📄 Locator

Locator

It's easy to sign up for Locator!
Use it if you:
  1. Have a single, one-off event
  2. Will be setting up and managing these events on your own
  3. Want to explore the free version of OurStoryz before getting a DIY or Professional account

Signing up for Locator (free for 1 year)

  1. Go to the signup page on ourstoryz.com
  2. Select "creating a basic event for free"
  3. Continue through signup.


Explore your Locator account

Locator gives you a pre-created event by default, which you can configure. Here's what to do

Log into your OurStoryz DIY account:


You will see this dashboard, which shows your event Note that DIY service allow several events united under 1 Storyz.

The panels on the page are draggable "accordions" - you can move them around, and set them open and closed as needed.

Click on the panels to access:

  • Your event website
  • The Keepsake Album for your event
  • Your Guest list
  • Guests that have been given special honors (e.g. "father of the bride)
  • Your Gift Registry
  • Your event Geospace
  • Files & documents associated with the event

Your Storyz & event

The Locator account automatically creates 1 event, with a parent Storyz. 

You can edit your event in one of two ways:

Method 1: Select your default Storyz from the "Your Storyz" panel. You can use this to set information about the event. You can also select "events in this Storyz" to edit your event.

Note that Locator accounts only allow 1 Event in the Storyz. To include more events, you'll need to upgrade to DIY or Professional service.


Your guest list

OurStoryz provides a powerful guest list, which allows you to record social-media level about your guests, manage RSVPs, send invitations and requests for information.

The Contact Admin is you - the one who created the account

"Honored Guests" are guests that you can supply honors for. For example, you could list family relationships for some events, and business relations for others.


Your Organization

If you're making an event as part of a club, business, wedding party or other group, you can define details in the Organization section. This section also provides access to your account, if you ever want to upgrade or close it.



Jumping to Storyz & events

Select the "Event" menu from the left-hand menu. A "flying dialog" appears which contains your event. select this to go to your event. This feature is most useful for DIY and Professional accounts, where there may be a large number of Storyz


After you select your event, you will be routed to your event dashboard.

The Event dashboard contains a set of panels that you can open, close, edit, or drag around to suit your work. 

  1. To edit event basics, select the event panel, specifically the edit icon.
  2. You can change the default image associated with your event by selecting the ellipsis icon at top-right of the image.
  3. Select the drag icon at left to drag the panel to a different position.
  4. Select "more" or "less" on the right to open and close panels.
  5. To edit your guest app styles, select "Guest app".
  6. To edit your mini-website, select "Website".