Antony Brennan said:

i finnd thet awtoe  carrect is basikally useloss 

Eye sea watt ewe meen.

This is almost as exciting as a new Logos version launch! lol

Jason Stone (Logos) said:

Hello Logos Community!

I’m Jason Stone, Senior Community Manager at Logos. We’ve got some major updates rolling out to our forums in the coming weeks, and I’d like to give you a glimpse of what’s ahead.

We’ve been listening closely to your feedback and working behind the scenes to create a more efficient and user-friendly experience. These updates will make it easier for you to connect with fellow users, fully leverage our products, share your suggestions with us, and stay up to date with the latest company news.

What’s Changing?

Over the next few weeks, you’ll notice a significant transformation in our forums. While the design and capabilities will be enhanced, this is much more than just a facelift—we’re building a more powerful platform to serve you better. Here’s what you can expect:

• Improved Forums: We’re making it easier for you to engage with other Logos users, share insights on Bible study, product tips, and much more. Whether you’re a pastor, student, or layperson, we want to strengthen the sense of community that makes Logos so special. You can expect new features like user tagging, reaction options for posts, improved mobile usability, and more!

• A Space for Your Voice: We plan to integrate product feedback (from feedback.logos.com) into the forums! This new platform will make it easier to submit product suggestions and feedback, with the ability to upvote and comment, empowering you to play an active role in shaping the future of Logos.

• Search and Stay Informed: Whether it’s company announcements or product updates, we’ll make sure you have the latest information right at your fingertips. You’ll be able to search across forum posts, product suggestions, support articles, and release notes, and even subscribe to notifications in different categories.

• Access to Support Material: Finding help for Logos, Verbum, or Proclaim will be quicker and easier than ever. We’re consolidating support materials so you can find answers in one place, without needing to search across multiple platforms or contact support. And if you do need help, our team will still be here for you.

Brief Downtime Coming

As we finalize these changes, there will be a short period of downtime. We understand this might cause some inconvenience, but we’re committed to keeping you informed every step of the way. We’ll provide updates both here on the forums and at status.faithlife.com.

If you need assistance during this brief downtime, don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team at logos.com/contact. We’ll be ready to assist with any urgent issues.

Looking Ahead

These updates are all about serving you better. We want to help you connect, learn, and grow with Logos more effectively than ever. Our community is built on a shared love for God’s Word and a passion for deepening our understanding through digital tools. These changes are designed to help you make the most of every product, resource, and feature we offer.

Thank you for being such an important part of this community and for helping us make it even better. I can’t wait for you to experience the improvements ahead. Let’s keep growing, learning, and sharing together!

Stay tuned for more updates—and thank you for your continued support!

Best regards,

Jason Stone

AM or PM?

Maria said:

Looking forward to this! 

Same

Jason Stone (Logos) said:

Fabian said:

BTW do you have seen my other wishes?

Hello, friend! Unless I missed something, I think this is a quick summary of your wishes. I will see what I can address here, but it is important to note that we are approaching launch so what we can or cannot address at this point is a bit limited. At the moment, our focus is preparing everything for launch rather than tweaking features but we will continue the discussion of how to improve the forums after launch so please do not be shy!

1. Faster site loading times. The forums are designed to be faster loading; we should be good here!
2. Fixing the “Last” button bug, where it occasionally takes users to the first post. If you see this persist, please be sure to let me know!
3. A feature to jump to the first unread post when revisiting threads. The new community treats read/unread a bit differently, focusing more on resolved/unresolved or answered/unanswered inquiries. We do anticipate an adjustment in how community members subscribe to or browse "latest posts" or "unanswered queries" but I'm confident we can quickly jump to unresolved matters to get everybody the support that they need.
4. Private messaging between users. You likely saw this addressed above. At present, we do not plan to release this at relaunch of our community.
5. Enhanced search capabilities, including user search, case sensitivity, whole-word search, and improved “AND” search functionality. There will be improvements around search, but I will need to confirm if it supports what you are describing. It sounds like you would like it to include what is commonly termed "boolean search". I'll look into this.
6. Easier navigation for replying to multiple posts within a thread. With the addition of tagging users directly with the @ sign, this might help to target your responses at specific community members while drawing from multiple posts within a thread. Comments in the new environment also support the quote feature, as we're used to using in the current environment. Tagging users and quoting their comments should allow the flexibility that you're looking for.

Please let me know if I've missed anything at all, Fabian. Thank you.

1. Mmmh. I answered, but the post seems to be lost. Once again. This is also a frequent issue. Now I'm not sure if I don't miss one.
2. Dark Mode
3. To 5. Yes, Boolean would be great. Whole word. Case-Sensitive.
4. By answering seeing more than the last post. Nowadays I have often two instances open to see the full thread.
5. Hide our profile from the internet. Google, Bing etc. don't have to see who's participating.

Thanks

Jason Stone (Logos) said:

Fabian said:

1. Mmmh. I answered, but the post seems to be lost. Once again. This is also a frequent issue. Now I'm not sure if I don't miss one.
2. Dark Mode
3. To 5. Yes, Boolean would be great. Whole word. Case-Sensitive.
4. By answering seeing more than the last post. Nowadays I have often two instances open to see the full thread.
5. Hide our profile from the internet. Google, Bing etc. don't have to see who's participating.

Thanks

Hello Fabian!

1. I'm sorry about that! I hope that doesn't happen in our new space.  
2. The new community environment will not support dark mode at launch.
3. While it support improved search, it does not support boolean search at the moment.
4. I do hope that navigation and usability improves for you in the new community hub!
5. Community members can choose whether to make their profile public or private.

Blessings,

Jason

Hello Jason,

Thanks. 

To 2. hopefully later. As I read often in the night in the forums.

To 3. Foremost the AND is necessary, or a similar feature to narrow the search. Currently it does the opposite of than with multiple words in it. Or you do the AND as default. So if I want to search for two words I have to run two searches. But if I want to have only what matches the query then I can do it. Or a phrase. Maybe the use of " " could be added.

6. A self reload function. So no need to reload the site. Especially on the homepage of the forums.

Thanks

Fabian

JT (alabama24) said:

I personally don't want to be contacted by strangers and have no desire for "personal messages" in the forums. 

Same here.

I hope the change goes wonderfully smooth and this picture does not become a meme.

scooter said:

JT (alabama24) said:

I personally don't want to be contacted by strangers and have no desire for "personal messages" in the forums. 

Same here.

But you might miss out on that large inheritance that you will get if you provide your account information.... 

Fabian said:

Jason Stone (Logos) said:

Fabian said:

1. Mmmh. I answered, but the post seems to be lost. Once again. This is also a frequent issue. Now I'm not sure if I don't miss one.
2. Dark Mode
3. To 5. Yes, Boolean would be great. Whole word. Case-Sensitive.
4. By answering seeing more than the last post. Nowadays I have often two instances open to see the full thread.
5. Hide our profile from the internet. Google, Bing etc. don't have to see who's participating.

Thanks

Next wish:-) The Reader function would be great. So I don't have to move all the time the website on the iPhone to read. Currently it is not funny to read. 

Thanks.

Hello Fabian!

1. I'm sorry about that! I hope that doesn't happen in our new space.  
2. The new community environment will not support dark mode at launch.
3. While it support improved search, it does not support boolean search at the moment.
4. I do hope that navigation and usability improves for you in the new community hub!
5. Community members can choose whether to make their profile public or private.

Blessings,

Jason

Hello Jason,

Thanks. 

To 2. hopefully later. As I read often in the night in the forums.

To 3. Foremost the AND is necessary, or a similar feature to narrow the search. Currently it does the opposite of than with multiple words in it. Or you do the AND as default. So if I want to search for two words I have to run two searches. But if I want to have only what matches the query then I can do it. Or a phrase. Maybe the use of " " could be added.

6. A self reload function. So no need to reload the site. Especially on the homepage of the forums.

Thanks

Fabian

So, the forums won't be down this week?

Fabian said:

Fabian said:

Jason Stone (Logos) said:

Fabian said:

1. Mmmh. I answered, but the post seems to be lost. Once again. This is also a frequent issue. Now I'm not sure if I don't miss one.
2. Dark Mode
3. To 5. Yes, Boolean would be great. Whole word. Case-Sensitive.
4. By answering seeing more than the last post. Nowadays I have often two instances open to see the full thread.
5. Hide our profile from the internet. Google, Bing etc. don't have to see who's participating.

Thanks

Next wish:-) The Reader function would be great. So I don't have to move all the time the website on the iPhone to read. Currently it is not funny to read. 

Thanks.

Hello Fabian!

1. I'm sorry about that! I hope that doesn't happen in our new space.  
2. The new community environment will not support dark mode at launch.
3. While it support improved search, it does not support boolean search at the moment.
4. I do hope that navigation and usability improves for you in the new community hub!
5. Community members can choose whether to make their profile public or private.

Blessings,

Jason

Hello Jason,

Thanks. 

To 2. hopefully later. As I read often in the night in the forums.

To 3. Foremost the AND is necessary, or a similar feature to narrow the search. Currently it does the opposite of than with multiple words in it. Or you do the AND as default. So if I want to search for two words I have to run two searches. But if I want to have only what matches the query then I can do it. Or a phrase. Maybe the use of " " could be added.

6. A self reload function. So no need to reload the site. Especially on the homepage of the forums.

Thanks

Fabian

And again the content is away.

Again: The Reader function isn't working on the forum. Especially on the iPhone I have to move all the time around to read the posts.

Thanks

Hello Jason, 

again something. 

1. The AA buttons on the Safari don't work properly. It increase  or decrease the whole forum, like an image, instead of the font alone. Be sure to check this too.

2. May bigger files to upload. Some Screenshots are bigger since the HDPI or Retina screens. Also some PBB's are to big for the current software.

Thanks

Fabian

Fabian said:

If I search for a user to see his/her content. Or to search in it. Then please more than 5 pages. I can see my own last posts only for 5 pages. What if I want to see what have posted one year ago? Impossible right now. 

 

An image of my own profile. I have definitely more content than the 5 pages.

Thanks.

Is that screenshot actually from your own posts? Because when I look at your posts, it has  "Last" next to "5" which takes me to page 37. Also, when I click on page 5, it then allows me to go up to page 7 directly, etc.

Also, I am not sure why we talk now about shortcomings of this forum software, when the new software is coming very soon. (With its own shortcomings, no doubt. Wouldn't it be really bad if there was nothing to complain about! (Just kidding))

Hello Jason,

I have again 2 improvements. 

1. A preview where we can see how out posts would look like. Some have this. So we can check before sending. But to be honest this has more the forum software which allows BBCode.

2. A view of all images we uploaded. Some have this too. For example I can remember how the image looked like, to find the post again. This would have been recently nice to give answer to Bradley, but I couldn't find the post per text, but I can remember how the image has looked like.

Thanks.

Fabian 

Bernhard said:

Fabian said:

A preview where we can see how out posts would look like.

There is already a "Preview" button (at the top of the screen), unless you use "Quick Reply".

I've never noticed that before...lol

Hello Jason,

I have again wishes.

1. Undone works, Means Command+Z on the Mac. But it is not possible now to use Command+Shift+Z. 

2. A forum for reporting bug, etc. Monitored by the developers itself. Currently I have used the Beta Forum for that. 

Thanks

Hello Jason,

I'm not sure if I have mentioned the following already.

I wanted to search in the 

FEEDBACK WANTED: New Resource Toolbar on Desktop

thread. But I don't see a feature to only search in this thread. Means if you have a tree, and you do a search then the search should search only the the tree to the branches. Not the whole forum. Or if you are in the tree, then a feature to search broader. 

BTW this is one of my biggest concern in Logos itself. If I search in the Inline search then only the actual resource should be searched, with an option to search broader, this would more focus on the actual resource.