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
- Write a Story about your life
- 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
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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