Create a story
- Matt Kepple
Stories are the way you track progress.
How to do it
There are several ways to create stories on Makerble:
Timeline Updates from a Contact Profile page
Instant Updates (also known as Quick Updates)
Survey Responses for one or several people at once (also known as the Create Story page)
Import a spreadsheet of stories
Stories are also called Updates or Posts.
How stories work
Progress on Makerble is stored in a story. A story contains:
Parts of a story | Do you need to include it? |
|---|---|
Manual Headcount i.e. when you record a number, e.g. if 10,000 people were reached by your radio broadcast  | No |
Tagged to Contacts i.e. when you record that one or more specific contacts attended an event or gave a certain answer to a survey question | No |
Attachments | No |
No | |
Text Description | No |
No | |
Date Posted | Yes - but it is saved automatically |
Author | Yes - but it is saved automatically |
Additional custom fields e.g. Open Text, Multiple Choice, etc | No |