New in Logos 9: Reading Plans Updates

Description: Easily start a reading plan from any resource in your library, with sessions intelligently broken down by table of contents. The new option to "Read at your own pace" allows you to track progress without the pressure.

Learn how to use Reading Plans.

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Bootjack

I might add again, there is a glitch in creating a Reading Plan. In Dark mode (theme) when one wishes to do a print-out of the screen, for example 'as is' those two options off to the left that give do not show in the Dark mode. They do in the System or Light mode but not in the dark.

Mattillo

How does the read later list work? There are no videos on it and all the training site does is mention it.

You can click on desktop and mobile but both those videos seem older and don't explain it.

From site:

Logos 9 introduces a new workflow for creating reading plans that is optimized for reading books chapter-by-chapter at your own pace. To access this new reading plan builder, select a resource in the Library, then click Start reading plan in the Library's information panel.

The Read Later list in the Logos mobile app allows you to create a queue of books you'd like to read in the future. In the Logos desktop application, you can find and manage books on your Read Later list via the tag #ReadLater.

Adam Borries (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128622#Comment_1128622

a glitch in creating a Reading Plan. In Dark mode (theme) when one wishes to do a print-out of the screen, for example 'as is' those two options off to the left that give do not show in the Dark mode.

Bootjack, "print as shown on screen" isn't supported for dark mode, since we thought it would be a terrible experience to print a black page with white text. [:)]

Having said that, it's an oversight that this prevents one from printing calendar view. We'll make a case and consider it for a later version.

Bootjack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129025#Comment_1129025

Thank you for the reply Adam. I'm afraid I'm not following your last paragraph though.

You say it 'print as shown on screen' isn't supported in dark mode' but then you say, 'it's an oversight that prevents one from printing calendar view'.

That's coming across as a contradiction, so I realize it's me who must be reading it that way. But that's what I was attempting to do, was printing the 'calendar view' from the dark mode. If you're referring to printing the 'calendar' from the 'system mode' or 'light mode' I had no problem printing it out from there. Please clarify. Thanks.

cshover8669

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129186#Comment_1129186

I had the same reaction you did on first read, but I think I understand what he meant. The option print as shown on screen if you are in dark mode would mean covering your page in black ink with color. I would look horrible, run like crazy and cost a lot of money in ink. What they did not realize when they disabled that check box was that was the only way to print out the calendar. They need a different check box option if in dark mode that allows you to print the calendar view without piece of paper covered in solid, black ink.

Of course, in my simple world, if you go to print/export when you are in calendar mode, then it should print in calendar mode by default, but allow you an option to print list if you would like.

Adam, please forgive me if I misunderstood you, but that is how I am reading what you communicated.

Both of you have a blessed evening, Carla

Bootjack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129233#Comment_1129233

Thank you so much Carla for that explanation. That makes sense although it will be nice to see Adam confirm it. Appreciate you coming in on this.

Andrew Batishko

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129244#Comment_1129244

Thank you so much Carla for that explanation. That makes sense although it will be nice to see Adam confirm it. Appreciate you coming in on this.

Yes, Carla is correct.

Joey Midgett

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129265#Comment_1129265

I was trying out this new feature and added a couple of books to my reading plan and all was going well. Then I added "24 Hour Counselor" and Logos crashed to desktop. Now every time I start Logos it gets to the Home screen, loading my Home page, and then crashes to the desktop before it finishes loading. Please help.

Joey Midgett

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129346#Comment_1129346

Just as a note, I have rebooted my system and it is still doing this.

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129346#Comment_1129346

Now every time I start Logos it gets to the Home screen, loading my Home page, and then crashes to the desktop before it finishes loading. Please help.

Sorry to hear this Joey

Please start a new thread in this forum so your issue doesn't get lost in this announcement thread.

And please enable diagnostic logging and posts logs to that new thread (using the paperclip icon). Details at https://wiki.logos.com/Diagnostic_Logging

Bootjack

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129265#Comment_1129265

Thank you again Carla and to you Andrew for confirming that. "In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established" - ;-)

Joey Midgett

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129414#Comment_1129414

Now every time I start Logos it gets to the Home screen, loading my Home page, and then crashes to the desktop before it finishes loading. Please help.

Sorry to hear this Joey

Please start a new thread in this forum so your issue doesn't get lost in this announcement thread.

And please enable diagnostic logging and posts logs to that new thread (using the paperclip icon). Details at https://wiki.logos.com/Diagnostic_Logging

I reinstalled and all is fine now

Graham Criddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129460#Comment_1129460

I reinstalled and all is fine now

That's good to hear - thanks for letting us know.

Pastor Don Carpenter

** Bug?**

When I create a new reading plan for monographs... if I put a different start date than today... once I finish creating the plan it changes everything back as though I had requested today. I then have to hit the edit button and put the desired start date again. Sometimes I have to do that several times for it to stick.

cshover8669

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129886#Comment_1129886

** Bug?**

When I create a new reading plan for monographs... if I put a different start date than today... once I finish creating the plan it changes everything back as though I had requested today. I then have to hit the edit button and put the desired start date again. Sometimes I have to do that several times for it to stick.

I had the same problem yesterday when trying to create a simple Bible reading plan. I never did get it to stick and gave up after half an hour of trying.

Carla

Joseph Luna

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1129474#Comment_1129474

I'm having all kinds of problems in trying to reset my reading program to a different translation which by the way, I already started a few months ago. No matter what I try to do, it reverts to today. it is very frustrating.

George Simopoulos

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130249#Comment_1130249

I am really glad to see the devs at Faithlife taking a renewed look at the reading plan functionality. It is one of the most underrated features in my opinion and one which really helps to provide structure to people who need/want to follow a reading regiment.

I think the L9 update is a great addition but I think it would really benefit from a couple small additions. I might pose it as a suggestion, but I'd like to hear some other people's thoughts.

I would really like to see some of the customization features that you get from the reading plan tool in the docs menu, but displayed in a more user friendly way.

For instance, include an option for "read x pages a day" and "finish by x day" and maybe offer an option for reading plans that break reading sessions along subheadings instead of chapters. Since books are formatted in so many configurations, having a reading plan that is chapter-focused may not lead to the best plan. Some books have 3 page chapters, and you would probably want to read more than one each day. Conversely, some books have 120 page chapters but plenty of subheadings that could guide your reading sessions.

Joseph Luna

I’m having all kinds of issues with editing my Reading Plan. Whether I want to switch translations or simply edit my plan, it reverts to today’s date. Is this glitch taking place across the board? Thanks.

George Simopoulos

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130399#Comment_1130399

I also am having that problem. Also, in dark mode when the update bar appears, it comes up as an unreadable yellow bar with white text.

George Simopoulos

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130399#Comment_1130399

I am also having that problem. Also I'm having some issues with dark mode. When the update bar appears, it comes up as an unreadable yellow bar with white text. See below.

George Simopoulos

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130399#Comment_1130399

I am also having issue with the day automatically changing to today. Also, can we do something about the unreadable yellow bar with white text.

Philana R. Crouch

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1130249#Comment_1130249

I'm having all kinds of problems in trying to reset my reading program to a different translation which by the way, I already started a few months ago. No matter what I try to do, it reverts to today. it is very frustrating.

Hi Joseph,

We are working on fixing this issue. Thanks for letting us know about it.

Nelson Morales Fredes

Hi. In the pretty new Logos 9, the readings calendar is not shown properly in Mac. Actually, it is not shown at all.

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1131042#Comment_1131042

I was wondering if the Logos Help documentation on reading plans could be updated. My post was a long one so I posted it in a different thread.

https://community.logos.com/forums/t/195895.aspx

rog

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1132912#Comment_1132912

I love the new reading plan update. Finally, I can put something meaningful into the reading plan the way I design it. Thank you.

I have created a past reading plan into a note and that worked fine, however, I like the reading plan update and wonder is there a way to import a reading plan into Logos 9? I don't want to retype it all over again, as it is about 4 bible chapters a day, all year. (LIFE Journal Reading Plan).

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1132912#Comment_1132912

I was wondering if the Logos Help documentation on reading plans could be updated. My post was a long one so I posted it in a different thread.

https://community.logos.com/forums/t/195895.aspx

How could the two wiki's be updated i.e. what needs to be clearer?

Wiki (Advanced): https://wiki.logos.com/reading_plans

Wiki (Basic): https://wiki.logos.com/Reading_Plan_$28Basics$29

Mattillo

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1135015#Comment_1135015

I was wondering if the Logos Help documentation on reading plans could be updated. My post was a long one so I posted it in a different thread.

https://community.logos.com/forums/t/195895.aspx

How could the two wiki's be updated i.e. what needs to be clearer?

Wiki (Advanced): https://wiki.logos.com/reading_plans

Wiki (Basic): https://wiki.logos.com/Reading_Plan_$28Basics$29

To reflect the questions I asked in the linked post. I know wiki is a free guide but I really feel that Logos needs to explain how better to build your own custom reading plans and/or layout what is possible and what is not. There are some great reading plan examples in the advanced section but I had difficulty figuring out how to do one. The answers were not obvious to me but my bulb is dimming as life moves on

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1135018#Comment_1135018

Most of your questions are answered in the Basic Wiki:

1. concerns a Plan from Todd Chipman, where you had the basic idea for use of | to indicate the readings that had to occur together, but it is a demanding task to input all the readings as he gives them.

2.Kevin answered that quite well i.e. you enter the readings in the sequence given, but you can't guarantee they will be read on the same day as Todd's plan. If you set the plan to read every day except Sunday for one year, you could get close. But it is a daunting plan to try to emulate. The wiki gives you the basics and you have to experiment to see what works.

3. You enter passages as described in the wiki i.e. in the box "New reference range". If you first typed the passages into an external document (a good idea!), copy it and paste into the "New reference range" box. A Passage List can't contain the nuance of the pipe | character (Point 1).

4. The Basic wiki explains how to enter days in the week..

So you need to explain what was not clear in the Basic wiki

RyanB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1128927#Comment_1128927

How does the read later list work? There are no videos on it and all the training site does is mention it.

You can click on desktop and mobile but both those videos seem older and don't explain it.

From site:

Logos 9 introduces a new workflow for creating reading plans that is optimized for reading books chapter-by-chapter at your own pace. To access this new reading plan builder, select a resource in the Library, then click Start reading plan in the Library's information panel.

The Read Later list in the Logos mobile app allows you to create a queue of books you'd like to read in the future. In the Logos desktop application, you can find and manage books on your Read Later list via the tag #ReadLater.

Hey Matillo, I had the same question and couldn't find an answer in this thread. You probably already had your question answered elsewhere, but just in case others had the same question, I found the answer in this post:

"Read Later is currently only available on our mobile app. However, when you add something to the Read Later list on mobile, we add a special tag to that resource (#ReadLater). You can view what books have this tag on desktop by visiting the library and filtering down to that tag. You can also add that tag on desktop to any resource that you want to have show up in the Read Later list on mobile.

If we hear from users that they enjoy the Read Later list on mobile, we'll likely bring it to desktop as well."