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A workaround for getting your Storify articles published to WordPress.
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‘Storify’ to WPHow to publish your ‘Storify’ article to your WordPress blog if the export features or the Storify plugin get buggy. Screenshots, mostly.
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Word on bugs A few pages of notes of explanation and tips
before the how-to screenshots:
Coders write in various coding languages for multiple devices, multiple browsers, and multiple themes. Coding is not static. Thing are bound to have bugs; sometimes you have to troubleshoot.
This is written for the Balskan WordPress theme used on Mozilla’s Firefox browser using Storify’s free version.
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Storify and WordPress Storify is a user-friendly, web-based
solution that allows easy news and feature aggregation of web content.
WordPress is a robust blogging and website platform. It is well supported and has many third-party plugins to make blogging and online community management convenient.
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How this came to be: Storify and WordPress have built-in and add-on features
that allow streamlined merging on Storify’s element board and WordPress publication. For me both were buggy.
Storify provides a ‘distribution’ option that should push your stories to WordPress. It was not dependable for me.
The ‘Storify’ plugin nests inside WP and allows the user to create aggregated stories with the Storify element panel. I saved my draft in WordPress and my article disappeared.
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Some more thoughts
After ‘losing’ my article, I was delighted to find it safe in Storify. I completed my edits there.
I needed to publish my article onto my WordPress blog. The distribution panel simply did nothing. I refreshed my browser. I tried a different browser. I restarted my computer. I got cranky and hit Google with a vengeance.
This provides a work-around workflow to get your Storify stories published to your WordPress blog if neither Storify’s built-in ‘distribution’ option nor Storify’s plugin work successfully.
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ALWAYS REMEMBER: Save your work frequently.
Perform all your edits before you use this workflow. It works, but it has friction.
If you need to edit after you have published using this workflow, do so in Storify and then Publish again. Content will update on your website automatically.
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Install ‘HTML Snippets’ plugin
The link above will take you to a YouTube video which shows you how to install the plugin.
Let’s begin!
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Click on your profileThis will take you to your profile where your stories and added elements live.
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Select the story you wantMake sure you have done all of your edits.
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Find HTML code for storyThis is where you will find the built-in distribution panel. Try it first before proceeding. It may work for you!
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Copy HTML story to clipboardThis is the code you will import into your HTML Snippets plugin within WordPress. (Control C)
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Open WP blog dashboard
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Add HTML (clipboard) to “HTML Snippets” plugin
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Copy HTML to plug in, publishPaste HTML; title new ‘snippet,’ publish
Add title
Publish
Paste HTML code (Control v)
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Create new postYou are going to post your HTML into a new post
Posts: Add New
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Title your post and insert code Title doesn’t transfer from Storify with HTML
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Select snippet, “OK”
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Publish your storyAfter you ‘publish’ you will see ‘view post’ here; click that.
After you ‘publish’ you will see ‘view post’ here; click that
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Here is your new post
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Categories and Tags: SEOThis helps your content show up in relevant searches. You can do this as you create your new post. You can also do this from the ‘All Posts’ board.
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‘Quick Edit’ categories, tagsUse ‘Quick Edit’ to quickly modify your post’s categories and tags. For tags, think of who would benefit from your content. What keyword might the search? Hashtags?
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Modify categories and tags
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Happy Aggregating!
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