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MakeStories — Create visual stories for web quickly and beautifully!
What if stories can come out of the closed ecosystem into the open web? Yes! We make it possible. Use MakeStories and build great, engaging stories that stay on the web forever. Check http://bit.ly/2UZyVkO to see how UN build a story on Sahel region.
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Kevin Mullett
"Get started for free", but no indication of pricing. Instantly assume it is expensive and can't share it with clients or conference audiences that may like it.
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@kmullett the software is free to use till April 2020. Post that we might charge, but no policy decision has been made yet.
@kmullett @arunpattnaik Thanks Arun. But I won't consider this a UX Mistake 101. We don't have a clear picture on the pricing and we have outlined a detailed blog post about the same for our users in a medium article.
@kmullett @felipeveiga Thanks Felipe for your criticism. I believe you should motivate people for their hardwork. But, no worries! World won't be complete without trollers like yourself :)
@pratik_ghela stating that clearly and upfront would go a long way to assuage the FUDs of your important early adopters who also frequently have a higher proclivity for sharing new and interesting tools/services. Thanks for the response.
@kmullett agreed 100%. We are working on the new site and will have more info over there
Great work guys! I'm working on something really similar but with a focus on embedded interactive elements (sliders, polls, free text inputs,...) - I understand your focus is to make stories more visual & beautiful & I'm curious: what are the main use cases behind this focus?
@svend_court_payen Our focus is to support every feature that AMP Stories comes up with. So, anything that AMP Stories will have, we will have it soon
Hey guys,
I am Pratik and I lead the Product Management at MakeStories. Me and @chintan_palan1 have been working on MakeStories since March 2018. I will be happy to reply to your questions, suggestions and improvements or your feedback.
@chintan_palan1 @pratik_ghela How do you make sure the file size of the embedded videos aren't too large? Do you compress them?
Hey @stevebenjamins , we compress images as soon as you upload them. For videos, we are planning to restrict the file size. But, plans are in place to compress or convert the uploaded videos in the backend once you upload them.
Great work both of you! It has been great to get to know this product all the way through. Excited to continue building strong AMP Stories!
Looks interesting. I may have an internal company use case and am wondering if the iFrame implementation is responsive?
@devindcnn Will love to see what you guys built. Connected with you over LinkedIn. Let's take it ahead there and see how we can help you with iFrame implementation and other things.
Using MakeStories for more than 7 months now. I love the way you can just drag drop and get the stories. They also provide an option to upload to a short domain which I often use. The collection of Royalty free images and the illustration is just great.
@pratik_ghadge Thanks. Mind sharing the link of the story you created ? Will love to see what you've built.
@pratik_ghela
Here you go! https://onl.st/buzzfeed-story. Just tried creating a story version of the article at https://www.buzzfeed.com/bekocon... .
@pratik_ghadge Love how the tappable content takes the lead on scroll one.
Great Project ! Quick Question - Whats the pricing like ? and how would it be different from Lumen5 that also has a lot of templates and stock pictures.
Thanks
@anesh_pillai1 Hey Anesh, we are helping brands create vertical stories on the web. Lumen5 is a video creation tool while we are a story creation tool. Hope this helps.
I've been using MakeStories since last year and very pleased how the product has matured. As far as use cases go, we use stories in Buffie to create fun how-to videos to show users how to use the product with leaving the app (PWA). The teams features have been upgraded since I first joined and my team loves working with the tool. Good job @chintan_palan1 @pratik_ghela
@new_user_56e4cd4229 Hey, sorry for late reply.
There is no particular limit on it but as per the constraints on resources to be used for exporting, anything over and above 500 mb is a big no, but maybe we can handle it more gracefully and provide you an error that this is the reason why it is failing.
Anyways the limit is well justified I think as the Amp framework itself stands for user experience and speed of loading content, so if the contents are too large and can't load in time, the user is surely bound to leave the story.
@pratik_ghela I have a feedback about the sign up flow. When you get someone to sign up using their google account, verifying the email is an unnecessary step. If I signed up with my Google account, it means I am a verified owner of the account.
@giri As much as I know, you don't have to verify if you login from your Google account. You verify only if you sign up using email. If you have a use case, please mail it to us -> support@makestories.io
@makestories @pratik_ghela I signed up using my Google account and also got a verification email. I was unable to proceed before I verified my email. Kindly check and fix.
@giri Thanks for bringing that to our notice, we will find and fix the issue. Thanks for your patience with it
@jouvanms Hey Jouvan, thanks for using MakeStories. Your stories are really meaningful. Do you mind sharing them here?
We've been using MakeStories for the last 3 month, and it was very helpful and easy to understand. Pratik always had an open ear for some ideas to improve the app. Looking foward for new features!
I have built a couple of stories using MakeStories. I use the WordPress plugin to upload the stories created to my WordPress website. This is a great feature which needs improvement but it does the work for now. The support team is great too and @pratik_ghela is always available for support
@pooja_shelke We are working on improving the WordPress publishing experience. Expect an update soon.
Great Product with Great Support. I tried recreating the Time 100 story and was able to do so in just 20 mins. You can check it out at https://onl.st/t100/
I personally know the guys at MakeStories. @pratik_ghela, @chintan_palan1 & the whole team is highly motivated & are working hard towards building their product. I have used the product myself, loved it, got connected and now helping them design for version 2.0. Believe me, these guys deserve it. Super talented folks!
Cheers!
@ajitrg - Your insights are really useful and has helped us take MakeStories to a next level
@karan_kanwar Please do and let us know what you think. We are shifting back to India :(
