Working now - thank you. HELP those using Sanctoral Cycles have been screwed over and get no respons

MJ. Smith

Yes, a design MESS-UP not a BUG ... and yes, the title is intended to finally getting a response. I do note that they are trying to get the Lectionary function working again ... and I do agree that the Lectionary needs to be fixed but I want to make sure that Saints is right behind. This release added no new features for the crowd that uses lectionaries and saints - no multiple passages in workflows (or guides), lectionaries messed up, saints messed up, no reorganization of the Lectionary Guide section, . . . Do I have your attention?  And why do quiet, logical complaints get overlooked? 

MJ. Smith said:

The Home Page has changed the definition of the meaning of the "Saints" section/card. Mind you, the change of meaning doesn't bother me per se ... but the loss of functionality does.

In L7, the sidebar "Saints" was intended solely for the calendar of saints celebrated by a particular church - a short list for Anglicans and Lutherans had their calendars ever been build. The meaning has been changed to be all saints recognized by a particular church/resource.

That may sound picky but the new meaning assumes that the resource is designed in calendar order where the main driving resource in L7 is in alphabetical order. This difference makes it so one no longer sees the multiple saints that may be assigned to a date and that "next" is a meaningless next saint alphabetically.

The new definition of "saints" has distinct advantages for adding additional church calendars which I will try shortly. But it does require a new edition of Saints. Bellingham, WA: Verbum, 2013. that is in calendar order rather than alphabetical.

Required actions for Faithlife to clean this up:

1. Saints card must have calendar function
2. "Next" must be limited by date OR multiple saints shown for the date
3. the resource "Saint" must be revised to work with the new definition of the function of the Saint card/section

In the next few days, I'll build the equivalent to "Saints" for another denomination to see if other issues appear.

MJ. Smith

Thanks - working now

JT (alabama24)

MJ. Smith said:

And why do quiet, logical complaints get overlooked?

Probably the same reason loud, obnoxious ones do. [:P]