Is it Possible to get a Shared Link to open the Desktop App

The links that I share with friends from Logos will direct to the web app. Is there a way to get a link to direct to the desktop app instead?

Here is an example of shared link.

THE VARIOUS POSITIONS OF THE ARK

https://biblia.com/books/hndflsprpssl/V 2, p 106

Shared from Logos Bible Software https://www.logos.com

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JT (alabama24)

https://biblia.com/

This link is to a website. Within logos, you can use a logosres link (first one). I believe that the second link will take you to the desktop app.

logosres:becnt65ac;ref=Bible.Ac6.3;off=114
https://ref.ly/logosres/becnt65ac?ref=Bible.Ac6.3&off=114

Dave Hooton

Is there a way to get a link to direct to the desktop app instead?

Here is an example of shared link.

THE VARIOUS POSITIONS OF THE ARK

https://biblia.com/books/hndflsprpssl/V 2, p 106

The direct L4 link from the desktop app is logosres:hndflsprpssl;ref=VolumePage.V_2,_p_106 e.g. click VARIOUS POSITIONS OF THE ARK

It will work if you share the address in a browser (as above), Word, or Outlook email. If it does not work you have to use the URL link: https://ref.ly/logosres/hndflsprpssl?ref=VolumePage.V+2%2c+p+106 which goes to a web page first.

David Thomas

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1250400#Comment_1250400

The direct L4 link from the desktop app

This is nomenclature in the UI that needs to change. I can understand having an "L4" folder on my hard drive because of backward compatibility, but I'm thinking the "L4" label in the Copy Location as could be updated.

Jerry T

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1250373#Comment_1250373

Thank you for the response.

I got the biblia.com link by right clicking on the title "The Various Positions of the Ark" and choosing the email option from the options.

Where did you get these two links?

logosres:becnt65ac;ref=Bible.Ac6.3;off=114
https://ref.ly/logosres/becnt65ac?ref=Bible.Ac6.3&off=114

Thanks again!

Jerry T

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1250495#Comment_1250495

Got the answer...

I found this help topic:

https://support.logos.com/hc/en-us/articles/360022299852-How-do-I-create-links-to-content-in-Logos-

Looks like the URL option is the best one. I don't quite understand what the L4 is? I text the L4 to myself but it doesn't create any kind of clickable link.

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1250498#Comment_1250498

I don't quite understand what the L4 is? I text the L4 to myself but it doesn't create any kind of clickable link.

Because you have to create a hyperlink using that as the address e.g. select some text (e.g. See this wiki, below) and paste the L4 address into the Insert/Edit link box of the Forum. See this wiki.

I gave the example above where logosres:hndflsprpssl;ref=VolumePage.V_2,_p_106 was used to create the hyperlink VARIOUS POSITIONS OF THE ARK.

Stephen D. Oliver

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1250400#Comment_1250400

Thank you, Dave!

How do you get that specific type of link when in the Desktop app?

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1322820#Comment_1322820

Thank you, Dave!

How do you get that specific type of link when in the Desktop app?

The L4 link is being deprecated in Logos, but:

The old resource toolbar (non-subscription users) is unchanged as far as I know, so you still use L4.

Subscription users choose Share > Copy link in the new Resource toolbar (equivalent to URL), but non-resource panels still have the L4 link in their menu.

Dr. Charles A. Wootten

So far, no one has mentioned the trick to do this. This is all done using ALT+F9 when using Windows. I don't know how it is done on a Mac.

Here's an example:

"The sixth commandment (Exodus 20:13) prohibits the taking of another human life."

Using ALT+F9 it looks like this; "https://ref.ly/logosref/Bible.Ex20.13"

Should this link work here on the Forum, you will wind up at https://biblia.com/bible/exodus/20/13.

Before using ALT+F9 you will wind up at the desktop app as in the following example:

"The whole of this discussion (Matthew 6:1–18) can be summed up in this question: “Who’s your primary audience?”"

When using ALT+F9 this link looks like this: "https://ref.ly/logosres/nlt?ref=BibleNLT.Mt6.1-18."

Here's how I do it. It may look complicated but after a while it's accomplished by "muscle memory."

LOGOS software will do the heavy lifting. Opening a favorite Bible I simply highlight the full reference in the reference box, then using my keyboard I simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+C, highlight where I want the link in my document, tap CTRL+K to make the link, then tap SHIFT+INSERT (same as CTRL+V) in the provided box, click OK. And there you have it.

Supposing I want my reader to link to his preferred Bible (or any reference) rather than what I'm using I use a SEARCH and REPLACE (after pressing ALT+F9) like this:

SEARCH FOR ALL INSTANCES OF:

https://ref.ly/logosres:nlt;ref=BibleNLT.
https://ref.ly/logosres/nlt?ref=BibleNLT.

REPLACE WITH:

https://ref.ly/logosref/Bible.

If I am not mistaken this works with any reference that can be edited to suit your purposes.

Hope this helps.

God bless

{charley}

Dave Hooton

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1323357#Comment_1323357

So far, no one has mentioned the trick to do this. This is all done using ALT+F9 when using Windows. I don't know how it is done on a Mac.

Here's an example:

"The sixth commandment (Exodus 20:13) prohibits the taking of another human life."

Using ALT+F9 it looks like this; "https://ref.ly/logosref/Bible.Ex20.13"

I don't understand how you "use" ALT+F9 on the quoted text, and it is not a Windows keyboard shortcut for Logos.

LOGOS software will do the heavy lifting. Opening a favorite Bible I simply highlight the full reference in the reference box, then using my keyboard I simultaneously press CTRL+ALT+C, highlight where I want the link in my document, tap CTRL+K to make the link, then tap SHIFT+INSERT (same as CTRL+V) in the provided box, click OK. And there you have it.

That is standard for most hyperlinks (except for the SHIFT+INSERT). For Bible references I prefer:

select the text for the link in my document e.g. in a clipping
click on the chain-link icon in the edit toolbar (same as CTRL+K), then
type Mt6.1-18 (or any equivalent bible expression)
tap Enter

Dr. Charles A. Wootten

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1323484#Comment_1323484

Hi Dave... I didn't expect anyone to comment so I wandered off for a few days. heh... The ALT+F9 is a MS Word function. I can see in my original post where I left a ---- out when talking about that function. My apologies!

Thanks for the extra hints!

{charley}

Richard Patton

Why did logos remove all options except the one that goes to the web site? I want the links to open my app. I don't always have internet access.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1371070#Comment_1371070

In the latest version of Logos, ref.ly links will open your installed desktop application directly and not go to the website. A longer announcement and explanation is here:

https://community.logos.com/discussion/244504/changes-to-logos4-links-coming-to-v39-and-v40

Richard Patton

That is not my experience. The ref.ly links ALWAYS try to go to to biblia.com. If I don't have an internet connection I get an error to that effect.