How To Create Your First Story Post

You've set up your Storrito account and are ready to create your first content? Use this guide to go from idea to scheduled Instagram Story!

1) Create or upload your first Story

1. On the welcome screen choose Create Story from Scratch or Upload your Content
2. If you create a Story from scratch, you'll enter the editor with a blank vertical canvas
3. If you upload your content, you'll see your pre-prepared Story content

You can start a new Story at any time from the Gallery too, using the Upload image(s) or video(s) and New empty story buttons at the top of the page.

2) Build your Story in the Editor

Toggle the IG Story overlay and the snapping tool on and off, depending on your design needs!

Story assets:

• Media: add photos, videos, and GIFs
• Sticker: add the link sticker, hashtags, mentions, polls, countdowns, and more
• Text: add and style text
• AI: generate AI images using Blackforest or Dall-E
• Images: use a free image from Unsplash
• GIF: add a GIF or sticker
• Emojis: add an emoji
• Background: alter the background color of your Story slide

Timeline & layers:

• Each asset (video, GIF, audio, sticker, text) appears as a layer underneath your Story canvas
• Drag the ends to trim
• Drag the track to change timing
• For audio, set Clip Start / End (ms) to trim precisely

Tip: Select the Design with Canva button to link your Canva account and use your designs!

3) Save your Story to the Gallery

Click Save to store your finished Story in the Gallery. Everything you save lives there, ready to schedule whenever you are.

4) Open your Story and choose Social schedule

1. Go to the Gallery in the left menu
2. Click your saved Story to open its actions
3. Choose Social schedule to post or schedule the same media to Instagram Stories, Instagram Reels, and TikTok from one page

The same window also lets you Edit the Story, turn it into a video with Templates, or Duplicate, Download, Archive, and Delete it.

5) Choose your destinations and options

1. Under Social accounts, select one or more accounts to post to. Instagram Story, Instagram Reel, and TikTok destinations are listed together, so you can publish everywhere from a single page. Use + Add account if you still need to connect one
2. Add a Caption / description. This is used for Instagram Reel captions and TikTok descriptions
3. Each destination you select shows its own options:
   • Instagram Story options: share the Story to a connected Facebook page and pick a Highlight album to save it to
   • Instagram Reel options: add an optional cover photo, let Instagram recommend the Reel on Facebook, or show the Reel in your profile grid. The video is rendered automatically before posting
   • TikTok options: set a photo title and description, choose who can view the post, and toggle settings like Auto Audio, AI-generated labelling, partnership or branded content, and comments

6) Set the time and schedule

1. Under Date & time, choose now to publish straight away or set a future date and time
2. Double-check that the time matches your local timezone
3. Click Schedule to selected destinations

The button stays inactive until you've picked at least one destination, so select your accounts first. For power users, the Advanced pages links (Instagram, Reels, TikTok) still open the platform-specific scheduling views.

7) Track scheduled posts

• The Scheduling activity panel on the same page shows where the Story is scheduled or already live
• For a full overview, open the Schedule view in the left menu
• Filter by account using the chips at the top, or connect another with + Add social account
• Move through time with the date-range arrows, or jump back to the current month with Today
• Each post appears as a card showing its destination icons, time, and status (for example Posted)
• Click a post to reschedule or cancel it

8) Organize content in the Gallery

1. Go to the Storrito Gallery
2. Create folders to group assets
3. Click on your assets to manage them: social schedule, edit, duplicate, and more!

Tip: Duplicate your base designs and save them in a separate folder to use as templates, so you can update them quickly for new campaigns!

Troubleshooting

• Button greyed out? Select at least one destination under Social accounts first, then Schedule to selected destinations becomes active
• Can't schedule? You need a connected account and available credits in your wallet
• Time off by an hour? Confirm the date and time match your timezone

Questions? We love to hear them! Get in touch via the support chat or send us an email: support@storrito.com