Create a Sina Weibo Story

Inception enables you to create Sina Weibo stories from the following panels:

•    Running Order — while working with a running order in the Running Order panel you can add a new Sina Weibo story directly to the open running order.

•    Story Browser — when you do not want to immediately add a new Sina Weibo story to a running order, you can create your new Sina Weibo story from your Story Browser panel. You can add your Sina Weibo story to a running order at any time.

•    Story Editor — while editing a story in the Story Editor panel, you can use the content of the current story to create a new Sina Weibo story. When you create a Sina Weibo story from a story, Inception creates a story family that includes the original story and the new Sina Weibo story. All new stories that you create from a story inherit the Slug and content of the original story.

•    Assignment — while working on an assignment in the Assignment Editor panel, you can create new Sina Weibo story for the assignment. When you create a story from an assignment, Inception automatically makes the Slug for new stories the same as the assignment Slug. Changing the Slug of a new story does not change the assignment Slug.

To create a Sina Weibo story

1.      Open the Story Editor panel to create a new Sina Weibo story. For information about opening the Story Editor from a specific panel to create a new story, refer to the following procedures:

•    Running Order — To create a story from the Running Order Panel.

•    Story Browser — To create a story from the Story Browser panel.

•    Story Editor — To create a story from the Story Editor Panel.

•    Assignment — To create a story from the Assignment Editor Panel.

The Story Editor panel opens for you to create a Sina Weibo story.

2.      In the Channel list, click or tap the Sina Weibo account to which you want to publish the story.

3.      In Body box, type the story.

Sina Weibo stories can contain up to 140 characters. The Characters Left field at the bottom of the Story Editor indicates how many characters remain. If you include a URL that starts with http://, Inception always considers the URL to be 20 characters, and adjusts the character counter accordingly.

Stories imported from an NCS rundown may contain text in ALL UPPER CASE letters. To change the text to mixed case, click or tap the  Recase icon. Review the resulting text carefully, because the case adjustment tool cannot account for all situations.

4.      If you do not want to add any images to the story, go to step 9.

5.      In the Media Source list, click or tap the media source that contains the image you want to add.

The Story Editor options change depending on the type of media source that you selected.

      Available Media Sources

6.      If you selected an Upload media source and you want to include a previously-uploaded image file, do the following:

a.    When the Choose File button is visible, click or tap the  View Uploaded Files icon.

b.    In the file list, click or tap the image file name.

c.    Go to step 8.

7.      If you selected an Upload media source and you want to upload an image file, do the following:

a.    Click or tap the Choose File button.

When the Choose File button is not visible, click the  Upload a File icon to show the button.

b.    If you are on a desktop computer, browse to select the image file, and then click Open.

c.    If you are on a mobile device and you want to upload an existing photo, do the following:

•    Tap Choose Existing.

•    Browse to the photo, select it, and then tap Use.

The selected photo uploads to the Inception Server.

d.    If you are on a mobile device and you want to take and upload a new photo, do the following:

•    Tap Take Photo or Video.

•    Take the photo, and then tap Use.

The taken photo or recorded video file uploads to the Inception Server.

8.      If you are on a desktop computer and you want to preview the image before you add it to the story, click the  Preview icon. Previews are not available on mobile devices.

9.      Click or tap the  Save icon.

Inception saves the story. Drag the new Sina Weibo story into a running order to publish the story when you playout the running order. Publishing a Sina Weibo story uploads the story content to your Sina Weibo site.

For More Information on...

•    blacklisted content, refer to the section Find Blacklisted Content in Your Stories.

•    editing Sina Weibo stories, refer to the section Edit a Sina Weibo Story.

•    adding stories to a running order, refer to the chapter Editing the Running Order.