#adding stories

Success! You can now clip articles and send them to your Pressfolios account simply by viewing a story with Google Chrome and clicking the

P

icon to the right of your address bar. 

  Step 3: Navigate to one of your articles using Google Chrome

For this example, we will be using a story written by Karen Fratti of 10,000 Words about the Pressfolios relaunch this past March. 

  Step 4: Click the "P+" icon now located on your bookmarks bar

  **Step 5: The article is clipped and sent to your Pressfolio. **

And just like that, your story is saved. As always, every time you add a story to your Pressfolios account, we automatically create and store full-text backups for you. 

  Step 6 (optional): View the new story on your Pressfolio dashboard

  Step 7 (bonus): To set the order in which new stories appear on your Pressfolio, click the “Arrange Stories” button on your dashboard. 

From here you can set your account to automatically place newly added stories either at the top or the bottom of your Pressfolio.

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Adding stories to your Pressfolio from your account dashboard

Bulk Story Uploader

Adding new articles without lifting a finger is great, but what about stories written before you discovered Pressfolios?

Fear not, Pro user: We’ve got you covered. With our new RSS integration, you can capture your past stories too. Likewise, if your RSS feed has other stories mixed in with it, the Bulk Story Uploader lets you pick and choose the right ones to import.

Step 1: Log into your account dashboard and click the “Bulk Upload with RSS” button

Step 2: Enter the link to your RSS feed and click the “Go Get My Stories” button

As soon as you click the “Go Get My Stories” button, we dispatch runners to search out all previous articles associated with your feed. This process usually takes less than 30 seconds and once it’s complete, you can add stories by going down the list and simply clicking the “Add to Pressfolio” button next to each one.

*The number of past stories we’re able to populate via our new RSS bulk uploading feature depends entirely on the settings of your publisher’s feed/s. Most publishers keep a long archive of stories associated with their feeds, however, some do not. Since the content is controlled by the publisher, we cannot guarantee how far back into the archives your feed will go.   

Story Ordering

To set the order in which new stories appear on your Pressfolio as they’re automatically imported, click the “Arrange Stories” button on your dashboard.

From here you can set your Pressfolio to automatically place newly added stories either at the top or the bottom of your Pressfolio. 

If you have any questions about how our new RSS integrations work, we’re here to help at [email protected].

Still using the Pressfolios Starter account? 

    Step 3: Add in key story information in the fields provided, then click “Create Story”

*We’re working on a handy little tool that will extract this information for you automatically. We hope to have it online soon.  

    Step 4: Your PDF clipping will now appear on your stories table. Click anywhere on the table row to edit your new story’s details. 

  Step 5: Associate your new story with relevant Section Labels. 

To create a new Section, type in the label of your choosing and click “Create Section”

Your story will automatically be associated with the newly created Section Label

To remove the Section Label, simply click on it again. You’ll notice the Label now appears under “Available Sections.” (More on Section Labels here >>)

  Step 6: Add an image to your new PDF clipping.

To add an image, click the “Choose an Image” button

Next, click the “Select a Different Image” button

From here you can associate a photo with your story by uploading an image file from your computer, adding an image via URL or with other services. (More guidance on selecting images here >>)

Once it’s been retrieved, you will see the story in a new row below

Click anywhere within the row to edit your story

To upload a story via PDF:

From your "Stories" dashboard, click “Create Manually”

Click the "Choose A File" button

Select the desired story from your hard drive - click “Open”

Next, fill in all of the story details

Finally, click “Create Story” and there you go - you've just added a PDF clip to your Pressfolio.

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Option 2: Add story manually

If retrying doesn’t work, you can always create the story manually. Just click the “Create Manually” option at the top of the page, click the "I Don't Have A PDF" button, then fill out all of the fields. (Don't forget to include a link to the story in the URL field!) 

And there you go: Story added √ 

  Option 3: Delete

If you don’t feel like copying and pasting the story into Pressfolios manually, no sweat. Click delete and *poof* - no more story. 

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