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New Features and Updates released in August
- Selection tabs for Twitter metric types
- Instagram Direct Publishing improvements
Calendar
Selection tabs for Twitter metric types
You can now view Standard and Advanced Twitter metrics separately, making it easier to find the information you need. In the Calendar side pane Results tab, select the Standard Twitter Metrics or Advanced Twitter Metrics tab to view the relevant metrics.
Note: If you do not have access to Advanced Twitter Metrics but have questions or are interested in adding this feature, contact your Khoros Account Executive.
Learn more about Advanced Twitter Metrics and Using the side pane in the Calendar.
Publishing
Instagram Direct Publishing improvements
Previously, users were only able to publish an Instagram Carousel via Mobile handoff and not directly to Instagram. Recent improvements in Instagram’s API enabled Khoros to add the ability to publish multiple videos and mixed asset posts directly to Instagram from Khoros Marketing.
You can now publish posts directly from Khoros Marketing that meet the following criteria:
Images:
- Format: JPEG
- File size: 8 MB maximum
- Aspect ratio: Must be within a 4:5 to 1.91:1 (0.8 to 1.91) range
- Minimum width: 320 (will be scaled up to the minimum if necessary)
- Maximum width: 1440 (will be scaled down to the maximum if necessary)
- Height: Varies, depending on width and aspect ratio
- Color Space: sRGB. Images using other color spaces will have their color spaces converted to sRGB
- Quantity: Up to 10 images and/or videos
Videos:
- Container: MOV or MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14), no edit lists, moov atom at the front of the file.
- Audio codec: AAC, 48khz sample rate maximum, 1 or 2 channels (mono or stereo)
- Video codec: HEVC or H264, progressive scan, closed GOP, 4:2:0 chroma subsampling
- Frame rate: 23-60 FPS
- Video bitrate: VBR, 5Mbps maximum
- Audio bitrate: 128kbps
- Duration: 60 seconds maximum, 3 seconds minimum
- File size: 100MB maximum
- Picture size:
- Maximum columns (horizontal pixels): 1920
- Minimum aspect ratio: 4:5 (0.8)
- Maximum aspect ratio: 16:9 (1.77)
- Quantity: Up to 10 videos and/or images
Learn more about Publishing directly to Instagram.
