Every story in Quintype has a structure. There are mandatory and non-mandatory components to a story. Your administrator can decide what elements are mandatory or non-mandatory.

Each story must have a Title, Subtitle, Hero image anda Card. For certain story types, the list of mandatory elements may be longer. For example - a Listicle story may mandatorily require at least three list items, apart from the Title, Subtitle, Hero image and an Introduction.

Story Elements

Elements are the building blocks of a story. You can add an element above, below, or in between elements. You can delete an element and add review comments to each element. An element can be displayed differently to a reader, based on the website’s layout settings.

Each element provides a delete icon and a comment icon (Start a Conversation) on its top right corner.

Within a card you can add the following elements:

Also Read: Enables you to add links to other documents.

Answer: Enables you to add an answer against a question element.

Attachment Element: Enables you to attach PDFs and Microsoft Word document. The size of the file cannot be more than 3 MB.

Bigfact: Can be used to add a short piece of information or add a summary.

Blockquote: Can be used to enter quotation and attributed to an individual.

Blurb: Can be used to add a brief piece of information.

Image: Enables you to add an image

Image Gallery: Enables you to add multiple images, and display as a slide show or in a grid.

JS Embed: Enables you to embed a script tag. Enables you to add a link to Twitter, SoundCloud, Instagram, or YouTube posts.

Location: Enables you to search a location on a map and insert the map in the card.

Polltype: Enables you to add a poll with a title and description, the possible values, an image, and set the voting options such as anonymous or needs logging in and so on.

Q & A: Enables you to add a set questions and answers. The Question & the Answer elements of a Q & A story can be associated with different 'Person’ type entities.

Question: Enables you to add a question element.

Quote: Can be used to enter quotation and attributed to an individual.

References: Enables you to add reference links, with a name and description.

Summary: Can be used to add a summary. You cannot format the text.

Table: Enables you to add CSV files where information can be presented in a tabular format.

TextVideo (Bitgravity): Enables you embed to BitGravity player video.

Video (JwPlayer): Enables you embed to JW Player video.

Video (Vidible): Enables you embed to BitGravity player video.