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If anyone is willing to donate a mobile phone or tablet to test this in, please let me know.

Please give me an idea of what sort of RSS feeds would help. I can try to do it this week.

What browser are you using? I'll try to replicate the problem you're having.

I use Chrome.

Thanks for using ServiceBuilder-- I'm sorry for the problem you're experiencing.

The issue is that the document is saved as a 'docx' which cannot be displayed in a browser window-- it is meant to view with a document viewing program, such as Word.

I recommend saving the file as a text file (.txt) or if you want to preserve some formatting, then an HTML file (.html).

Another good option for viewing in most browsers is to save it as a PDF file. Then it will look exactly the way you want it to on the most amount of browsers.

Thanks katie!

I would like to set this up, but the fee is too high-- CCLI wants to charge a few thousand dollars so my software will do this.

If you like, I can try to come up with a work-around, but I'd need access to your CCLI account so I can try to automate the process.

By the way, you might be able to just do a print out and mail it in to them. I don't think there's anything written anywhere that you HAVE to do it their way.

I'm not sure--

After logging in as an administrator, be sure you give this new user a username and password and check off that they should change their password on first login.

Then they'll be sent an email automatically, with the information to login.

Is this what you're doing?

I need people in the U.S. to help test my first phase of this text-messaging feature.

This feature isn't available for non-US-residents (like myself) because the company that I am making use of (Zeep), doesn't offer that.

I have some possibilities to make it available to other countries, but I need more donations to afford it.

I have added this feature-- users can go to their own profiles to indicate when they are NOT available. Admins can set availability on everyone's profile.

When this happens, the user will not be available in the drop-down-box for the given date.

This should help one remember - you simple cannot schedule someone for a date they will be away.

As always, please try it out and let me know what you think. Additional ideas are welcome.

Each service can now have attachments - you can upload them from the services edit screen, or using drop box you can drag them into the /Public/ServiceBuilder/Services/ folder and prefix the file name with the service id.

The ability now exists to save more information into the template.

The template can contain people, the element type, comments per line, the order of each element, whether the line is 'bolded' (a new feature), and the length of each line.

When you are an administrator, there is now a checkbox at the top left of the service in service view. Checking it will finalize the service meaning it cannot be edited.

I've got a BETA version of this feautre created now, but I need more information on functionality to do more.

Anyone interested in this feature, please try to describe exactly how this would behave in an ideal situation.

Is this what you were thinking?
http://servicebuilder.net/#!/planWorship/search/lastSix

This has been started, and I welcome further suggestions.

Select your version from the options menu of 'settigns'.

I use the Bible Gateway as my source. I'm not sure how they will feel about it, but the last time I did something like this, they called me and said they didn't mind, as long as the copyright info was at the bottom of the scripture, which it is.

To make it appear as a link in the rundown, choose the "Element Type" of "Scripture."

Then you'll be able to click the link to view the scripture in an in-screen popup.

I have now made it so administrators can change your timezone from the settings/church menu.

Let me know if there are any bugs or unexpected behaviours.

Thanks for the idea. If you've seen any dates I've missed, please let me know. I think all dates in ServiceBuilder should now be affected.

You change the date format under "Settings / Options".

I may be misunderstanding, but this is already in existence.

Click on the RSS icon on the services page:

http://servicebuilder.net/#!/services

let me know if I'm misunderstanding,
Jason

Terrific idea... implemented

Thanks for your suggestion-- I'm sorry for the delay in replying.

I'd love to add these song books-- could you send me an index page of whatever ones you want to see included?

Thanks,
Jason Silver

OK, I've implemented a version of this, but I need to get some answers before I say it's completed.

First, I assume that sometimes people can fill two roles on the SAME service, right-- you just want to prevent people from filling two roles on different services on the same date?

Please clarify.

Jason

OK, I've added the notes section. Only admins can see and edit notes.

I've implemented this, and used 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32 weeks.

If you need something more specific, you can manually modify the URL:

http://servicebuilder.net/#!/planWorship/search/hymnal/4

The above URI shows hymns not used in 4 weeks.

If you have a thought as to the numbers of weeks I have used I could be easily persuaded to change it, to say, 1,2,3,4,5,6 or some other arrangement.

Thanks for the great idea!

Thanks Katie!

I've added this feature-- there is now an announcements section on the home page. Anyone who logs into your ServiceBuilder account can leave announcements right now, and their name is added at the end so you know who is posting them.

We can change this if it causes problems, so that only admins can add them.

It will show the last 10 announcements, below the upcoming services dashboard.

I can also use this section for leaving my own announcements.

I've added an experimental button on the services page for email all scheduled. It's an envelope with little people next to it-- give it a try, and feedback how that works, please.

NEW: I've added a checkbox in the sendmessage window which allows messages to go out immediately. They are not queued, they don't have personalization, but all the names are included in the TO box.

You can make changes to this hymnal using this link:
http://servicebuilder.net/#/assignHymnsToHymnals/206

Hi Wendall, you do this under profile. You must enter the "edit profile" section.

ServiceBuilder is set up to allow for personal links in the elements list as well as public links. So, if you find a link that you think is generally better for the community than the one that is there, or if there isn't one there, and you decide to help out by adding one, use the public link.

If, on the other hand, you would like to link to an element online and you know it will be of no use to the general community, then use the private link.

The easiest way to access this private link is here:
http://servicebuilder.net/#!/element/127099
...on every element page. There is a private URL place.

If you are on the settings page,
http://servicebuilder.net/#!/settings/elements/choruses
...then those URLs are public.

Thanks for the question!

OK, there is definitely a bug there-- I will begin tracking it down and let you know when it's finished.

UPDATE:
I found the problem... if you add a person to a group, but don't give them a role within that group, then they will not be scheduled.

So you must actually give group members a role of some sort.

If a role is not intuitively necessary for the group in question, for example if the group is a children's choir that doesn't necessarily have assigned parts (soprano, alto, tenor and bass are not relevant), then create a placeholder to use (such as vocalist in this instance).

If the group is a drama troupe, you might consider naming them all actors.

If the group was an elder board, you might consider naming them all participants.

I hope this clarifies the problem and is a good enough solution.

I have added a warming on the groups page that you must assign roles to your groups.

Hi Mark, I'm not sure how to replicate this problem to fix it.

If you can replicate it, please let me know the steps you took.

In the meantime, try clearing your browser's cookies, then trying again.

Sorry for the delay in replying!

As you can imagine, doing this for free means that thousands of churches have registered, and getting lots of emails from good-intentioned people asking for a way to print an order of service can be overwhelming.

I think that by having a chat feature built into the site where you can talk to me instantly if I'm online, as well as this forum for bug reports and feature suggestions is a pretty good alternative to giving out my personal email.

Thanks for your suggestion-- I've added a delete function to the site, under settings.

Only an administrator can change your username; and you cannot change your own username, even if you are an admin.

If you are an admin, one way to change it is to create a temporary admin account, then after logging in to this new account, change your username on the original admin account.

When finished, log back in with the new username, and delete the temporary admin account.

I know this is a nuisance, but it's necessary at this time.

ServiceBuilder already has this feature.

Please let me know:
1. which browser you're using so I can try to replicate the problem.
2. Where abouts in the application (from what screen) is this not behaving as expected

Thanks!
Jason Silver

Hi JonWesley, it is fully integrated-- perhaps you can give me more information as to what is wrong?

Good point Dale, I'll look into adding a simpler method.

This has been integrated.

Part of the integration involves checking to see if the CCLI Number has already been added to a song before adding the new song.

If it has, you won't be able to save the new song.

Hopefully this will help with both preventing duplicates, and finding songs that you are looking for.

Somehow I overlooked this bug report, sorry!

First, I recommend that you change your password to something you can remember, under your profile.

Second, if allow ServiceBuilder to access your Facebook account, you'll get logged in automatically if you're logged into Facebook already.

Let me know if these solutions are good enough for your situation.

Thanks!