How do I create stories?

In the Workspace, click on the ‘New’ button to see the available Story Types. Once you choose the story type you need, you can start writing your story.

At the top you have the header card where you can add the Headline, Subtitle and Hero Image. A story in Quintype is divided into cards making it easier for you to re-use and reference content later and across your team. You can create a new card by clicking on the ‘+’ icon at bottom left of the screen.

Use the various elements such as text, blurb, social media URLs etc to improve the story reading experience for your audience.

Workspace can be configured to suit the workflow in your organisation. Get in touch with us to know more.

Story Editor Description

The Labels, Icons And Buttons

The header displays the following from left to right:

• The story type: Displays Text, Video Story, Photo Story, and so on.
• Preview icon: Enables you to preview the story for iPhone, tablet and laptop.
• Save icon: Enables you to save the story. If the editor is idle for 10 seconds, the story is saved automatically.
• Change State icons: Enables you to change the state of the story. The possible values are: Submit, Approve, Reject, Retract, Publish, Cancel Publish, Modify Schedule, and Redraft .
• Suggested Content: Fetches 10 stories from the web, based on the text in the story.
• Activity Log: Displays all the actions performed on the story, along with the writer name, and the date and time when the action was performed. The possible values are as follows: Created, Saved, Updated, Submitted, Approved, Published, Retracted.
• My Activities/ All Activities: Displays the story comments in which your name is tagged under My Activities, and displays everyone’s activities under All Activities.
• My Profile: Displays your login ID, and enables you to view your profile and log out.

Two icons appear on the lower left corner of the Story Editor:

• Green circle with a plus: Enables you to add a card.
• Blue circle with a search: Enables you to search cards from published stories and insert a card from the story.

Tabs

The story editor provides the following tabs to enter content and add attributes, metadata:

Content Tab

Provides the area to enter content. Displays the count of words in the story and the average time required to read the story. There is at least one empty card added.

Metadata Tab

• Enable card share for all cards checkbox: Enables you to share all cards on social media, if selected.
• Displays fields such as Social Share Message, Author, Tags, Sections, if configured to show, and are marked mandatory. Such metadata can be configured at Admin > Configure > Template.

Story Attributes Tab

Displays the list of attributes that have been configured at Admin > Settings > Attributes.

Alternatives Tab

Enables you to select an alternate headline and an alternate hero image by using Home Page Headline and Choose Hero Image respectively.

Social Notifications Tab

• Push Notification Text: Enables you to enter notification text that is to be shared on the website or mobile, or both.
• Web Notification checkbox: Allows notification on the website.
• Mobile Notification: Allows notification on mobile phone.
• ADD SOCIAL MEDIA NOTIFICATION: Enables you to add messages to be shared on one or more social media pages. These messages are shared on social media at the time when the story is published, or at a specified date and time.
• Auto Publish Message: Enables you to share messages on different social media pages.
• Schedule: Enables you to publish the message at a set date and time.

SEO Tab

Enables you to create metadata for Search Engine Optimization.

Editor's Notes Tab

Enables the editor to add comments.

The Card Feature

A card provides the space to add content in a story. Each card can contain elements, wherein you can enter content such as text, tables, images, videos, attachments, hyperlinks and so on. You can add multiple cards in a story, and delete and reorder them.

A card provides the space to add content in a story. Each card can contain elements, wherein you can enter content such as text, tables, images, videos, attachments, hyperlinks and so on. You can add content by using elements.

The following icons appear on the top right of each card.

• Settings: Enables you to set attributes and share cards on social media.
• Card Sharing Tab: Provides Card Sharing toggle button to enable the current card to be shared.
• Attributes Tab: Enables you to select the element attributes, and their values specific to selected card.
• Move up, move down: Enables you to reorder cards within the story.
• Delete: Enables you to delete the current card.
• Collapse: Enables you to collapse the current card.

The Story Elements

Elements are the building blocks of a story. You can add an element above, below, or in between elements. You can delete an element and add review comments to each element. An element can be displayed differently at the website, based on its layout settings.

Each element provides a delete icon and a comment icon (Start a Conversation) on its top right corner.

Within a card you can add the following elements:

• Also Read: Enables you to add links to other documents.
• Answer: Enables you to add an answer against a question element.
• Ask Me Anything (Dilmot): Enables you to add Dilmot platform code. You can use this element for live conversations between a panel and readers.
• Attachment Element: Enables you to attach PDFs and Microsoft Word document. The size of the file cannot be more than 3 MB.
• Bigfact: Can be used to add a short piece of information or add a summary.
• Blockquote: Can be used to enter quotation and attributed to an individual.
• Blurb: Can be used to add a brief piece of information.
• Image: Enables you to add an image
• Image Gallery: Enables you to add multiple images, and display as a slide show or in a grid.
• JS Embed: Enables you to embed a script tag.
• Location: Enables you to search a location on a map and insert the map in the card.
• Polltype: Enables you to add a poll with a title and description, the possible values, an image, and set the voting options such as anonymous or needs logging in and so on.
• Q & A: Enables you to add a set questions and answers.
• Question: Enables you to add a question element.
• Quote: Can be used to enter quotation and attributed to an individual.
• References: Enables you to add reference links, with a name and description.
• Social Media: Enables you to add a link to Twitter, SoundCloud, Instagram, or YouTube posts.
• Summary: Can be used to add a summary. You cannot format the text.
• Table: Enables you to add CSV files where information can be presented in a tabular format.
• TextVideo (Bitgravity): Enables you embed to BitGravity player video.
• Video (JwPlayer): Enables you embed to JW Player video.
• Video (Vidible): Enables you embed to BitGravity player video.

The Text Formatting Editor

Story Editor provides a few formatting tools for text. The toolbar appears when you highlight some text.

The following formatting options are available:

• Bold (B), Italic (I), Underline (U): Enables you to emphasize the text.
• Strikethrough (S): Enables you to cross-out text.
• Heading levels (H2 and H3): Enables you to create two levels of heading.
• Ordered and unordered list: Enables you to create an ordered and and unordered list.
• Remove formatting: Enables you to clear all formatting.
• Create hyperlink: Enables you to create a hyperlink on the selected text.

To know more, head over to https://help.quintype.com/topic/story