Dear athletes and storytellers,

it does look like spring here in Holland. The tulips are blooming and long hours of daylight invite you to just head outside.

But before that, let me share an update on the latest development of Storyteller.

A new interface on the Story pages

Writing and reading a story is a smoother experience now, thanks to a cleaner layout which makes a better use of different screens resolutions. Your stories are now accompanied by larger images, here's an example:



(not Holland)

The function of upload new images has been reworked and it's significantly smoother. Sample of an image uploaded directly on Storyteller:



(Dutch dunes)

Interactive Google maps

Static map images have many advantages, but their lack of interactivity is a bummer. And that's not good when embedded in a story.

With this update all the maps on the site are now rendered as a proper Google map. Even those linked to previously published stories.

I always enjoy zooming in and out and street-viewing to see what a place looks like at street level, and now I can. Yay!

Experimentally, they are combined with an elevation profile. You can hover it and follow the route on the map.



Like maps, also videos now come in a larger size. Embed them from different sources:



Support Storyteller. Join the Club on Strava

Developing Storyteller requires a lot of passion, while it's great to see more and more athletes adopting it.

Please Join the Storyteller Club on Strava. This will let your followers know about Storyteller. A simple and free way to support this site.

Thank you,

to all the athletes who tried out Storyteller in these past months. It gives a strong meaning and motivation to develop this site further.

Stay safe, and enjoy your time out there.

Gianfranco

Storyteller.fit