After activating Cool Timeline Pro, you will find a Timeline Stories tab inside your WP Dashboard menu items. Go to Timeline Stories > Add New to create a story for your timeline. To create a story, check the screenshot below and follow these points:

*Story Year and Story Date must have the same years otherwise there will be a timeline order error.

• You can select different icons for every timeline story.
• Select Date Based settings for date-based timelines.
• Remember to select a story year and corresponding story date before publishing your story.
• Select any content type – You can show images, videos, and slide shows inside your story.
• You can also select a featured image if you want to show the image as a content type instead of a video or slide show.
• You can select a story category to create multiple stories, and you can differentiate your timelines based upon different categories.

Optional settings

• Add your link in Story custom link settings, to set external links on stories.
• Set Custom Color on each story with the help of Stories Color Settings.
• If you would like to use your own image icons instead of default Icons, then just select Image Icon and Check the Use Image Icon instead of font-awesome icons settings.