Computer-Implemented Environment for Creating, Sharing, and Storing Documents in a Modular Format

A computer-implemented method for creating and storing documents, the method being implemented with computer processes carried out by a computer system, the computer system having an operating system and a web browser running in the operating system, the computer processes comprising:

• receiving a user input defining content of a set of Tiles, each Tile being a standardized template for receiving content selected from the group consisting of a text, a list, a paragraph, a heading, an illustration, a caption, multimedia content, and combinations thereof;
• displaying the set of Tiles in a graphical user interface, each Tile being a separate graphical entity;
• receiving a further user input providing graphical manipulation of the set of Tiles in the graphical user interface, the graphical manipulation selected from the group of connecting Tiles in the set of Tiles, disconnecting Tiles in the set of Tiles, and combinations thereof so as to define a distinct Story based on a specific set of the Tiles that have been connected in a specific order;
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• storing data corresponding to the graphical input in a Story database;
• and rendering the specific Tiles and the distinct Story to be available for display in the graphical user interface.