File Sharing

Hi Julie and welcome to Heroes!

You'll want to share the .story file with the other designer, and you can share it via email, on a network drive, etc. but the important factor is that you both download it to your local drive and open, edit it from there as described in this collaborative work flow. Not working off a local drive has been known to cause corruption issues previously.

Also, in regards to the search feature - our team is aware that it's not working as expected and they're working on some updates to our site. In the meantime, you may want to use a site like Articusearch.

Hope that helps!

That helps somewhat. We are not on the same network so I am not sure how to get the files to them.

1) I need to know what file(s) send the entire project so other developers not on the same network can finish up their part. Do I sent just the name.story file or is there a process to follow.

2) How do I get the file(s) to them. Email may not work due to the file size and I am not able to do FTP and do not have a CD drive or USB drive.

Hi Julie,

You might want to consider signing up for a dropbox account. This allows you to share / sync files as well as share in a permissions controlled or public environment. The added bonus of a tool like dropbox is versioned backups of your work. I work directly in a Dropbox flagged folder. My work is backed up constantly and I can get to it from anywhere at any time.

The basic account is free and includes a few Gigs of space. They give you free space as well. If you have a Google account you can do similar things with Google Drive.

Or, if you'd like quick and easy, something like https://www.wetransfer.com/ might be just the ticket for delivering a large file or archive of files for free.

Hi Emily,

I'd also agree with Steve's suggestions for other ways to share files.

Also, if you're sharing with another developer who has Storyline, you'll share the .story file so that they can edit it and update. They'll want to be sure they download the file to their local drive to make and updates or changes.

Is there a step by step video or article for this type of transfer?  What should I drag and drop in the WeTransfer platform?

I always seem to forget what to attach and instructions to give to the person I am sending it too.

Any Hero or staff willing to do that for us?

Hi Marie-Pierre,

Are you sending the published output or a .story file for someone else to edit? 

I don't use WeTransfer, but if you only need to share the file for editing you'll want to use the .story file. If you need to share the published output, once you publish I would use the Zip option on the Publish Successful Window and then bring that entire folder into the WeTransfer setup. 

Hope that helps! 

Hi there Ashley, thanks for the reply.  I always struggle when it's time to share files.

No not for editing, just a WEB published file.

.story file where is it? In the zip version? in the Storyline output folder?

Is this the one file you are talking about?

Hi Marie-Pierre,

If it's your web published output you'll need all the contents in that folder in your image. I recorded a quick screen recording on just that piece, and then once you have it zipped that's what you'll share via WeTransfer. 

The .story file is only for pre-publishing, if they needed to edit the course.  That's also not included in the published output. 

Hi Lea, 

You actually do not need to publish the file at all if you'd like us to take a look at your project.

You can share the .story file that you are working on within the software and directly attach it to your reply.