{"id":1174232,"date":"2022-03-09T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1174232"},"modified":"2022-08-25T06:33:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:33:30","slug":"managing-approved-storymaps-themes-for-your-organization","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/managing-approved-storymaps-themes-for-your-organization","title":{"rendered":"Managing approved StoryMap themes for your organization"},"author":5441,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[43671,759892,27881],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-1174232","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-administration","tag-storymap-themes","tag-storytelling","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sharing approved themes for branding your organization's StoryMaps is easy; just follow these tips and best practices.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"

This article was originally published Mar 30, 2021 and updated Mar 16, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS StoryMaps’s theme builder<\/em> lets you create custom themes that can help provide a standard, branded look for your organization\u2019s stories. Organizations have the ability to make a set of approved themes<\/em> available to all members of the organization. This makes it easy for all your colleagues to access and use the latest on-brand themes for their stories. For the announcement of this feature, see What\u2019s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (February 2021)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Setting up approved themes for an organization is simple to do. Just follow the tips and recommendations provided in the rest of this article, and you’ll be sharing themes in no time.<\/p>\n

If you first need to catch up on the basics of theme builder, check out our blog<\/a> and tutorial<\/a>. Also, it will help to understand the basics of groups<\/em> before continuing. If you need a refresher be sure to review\u00a0how to create a group<\/a>, join and use groups<\/a>, and share items with a group<\/a>\u00a0in the ArcGIS Online documentation.<\/p>\n

Overview<\/h1>\n

The steps involved in setting up approved themes for your organization are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a group that will contain approved themes<\/li>\n
  2. Add one or more themes to the group<\/li>\n
  3. Configure the group as the approved theme group on the ArcGIS StoryMaps organization settings page (an administrator is required for this step<\/em>)<\/li>\n
  4. Maintain the set of approved themes by adding, updating, or removing themes, as needed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Before digging into the tips, here are some videos that show how to configure and use approved themes.<\/p>\n

    This first video shows how to configure an approved theme group for your organization (step 3, above). As noted above, an administrator must perform this step.<\/p>\n

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