Instructions

How to Add a Story

Read Below & You’ll Be Saving Memories in Minutes

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Start by clicking on Add New Story

There two steps to making a story come alive

1. Write a Story about your life
2. Insert some Media into your Story

Media means any Photos, Videos, Audios, or Documents.

Now read the Add Media to Media File Tab

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You can add Media to your Book, before, during, or after you write a Story.

Follow these simple steps.

First Click on

  

Then Click, Upload Files

 

Now you can drag and drop pictures onto this screen or Select Files from your computer.

When you have complete the above steps, you can see your uploaded files by clicking on Media Library.

That’s it.  Now you can Add Media to Your Book

Now read the Add Media to Story Tab

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Now that you have media in your Media file you can add media to your Stories.

Follow these simple steps.

First Click

 

Then Click, Media Library

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Just click on the Media you want to add to your Story, then click the Insert Into Story button found in the bottom right corner.    To add more than one Media file, hold down the Control Key and select as many files as you desire. Then click the Insert Into Story button found in the bottom right corner.

Now read the Make a Gallery Tab

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To make a Gallery of pictures, first click on 

 

Then Click on Create Gallery

Just click on each Media you want to add to your Gallery, then click the Create Gallery button found in the bottom right corner.   If you choose a file you do not want, hold down the Control key and click it again and it will deselect it.

If you have already created a Gallery you want to insert into your story, Click on NextGen Gallery

Now read the Chapter Info Tab

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Chapters are the feature that allows for easy sorting of your stories. Chapters are found under the menu “Stories” above or on the side section of every Story.

Select Chapters and add as many Chapters as you want to make your book navigation better.  The kind of Chapters you add depend on your type of Book and your personal preferences.

Chapter Examples…Keep in mind that you can make Primary, Secondary, & Third Position Chapters

For Primary Chapters just add the Chapter Name.  For 2nd, 3rd, 4th position, select the Parent under the Parent dropdown list.  Remember, when you are adding a Chapter to a Story, you can choose multiple Chapters that are appropriate.

Baby Book	Full Life Book	Retirement Book	4H Project Book
Before Birth	My Youth	Career Story	Choosing My Project
Our Plan	Before School Days	Lockheed Aviation	The First Day
My Shower	Grade School	College Professor	Week 2
Trip to Hospital	Teen Years	Planning the Party	Feeding my pet
The Birth Drama	My Schools	Guest List	Cleaning my pet
Birth to One Yr Old	John Muir Jr High	Stories from Guests	Week 3
First “MaMa”	Burbank High School	Speeches	Feeding my pet
First Steps	College Years

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