Hi everyone, I am trying to use the embed function in Rise to embed a link to a published .story file which is saved in my Dropbox public folder. However, as can be seen in the attached Rise, the embedded 'image' doesn't show the slide (instead shows the Dropbox metadata) and the link takes you to the dropbox folder, instead of opening / playing the .story file in a new window.
Dropbox stopped supporting HTML hosting as of October 3, 2016 for free accounts (Pro accounts have until September 1, 2017). Here is an article we wrote on a few other quick and easy hosting options for you.
Justin / or anyone else, can I ask a follow up question?
I have now embed a URL link to a .story file (only one slide) hosted on Tempshare. Do you know why my Rise page does not display a picture of the linked site (ie the slide)? I was trying to recreate the look of Alyssa's Rise chapter in her demo responding to the qu 'Using Padlet with Rise'.
When you embed a URL, Rise glimpses into the HTML of the link you've provided and looks for Meta Tags that tell Rise how to visually display the link. This is similar to what Facebook, Twitter and other tools do when you share a link via Social Media.
At present, published Storyline output doesn't contain these Meta Tags, but we're working on a way to directly embed Storyline content in a Rise course!
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Hi, Christine!
Dropbox stopped supporting HTML hosting as of October 3, 2016 for free accounts (Pro accounts have until September 1, 2017). Here is an article we wrote on a few other quick and easy hosting options for you.
Good luck with your project!
Thanks Justin. I do have a Pro account, but didn't realise it was coming to an end. Don't why I didn't think about Tempshare.
thanks muchly
Justin / or anyone else, can I ask a follow up question?
I have now embed a URL link to a .story file (only one slide) hosted on Tempshare. Do you know why my Rise page does not display a picture of the linked site (ie the slide)? I was trying to recreate the look of Alyssa's Rise chapter in her demo responding to the qu 'Using Padlet with Rise'.
Here is:
- Alyssa page https://rise.articulate.com/share/pakBbU8kxQDSa0-8#/list/2?_k=hyyj5j
- verses mine https://rise.articulate.com/share/LcGhJ8Ci3oth-42U
Thanks again. Christine
Hi Christine
you should be linking to a .html file not the .story file which is the source file.
But I see Justin has qualified that below.
Good Morning, Christine.
When you embed a URL, Rise glimpses into the HTML of the link you've provided and looks for Meta Tags that tell Rise how to visually display the link. This is similar to what Facebook, Twitter and other tools do when you share a link via Social Media.
At present, published Storyline output doesn't contain these Meta Tags, but we're working on a way to directly embed Storyline content in a Rise course!
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