Visual Updates and Sitemap for Stories

To help others find your stories, we’ve implemented a sitemap for stories so they will get indexed into Google Search.

We’ve also simplified the look and feel of the UI a bit by changing how we apply colors. We hope that this helps reduce the visual noise on the screen.

We also added a feature to allow users to add a “hero” video into stories:

This can help your audience get an overview of your trip with a short intro video or even as the main video for your trip.


Features and Updates

  • Changed how the color scheme is applied; only icons and chips will get the colors applied instead of the whole item.
  • Changed how confirmed places are represented (small badge) instead of an entirely different color.
  • Changed how the user session is persisted so users should see less login prompts.
  • Added feature to add “hero” YouTube video into stories.
  • Added sitemap.xml for stories so they are indexed into Google.

Pipeline

  • Fix issue with re-drawing notes when adding, editing, or deleting
  • Add option to reorder notes
  • Change stories to show different note types in different tabs
  • Add general empty bucket for entering places that don’t have assigned days
  • More UX cleanup

We’d love to have your feedback if you have ideas!