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Create a story

Stories are the vertical, full-screen, short-lived content format on Facebook and Instagram. Glowtify has a dedicated editor for stories because the format and constraints are fundamentally different from feed posts.

See Create a campaign for the generic layout, brief, tasks, and chat flow.

What's different about stories​

  • 9:16 vertical format — forced by the platform
  • Up to a few seconds of visibility per frame (Stories disappear after 24h)
  • Interactive elements — stickers, polls, questions, links
  • Multi-frame — a single story can be a sequence of frames
  • Image or video — both formats supported. Whatever fits the message: a still image for a quick announcement, a short video for a behind-the-scenes moment

The story editor​

  • Frame list on the left — one row per frame in the story
  • Frame canvas in the center — drag text, images, stickers into the 9:16 space
  • Element properties on the right — sizing, colors, animations
  • Preview — play the story as a viewer would see it, transitions included

Generating media for a story​

Glowtify can generate either images or videos sized for stories. Image generation is useful when you want to repurpose the same message across feed posts and stories — no need to film a fresh video for every announcement. Pick the format you want in the task brief and the AI follows.

Platform-specific editors​

Meta (Facebook + Instagram)​

  • You pick the surface: Instagram story, Facebook story, or both
  • When publishing to both, media is shared but you can adjust captions per platform
  • Swipe-up link (where your account is eligible)
  • Product stickers (Instagram Shopping) when available

Safe zones​

The editor shows safe zones — the portion of the frame not covered by the platform's own UI (profile name on top, reply field on bottom). Keep critical elements inside the safe zone.

Publishing​

Stories use soft scheduling like all social publishing — Glowtify stores the frames and pushes them to Meta at the scheduled time.

Beware: Meta enforces rate limits and some stories are rejected based on content policy. Glowtify surfaces these failures in the Publication errors article.