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title: "Single Story"
slug: "single-story"
description: "Covers the Single Story template, where each thumbnail shows exactly one FullStory, with Story Setup options for the title, image, button, and orders."
tags: ["single story"]
updated: 2026-08-06T12:26:37Z
published: 2026-08-06T12:26:37Z
canonical: "academy.insiderone.com/single-story"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://academy.insiderone.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Single Story

Single Story is an InStory template available on Desktop, Mobile, and Tablet platforms.

Each thumbnail includes only one FullStory, making it a simplified version of the Multi-Story template. You cannot add additional stories to the same Story Group when using this template.

This format is ideal when you want to highlight a single piece of content or promotion per story.

To use the Single Story template,

1. Navigate to **Campaigns** > **Optimization** > **InStory**. 2. Click the **Create** button on the listing page. Name your campaign and choose the platform type. Click the **Create** button. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/mss1212.png)

3. After you set the segments and rules for your campaign, click the **Add a new variant** option in the Design step. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/msms22222.png)

4. Hover over the Single Story option in the templates menu and click the **Select** button.![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/mss44.png)

5. After selecting the template, you will be directed to the Action Builder. Since InStory is an inline template, you need to [append](/docs/append-an-inline-template) it to a specific position on the page.

6. On the Design tab, you can customize the thumbnail image and text. To hide the text, you can disable the **Optional Title** toggle in the Settings menu. Single Story includes five stories by default, and you can add up to 20 new stories.![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/mss6.png) In the **Settings** menu, you can use the options below:

- **Auto-reorder**: You can move the seen story to the end.
- **Optional Title**: You can display/hide the titles under the stories.
- **Story Duration**: You can set the duration of stories.
- **Thumbnail Size**: You can change the thumbnail size.
- **Alignment**: You can set the position of stories in the block.

You can customize your Single stories from the **Story Setup** option in the Settings menu. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/mss7.png)

After clicking on the **Story Setup** menu, you can:

- Change the Story Title.
- Change Story Image.
- Add a new Story.
- Remove an existing Story.
- Change FullStory Title.
- Change FullStory Image.
- Change the Button Type.
- Change the Button Link.
- Change the order of stories.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/c6df4583-da94-4cb2-bb8a-be0cbdd11109/Images/Documentation/mss8.png)

7. Once you finalize your design, click the **Save** button.

> [!NOTE]
> Refer to [InStory Analytics](/v1/docs/instory-analytics) to gain a deeper understanding of your campaign and accurately measure its performance.

## Related

- [Create a Web InStory Campaign](/create-a-web-instory-campaign.md)
- [Recommendation Story](/recommendation-story.md)
- [InStory Analytics](/instory-analytics.md)
- [Create a Mobile InStory Campaign](/create-a-mobile-instory-campaign.md)
- [Element Library of InStory](/element-library-of-instory.md)
- [Multi Story Templates](/multistory-templates.md)