error ‘The plugin does not have a valid header’, try to activate it from the wordrpess plugin install page.
5. When installed and activated, use the ‘StoryMap > Add new Stories’ tab to create your Stories. In order to create a new Storie, you just need to introduce a title of your election, the story number, an image, a brief description and select the basemap style.
6. Each story number must be unique. Ohterwhise you’ll recieve and error message.
7. You can see and manage all your stories on the ‘StoryMap > List of Stories’ tab.
8. After a Storie is created, you can introuce it’s associated points throught the ‘StoryMap > Add New Point’ tab.
9. In order to create a point, you just need to indicate:
   • Name: this is the title used to identify each point.
   • Point Number: points in a StoryMap follow an order. In this box you must indicate the position of each point. If a point position is repeated in the same Stroy, it will not work correctly.
   • Description: introduce the text associated to a point.
   • Latitude: introduce the latitude of the point.
   • Longitude: introduce the longitude of the point.
   • You can use the interactive map to pick the latitude and longitude. Just click on the map, and Latitude/Longitude fields will be automatically filled.
   • Zoom: introduce the zoom level at wich the point will be displayed on the map. Zoom level from 0 to 22.
   • Storynumber: select the Story at which the point belongs. If a Story is deleted, it’s associated points won’t be deleted, but it will be necessary to assign them on on another story.
   • Image: select the image associated to this point.
10. Use the appropiate shortcode to show the storymap on a page.
11. Enjoy creating your Stories.

FAQ

There are currently no FAQs at this time.

Reviews

Perfect plugin to create storymaps

mpares June 27, 2019

This is the plugin I was looking for in orden to create my stories. Easy to use and works perfectly.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.0

• Initial release

• Working on new developments and functionalities. Please, email for suggestions.