Easiest way to add stories to a website
I'm giving this 5 tacos because it is so easy and convenient to use and I love the way it allows me to add stories to any website. It really adds something special when used right. Don't sleep on this deal.
For those wondering what the difference is with Googles Web Stories, let me lay it out:
• Google web stories has a free WordPress plugin to create web stories.
• You can use those stories on your WordPress website but not embed them elsewhere e.g on your Landing Page built with Swipe Pages or something like that.
• Embedding those web stories made with the free plugin on your own WordPress website is a super pain in the behind, there is not even a decent way to use them with Elementor, just super basic shortcodes that will give you a messed up result due to styling from your website interfering.
• You can use a paid subscription platform to create web stories you can embed elsewhere, but we are here to avoid such monthly fees. Some of those platforms ask for more than $1000 per month lol.
So Story Widget here will basically be your platform to create web stories and embed them easily in ANY website in no time at all avoiding all that hassle. If you are an agency, you will appreciate the fact that you can use this for unlimited clients out of the box. If you get 3 codes that's 5 million views per month, that more than ample.
I have used this on this landing page I made for a client:
https://tattoo.whoisdrone.com/about
Scroll down a ways to the FAQ section - yes I have a FAQ made using stories, it's cool yo, trust me. BTW this is not a self promotional link since my business is not mentioned anywhere on this page and it is not on my domain, just sharing a live example for ya'll to see.
One thing I wish would be improved (Ahmet I set you a support ticket about this) is that the nice animation that plays when the widget loads to draw attention to the fact that this is an interactive element (I mean the circle-buttons animation, not the actual stories), that animation plays on page load and not when the widget comes into view, so since my widget is located further down on the page the animation is never seen by the user and the user has little indication that this is an interactive element. There is also no mouse-hover animation to indicate that these are buttons (on desktop devices - there is no mouse cursor on mobile phones of course). If this could be fixed so that the animation plays when the widget comes into view and with a mouse-over effect of some sort, it would be perfect. Still, can't beat this price, worth the 5 tacos.
As a further improvement suggestion, I would also love to see a carousel type widget for the stories to complement the circle story buttons widget option, something like this:
https://amp.dev/static/img/docs/web-player-carousel.gif?width=2500
- Alexander