{"id":68731,"date":"2015-07-29T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/doing-more-with-vimeo-in-your-story-map-tour\/"},"modified":"2024-04-09T13:32:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T20:32:35","slug":"doing-more-with-vimeo-in-your-story-map-tour","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/doing-more-with-vimeo-in-your-story-map-tour","title":{"rendered":"Doing more with Vimeo in your Story Map Tour"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[29261,25261,27921],"industry":[],"product":[36551,36611],"class_list":["post-68731","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-story-map-tips","tag-story-map-tour","tag-vimeo","product-arcgis-online","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Do more with Vimeo videos in your Story Map Tour.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: This blog article covers the classic Esri Story Maps <strong>which are in mature support and scheduled to be retired in late 2025<\/strong>. Story authors are strongly encouraged to use the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a> to create stories.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about transitioning to the new StoryMaps, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS StoryMaps resources<\/a>. For more information about the transition from classic Esri Story Maps to the new ArcGIS StoryMaps, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Story Maps: Now in mature support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/07\/29\/add-vimeo-videos-to-your-story-map-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous post<\/a> we detailed how to add Vimeo videos to your Story Map Tour directly from the Vimeo website. This post details how to add videos that leverage Vimeo&#8217;s autoplay and looping by using URLs obtained via the Vimeo Embed sharing option.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Obtain the link to the Vimeo video player<\/p>\n<p>To enable autoplay or looping when adding to our Map Tour, we will need to obtain the direct permalink to the video using the Vimeo player. Open the video at the Vimeo site, and click Share (this example uses\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/8195257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People in Yosemite: A Time-Lapse Study<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Embed section contains the URL to the video (highlighted in yellow below):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To<\/span> add autoplay or looping to the URL, click Show options<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"82\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and check Autoplay this video and\/or Loop this video<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p>to include those in the Vimeo player URL highlighted above. Examples are shown below:<\/p>\n<p>Autoplay:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People in Yosemite: A TimeLapse Study\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/8195257?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Autoplay and loop:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"People in Yosemite: A TimeLapse Study\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/8195257?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2. <\/strong>Open an existing Story Map Tour in builder mode<\/p>\n<p>From My Stories, click Edit Story.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"593\" height=\"229\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, from My Content open the application and click Switch to builder mode:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"61\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Add the video as a new tour point<\/p>\n<p>Once in builder mode, click Add:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-52409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-8-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> On the Media tab, in the Add a new tour point options, choose Video:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5.<\/strong> Skip Vimeo, and choose Other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> Enter the URL obtained from Step 1.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong> Add a thumbnail. Note because the video is being added using the Other option, the thumbnail cannot be automatically retrieved and must be added manually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 8:<\/strong>\u00a0Add a name and caption for the video in the Information tab, and place the tour point on the map using the Location tab. When finished, click Add tour point:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2015\/07\/vimeo-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the tour stop is reached, the video will autoplay and\/or loop depending on your choices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information see:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Maps website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/map-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Tour overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/map-tour\/tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Tour tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or view the help provided within the Story Map Tour builder.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7641,"user_firstname":"Bernie","user_lastname":"Szukalski","nickname":"Bern Szukalski","user_nicename":"bszukalski","display_name":"Bern Szukalski","user_email":"bszukalski@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-26 17:55:14","user_description":"I am a corporate technology evangelist and geo advocate at Esri, focusing on ways to broaden access to geographic information and helping customers succeed with ArcGIS. \r\n\r\nOn a good day I'm making a map, on a great day I'm on one. 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