Adding a story

1. From the Admin Dashboard, open Manage Content.
2. Tap the + button in the bottom-right corner of the list.
3. The Add New Story screen opens. Fill in the details:
   • Story type — a dropdown at the top of the form: Artwork, Exhibit, Waypoint, or General. See Story types below.
   • Story Title — the story's name as you want visitors to see it.
   • Creator — the name of the artist, maker, or author, if there is one.
   • Year — when it was made or established.
   • Medium and Dimensions — the materials and physical size. Shown only for Artwork and Exhibit types.
   • Category — a tag for grouping (e.g. General, Sculpture).

4. Add the media in the Story Media card. A story can carry up to three attachments at once, each optional and independent:

   • a photo — the identifying image visitors see on the story and in list thumbnails. If you already have an image hosted somewhere, you can paste its address into the Or enter Image URL field instead of uploading.
   • an audio track — e.g. a narration or music to accompany the piece (MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, or OGG, under 20 MB). Visitors get a play/pause player; audio never autoplays.
   • a video — e.g. a sign-language clip (under 100 MB).

   Attach any one, any two, or all three — there's no longer a one-attachment limit. 5. Write the Description — the interpretive text visitors read and hear. The AI Describe button next to this field can draft a starting point from the attached photo — see AI descriptions & audio. 6. In the Location section, use the Visible to Visitors switch to control whether the story appears in the visitor app, and fill in the Location (where the story lives in your space). The Associated Beacon shown here is read-only — beacon links are managed from the Beacon Management screen. 7. For Artwork and Exhibit types, the museum catalogue sections appear: Acquisition & Provenance (acquisition date and method, provenance), Condition & Conservation (condition, last inspection date), and Financial & insurance (estimated value, insurance information, loan status). Fill in whichever your venue uses; visitors don't see these directly. 8. Add any Tags, then tap Save.

Story types

Every story has a type, picked from the dropdown at the top of the add/edit form:

• Artwork — a single work: a painting, sculpture, mural, installation.
• Exhibit — a curated display, case, or exhibition.
• Waypoint — a point of interest along a route: a trailhead, a lookout, a stop on a walking tour.
• General — anything else: a building, a landmark, an information point.

The type controls which fields the form shows. The museum-specific fields — Medium, Dimensions, and the Acquisition & Provenance, Condition & Conservation, and Financial & insurance sections — only appear for Artwork and Exhibit stories. Waypoint and General stories keep the form short: title, creator, year, category, media, description, and location.

Media before description

The Story Media card sits directly above the Description field on purpose: attach the photo first, and AI Describe can use it to draft the description.

You can link the beacon later

You don't need a beacon to create a story. Add the story first, then pair a beacon from the Beacons section and link it.