How To Use Storify

How to use Storify
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How to get there

On your browser type www.storify.com
Welcome to storify
Signing in
On the upper right corner. Click login.
logging in
3 ways to log in. Choose what you prefer.
Logging in
logging in with twitter. Fill out the fields and click sign in.
Logging in
Then fill out the fields.
Logging in
Tick the check box. Click sign up.
Logging in
Then its going to ask you if you are human. retype the texts shown and click submit.
Yes! you are human

Then this window will appear. Suggesting to subscribe to friends who are already on storify
subscription
If you want to subscribe to them all, just click +follow all or if not individually click +follow.
continue
Click continue to storify.
homepage
homepage
Here you can find the feature stories. Take a look at some of them to have an idea the uses of storify
Profile settings
Let us first set our profile. Click your user name on the upper right corner.
Profile settings
Drop down will expand. Click settings.
Profile settings
So under account, you can modify the following information. Just fill out the fields. Click save.
Profile settings
So under profile, you can modify the following information. Just fill out the fields. Click save.
Profile settings
Under the categories. Select whatever is applicable to you.
Profile settings
Also under profile, you can change your gravatar.
Profile settings
Also under profile, you can change your cover photo. Just take note of the image size. Then click save.
Profile settings
So under notifications, you can modify the following information. Just fill un-tick the boxes you dont want to be notified for. Then click save.
Profile settings
Under connections, are the social media platforms you have connected with. You may also integrate with it your other social media accounts.
Lets create a story

On the upper right, click create story.
dashboard
This is the editor dashboard.
tools
Text tools italic Cross out Sort elements ascending
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tools
Social media icons where you can grab a content.
Navigation
On the left side is your blank paper.
Navigation
parts header description
body
Navigation
On the left side is search feeds panel for contents
Navigation
parts Social media platforms Search bar
Search parameters
Navigation
Search parameters
Navigation
Search parameters
Navigation
Search parameters
headline
We will enter a headline. Im going to create a story about a certain photographer, Zack Arias. *decide first hand on what story are you going to create so that you are not shooting blanks when you start searching for content.
description
Description is just a plain introduction of explanation of your article or content.
body
Search bar. Its pretty much for everything. So I search first here for an idea on what are the top hits about my subject.
body
Then spot on, the top hit reminded me of a video. On the content panel. Click YouTube icon. As I want to search a Video blog posted by Zack a long time ago.
body
And yes there it is.
body
Now click on the content. And drag it to the body section.
body
If you want to add some text, hover over the top of the content and click.
body
I wanted the top hit article on the search to be included to my content so I drag it over.
body
Next I want to search on twitter feed. Click twitter icon then type on the search bar, hit enter.
body
However there are results that are not relevant for me, like this.
body
One of the parameters in search is the language, so set it to your preference.
body
Then there you go, results are being filtered. English tweet feeds only
body
Im dont find anything I want so may be Ill tweak more on the search parameters. I un-ticked the recent. May be I can find something.
body
None so far. May be if we search his twitter handle. Click User then type username on the search bar hit enter.
body
I found something on his timeline. Now I want to search quotes. So I searched under Google. *storify has a quote parameter but have no luck finding there so I opt for Google
body
Now lets search for some images
More sources
Aside from those pre-loaded social media sources. You can add some more. Click +
More sources
A pop up window will appear displaying the sources you may add to the dashboard.
More sources
Just drag your selected available sources to the left panel to add selection.
More sources
Then click save.
More sources
Lets try searching for a podcast. Well use sound cloud. Click icon.
More sources
Type in the search bar then hit enter.
More sources
So I found one that is interesting. Drag it into the content panel again.
More sources
How about a specific URL? Click icon.
More sources
Paste URL and hit enter.
navigation
You can re-arrange contents by dragging them.
navigation
If you want to navigate easily with out scrolling a lot. Just click the collapsed view.
navigation
It will let you see an overview of your contents.
navigation
On collapsed view. You can also re-arrange your contents.
integration
How about searching in Facebook? Click icon.
integration
Click Connect your Facebook account
integration
Fill out the fields.
integration
Click log in.
integration
Click Okay.
integration
Set your preferred privacy setting.
integration
Click Okay.
integration
Storify will ask permission to manage pages. Click Okay.
integration
How about instagram? Click icon.
integration
Click connect your Instagram account.
integration
This window will appear. Fill out the fields.
integration
Click log in.
integration
Click authorize.
How about flickr

If you want to search Flickr feeds, click the icon.
How about Flickr

Type on the search bar the keywords and hit enter.
GIF
Oh yes you can put a .gif file also. And they move right in there. Click the icon.
GIF
Unfortunately Giphy did not render any results on my searched keywords.
GIF
So lets try Google. Of course, Google is you best buddy.
saving
So dont forget to save your work. Click save now.
saving
Then it will prompt if saving is successful
link
Clicking the settings will toggle link.
link
It will show you the URL of your story. You can also edit it.
checking
So what have you come up so far? If youve been following I placed video, audio and gif in my article. Why? Because it works!
awesome
Yes you can play YouTube videos right in there.
awesome
Podcast you say? Yes as well!
awesome
Tags? URL? Reply? RT? YES they are live. Click on them
sharing
Hover over the left side and you can share your story. Choose among the options.
sharing
platforms
sharing
platforms
sharing
platforms
sharing
platforms
sharing
platforms
sharing
platforms
sharing
platforms
publish
Ready to publish your work? Click publish on the upper right corner
publish
Click publish story.
publish
Wait for it
publish
Then this window will appear. Choose among the platforms. You can also skip this step.
publish
You can see your work now on your home profile page.
publish
If you wish to unpublish it. Click edit.
unpublish
Hover over the publish icon. Hold shift then hover over it.
unpublish
When it turns to unpublish click it.
unpublish
Click yes, unpublish.
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Did you enjoy curating your story?
Storify lets you collect tidbits of information across platform and put them as one creating a story.
I hope you had a good time learning how to use it. Stay updated for more tutorials Please like and share. Thank you.

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