Auto open devotional to today's date

Scott
Scott Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
edited January 19 in English Forum

I bought a devotional, Streams in the Desert, and when I first opened it, it opened to the dsys date-- April 13. I thought that was a great feature, so I saved the layout and named it 'Devotional'. Unfortunately, every time I open this saved layout, the Streams in the Desert devotional opens to April 13.

How can I get Streams in the Desert to automatically open to the current day's date every time?

Thanks!

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,878
    Answer ✓
    1. Open layouts menu
    2. hover over daily devotional to see check mark on right
    3. click on check mark and select restore default layout
    4. Modify the default layout to meet your needs
    5. Save current layout

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • Scott
    Scott Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭

    Y'all don't know the answer do y'all?

    Shoud I tag a FL employee or something? If so, how? I would prefer to leave them alone though. They gotta work on that AI and resouurce launching stuff.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,878

    @Scott

    Y'all don't know the answer do y'all?

    Actually, I know the answer but didn't see the original question. You need to start with the QuickStart Layout for Daily Devotional, replacing the daily devotional it has built in with Streams in the Desert. Save it. This layout has the automatic match date feature built in.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Mark Allison
    Mark Allison Member Posts: 748 ✭✭✭

    Sorry for the newbie question, but where do you access the QuickStart Layout for Daily Devotional?

  • Yasmin Stephen
    Yasmin Stephen Member Posts: 1,600 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1351584#Comment_1351584

    In Layouts, check on the left.

  • Mark Allison
    Mark Allison Member Posts: 748 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1351592#Comment_1351592

    Thanks Yasmin!

  • Scott
    Scott Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1351562#Comment_1351562

    Well, I did what you said and it worked great at first. Thank you for that. But now it's stuck on Jan 3!

    Any ideas what I did wrong? I just know I removed the default devotional and added Streams in the Desert and then did the right click and 'Save layout as current' in Layouts.

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,878

    You can't remove the default devotional - that layout contains the logic for today's date. You update it to reflect the devotional of your choice and other modifications.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Scott
    Scott Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭

    Ok, well, how do I start over and try again?

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,878
    Answer ✓
    1. Open layouts menu
    2. hover over daily devotional to see check mark on right
    3. click on check mark and select restore default layout
    4. Modify the default layout to meet your needs
    5. Save current layout

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Scott
    Scott Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1352652#Comment_1352652

    Ah, that check box is hard for us low vision folks to see. Thanks!

    Just to be sure by "Save current layout" you mean right click 'Daily Devotional' and selecting 'Update layout as current'?

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,878

    yes

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Scott
    Scott Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1352652#Comment_1352652

    Well, you were right about everything except one thing: when opening up the Daily Devotional quick start, it still does not open up to the new day's date. Mine is currently stuck on Jan 8. On this point, I would like to tag a FL employee. Can someone tag them for me?

    However, after I open DD quickstart up and it is on Jan 8, I have foound a quick way to get it to the correct day. Simply press the [End] key then the [Home] key. Correct day! Very quirky and unintuitive.

    So about that FL employee...

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,878

    I've tagged it as a bug so it should be looked at by FL

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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