Introducing the Enriched and Advanced UI for Web Stories!

We are thrilled to announce a significant upgrade to our platform – the Enriched and Advanced UI for Web Stories! This enhancement revolutionizes your storytelling experience by seamlessly integrating powerful SEO recommendations and advanced properties into our platform, alongside a sleek and intuitive user interface.

What’s New:

• Sleek Design: Enjoy a modern and streamlined user interface that enhances your workflow and makes creating web stories a joy.

• Enhanced Functionality: Navigate through features seamlessly and effortlessly, thanks to improved usability and intuitive controls.

• SEO Recommendations: Access actionable insights and recommendations to optimize your web stories for search engines, ensuring maximum visibility and engagement.

• Advanced Properties: Customize essential elements such as OG title, description, meta title, Twitter meta title, and description, empowering you to fine-tune your story's appearance across various platforms.

• Custom Style Ingestion: Effortlessly apply custom styles to maintain brand consistency and enhance the visual appeal of your web stories, all within our user-friendly interface.

• Assisted Fix it:  Streamline the implementation of SEO recommendations with our new Assisted "Fix it" feature. This tool guides you directly to the specific modules and fields needing refinements, saving you time and effort by eliminating the guesswork. Enjoy efficient and accurate updates with ease.

Where to find this feature: 

• This feature can be found in the Dashboard

Get Started:

To experience the Enriched and Advanced UI for Web Stories, log in to your account and explore the updated interface. Whether you're a seasoned storyteller or just getting started, our comprehensive documentation and tutorials are here to support you every step of the way.

Step 1: Login to Dashboard

Step 2: Creating Web Stories via 2 Methods 
Method 1: By using Side Navigation Menu
Method 2: By using Quick Create Menu

Step 3: Provide the required details for the article.

Step 4: Upload custom thumbnails for both dimensions (optional).

By default, the cover image is considered a thumbnail, and the aspect ratios are:

• 9:16 ratio | Used in Web Stories Section 

• 16:9 ratio | Used in Web Stories Section

Step 5: Upload the Images required for the web story

*Note: 

• While uploading images to the Media Library, you can provide a caption and source, which will automatically reflect in your web story.
• For existing images, you can edit their details to add a caption and source, which will then reflect accordingly.

Upload Images via Media Library

Edit image details via Media Library

Step 6: Upload the slides image, choose a template, set slide properties, and settings, Fill in the details for slide-wise settings, title, description, CTA text (Text of the CTA button), CTA link (hyperlink of the CTA button)

Note: 

• While uploading images in the Media Library, if you add a source and caption, they will automatically reflect in the slides based on the selected templates.
• The Title field should have a maximum character limit of 70 and can be set once on the first slide.
• Description field should have a maximum character limit of 140
• Number of slides recommended here - 8 slides

Advanced Properties Explained:

• Custom Date: Use this field for backdating purposes.
• Meta Title: The main title displayed in search engine results.
• OG Title: The title used when your content is shared on social media.
• OG Description: A brief summary shown when your content is shared on social media.
• Twitter Title: The title specifically for Twitter shares.
• Twitter Description: A brief description for Twitter shares.
• Custom Style Injection: Apply custom CSS styles to your web stories.

Choosing Template:

• Template 1: Image in Portrait view with title and description overlayed at bottom
• Template 2: Image in landscape view with title and description highlighted at center
• Template 3: Image in Portrait view with title, description, credits and published time and date

Step 7: Monitor warnings and keep track of your SEO score, following the recommendations for fixes

Assisted “Fix it” Feature:

Introducing the Assisted "Fix it" feature, designed to streamline the implementation of SEO recommendations and suggestions. This feature guides you directly to the specific module and fields where refinements are needed, saving you time and effort. Instead of searching for what and where to fix, Assisted "Fix it" takes you straight to the required sections, ensuring efficient and accurate updates.

Step 8: Set the post properties

Step 9: Preview and Publish your web story

Template 1:

Template 2:

Template 3:

How it benefits the digital publishers:

Creating web stories offers digital publishers a range of benefits that can significantly enhance their online presence and engagement metrics:

1. Enhanced User Engagement: Web stories provide a visually appealing and immersive experience for users, leading to increased engagement with your content.

2. Improved Visibility: Web stories are prominently featured in search engine results, especially on mobile devices, increasing the likelihood of attracting organic traffic to your website.

3. Higher Click-Through Rates (CTR): The interactive and visually rich nature of web stories tends to result in higher CTRs compared to traditional static content formats.

4. Mobile-Friendly Content: With the majority of internet users accessing content via mobile devices, web stories are optimized for mobile viewing, ensuring a seamless and enjoyable experience for mobile users.

5. SEO Benefits: Web stories can contribute to your overall SEO strategy by providing additional opportunities to rank in search engine results pages (SERPs), particularly in the "Stories" carousel.

6. Social Media Shareability: Web stories are highly shareable across social media platforms, allowing publishers to reach a wider audience and drive traffic back to their websites.

We can’t wait to see the incredible stories you’ll create with our new Enriched and Advanced UI for Web Stories!