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blog/100-facebook-fans.rst
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.. title: 100 Facebook Fans!
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.. slug: 2009/12/31/100-facebook-fans
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.. date: 2009-12-31 20:12:21 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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OpenLP has hit another milestone with 100 Facebook fans! This is yet
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another sign of OpenLP's growing popularity. 2009 has been a great year
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for OpenLP. Version 1 has seen updates and is better than ever and
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version 2 is coming along nicely with many of the frequently requested
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new features and an overall improved look and feel. As more and more
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churches move to using media to enhance their worship experiences it
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only stands to reason that the popularity of OpenLP will continue to
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increase. What will 2010 bring to OpenLP world? A release of 2.0? 200
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fans on Facebook? 500? perhaps even 1,000 Facebook fans? Whatever
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happens it is great to see that OpenLP is gaining in popularity and also
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helping Christians all over the world worship Him more effectively.
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If you're not already a fan, why don't you head over to our Facebook
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Page and become a fan! Don't forget to follow OpenLP on Twitter, and add
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the RSS feed to your aggregator! We also have a group on Facebook, and a
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group on LinkedIn.
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blog/1000-facebook-fans.rst
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.. title: 1,000 Facebook Fans!
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.. slug: 2011/09/14/1000-facebook-fans
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.. date: 2011-09-14 11:09:12 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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It is time once again for an OpenLP head count. 1,000 Facebook fans is a
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huge sign of the people who use and support OpenLP. While, of course, we
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aren’t exactly getting scientific here, it is great to know that OpenLP
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is helping out churches literally all across the world.
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The OpenLP Beta 2 release has been out for a while now is working very
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well . I know it has been working very well for our church. Further
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improvements are scheduled for the next beta release that will be out
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soon. As always your input is need, in bug reports, testing, and
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spreading the word about OpenLP.
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We can also especially use the help of Mac users. The developers and
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testers for the most part do not have a great deal of access to Mac
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hardware. If you are a Mac user and have time your help would be greatly
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appreciated. The hope is that OpenLP will be running on OS X Lion on the
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release after the upcoming release (1.9.8). Currently OpenLP does not
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run on Lion due to known issues.
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Another thing to look forward to in coming releases is improved
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multimedia support. I know this has been an issue for many users, me
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included. Don't fear help is on the way. It may be a few months before
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this is completely resolved but there is a huge effort to get media
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support working properly in OpenLP on all platforms for all users.
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We are extremly grateful for all those users of OpenLP that have left a
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message of thanks and support. I know this is a great uplift to the
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developers who are tirelessly working on this project in their spare
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time. Also, if you need support there are several options for you. You
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can always drop an email to support at openlp.org, or chat at #openlp on
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freenode, and you can use the convenient web chat. We are also still
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working on documentation for version to so be sure to check it out also.
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The community at OpenLP is always growing. If you would like to get
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involved in developing, testing, documentation. or support, come join in
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today and help us make OpenLP even better.
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blog/120-a-bug-or-2.rst
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.. title: 1.2.0 - A bug or 2 :)
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.. slug: 2009/10/03/120-a-bug-or-2
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.. date: 2009-10-03 13:10:26 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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Well, it would appear as if there are 1 or 2 small (?) issues that I
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missed in my testing. Firstly, it's important to select a monitor in
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the First Run Wizard. Failure to do so will result in an error message,
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but the software will still run fine afterwards.
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Secondly, in some cases, the Search Button in the Bible Verse Lookup
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goes missing.
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I plan to make these corrections in the next few days and release an
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update. Feel free to try and find as many bugs as you can in 1.2.0 so
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we can make 1.2.1 bug free :D
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Derek.
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blog/200-and-counting.rst
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.. title: 200 and Counting!
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.. slug: 2010/02/08/200-and-counting
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.. date: 2010-02-08 21:02:38 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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The milestones for OpenLP keep on coming. Today we reached 200 Facebook
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fans! Excitement is building for the release of version 2.0, and version
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1 has been receiving some nice improvements over the last few months.
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There have also been some comments about users leaving high priced
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software and coming to OpenLP. With the economic situation today more
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and more churches are turning to OpenLP because of cost. After turning
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to OpenLP many are being pleasantly surprised at how well it competes
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and in many cases performs better than its high priced alternatives.
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With the buzz ever increasing we look forward to the next 100 fans and
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enabling more churches to enhance their worship and their ministries.
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If you're not already a fan, why don't you head over to ourFacebook Page
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and become a fan! Don't forget to follow OpenLP on Twitter, and add the
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RSS feed to your aggregator! We also have a group on Facebook, and a
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group on LinkedIn.
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blog/350-fans-and-counting.rst
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.. title: 350 Fans and counting!
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.. slug: 2010/05/05/350-fans-and-counting
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.. date: 2010-05-05 17:05:57 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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OpenLP has hit yet another milestone, 350 Facebook Fans. While not
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scientific, it appears that OpenLP's popularity is ever increasing as
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the developers continue chugging along with version 2. There are
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constant improvements being made, feature request being filled, and I
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think the developers even find time to sleep and have a life on
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occasion.
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As you can see OpenLP 2 is running very nicely on Ubuntu.
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Please be advised that version 2.0 is still in the alpha stage. It will
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likely crash and do strange things without warning, so we can use all
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the testers that have the time to try things out. If you are interested
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in trying out OpenLP 2.0 check out the FAQ . It would not be advised to
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depend on version 2.0 for your every day needs just yet.
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Please try OpenLP 2.0 out and help us make it the best release possible.
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Also, feel free to join us in chat anytime.
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blog/500-facebook-fans.rst
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.. title: 500 Facebook fans!
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.. slug: 2010/09/12/500-facebook-fans
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.. date: 2010-09-12 19:09:03 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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With OpenLP version 2.0 development heading fast to another alpha
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release, the popularity of OpenLP seems to also be rising. Granted,
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using Facebook as a popularity meter may not be the best way to tell,
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but seems pretty good to us. One of the most notable changes that has
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happened recently has been major changes to the output display. With the
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next release you should see working text over video, text enhancements
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(bold text, text colors, etc) and spell checking. I really look forward
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to the spell checking because there is something pretty embarrassing
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about looking up from the stage on Sunday morning realizing that you
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misspelled something.
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The songs plug in has also seen some improvements. Alternate song titles
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are now working and also the ability to link media files to songs.
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Personally I have also been playing around with the remote plug in. It
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has a lot of uses but one that I have seen is using it for nursery
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workers to flash something on screen when they may need a little
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parental help.
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OpenLP from a user's standpoint has really come a long way in the last
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few months. I came to OpenLP from using a rather expensive “boxed”
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software solution and OpenLP is set to absolutely blow it out of the
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water for features and not to mention price. Then combine that with the
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relatively low system requirements versus the others, and its simply
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amazing what OpenLP is set to accomplish.
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We can always use testers, especially as OpenLP nears completion. Please
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check out the download section of the site to download the latest alpha
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release. For more information on 2.0 check out the OpenLP 2.0 specific
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section of the forum and always feel free to hangout with many
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developers and users in chat on #openlp.org on freenode or check out the
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webchat option.
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.. title: 750 Facebook Fans!
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.. slug: 2011/04/17/750-facebook-fans
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.. date: 2011-04-17 20:04:03 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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It's difficult to tell just how popular an open source project is, but
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with OpenLP's Facebook following growing it seems safe to say that
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OpenLP's popularity is also growing. Version 2.0 is really starting to
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look like a mature finished product. The recent release of the first
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beta has been very positive. We are now suggesting that all new users
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start out with 2.0 Beta 1, since support has now officially ended for
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the 1.x series and 2.0 has reached a very stable point in its
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development.
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The OpenLP community is constantly growing and changing. We can always
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use an extra hand as OpenLP is a large project. We could especially use
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assistance writing the documentation for version 2.0. The developers are
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working hard to make sure that OpenLP is not just an alternative to
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commercial software but that it is a superior option. Part of being a
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superior product is having great documentation and support. If you are
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like me and not a programmer but would like to help out, maybe assisting
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with documentation is a place you can help out. If documentation is not
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for you, but you are good at helping others we can always use help
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answering questions in the forums or providing support in IRC.
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Since I am someone whose church has been blessed by the developers of
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OpenLP I would like to also take a moment to thank them for their hard
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work and dedication. It is rare, even in the Christian world, for a
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group of people to set out to do something with no hope of physical or
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monetary reward. The developers of OpenLP truly are doing this by making
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this product available to all and asking nothing in return. As we enter
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the Easter season may we all be more like this and ultimately learn from
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Christ selflessness as he gave himself for us who did not deserve it.
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5But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our
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iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and
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with his stripes we are healed.
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Isaiah 53:5, ESV
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.. title: A baby boy...
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.. slug: 2009/12/25/a-baby-boy
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.. date: 2009-12-25 21:12:01 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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At last, after five hours of labour, the new mother was resting with her
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newborn son gently nursing while her husband was taking care of the last
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few things after the birth. It hadn't been an easy day and she was glad
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that it was over.
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After a number of days' travel, they had reached their destination, the
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so-called "City of David." However, even after the journey was over,
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they struggled to find accommodation. Eventually, an old innkepper,
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seeing a heavily pregnant woman, had pity on them and offered them the
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only place he had left open, his stables. And it wasn't over yet, just
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as they settled down, Mary's labour started. Now everything was over,
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and they could finally rest.
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Joseph put the last of the cloths in the bucket of washing water, and
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walked over to his wife. Despite the hour and the preceding labour, her
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face was glowing, and she was happy. He looked down at the boy in his
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wife's arms, and thought back to the miracle of how the Lord had made
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his wife pregnant, despite her being a virgin.
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While this boy was not technically his, Joseph already regarded the baby
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as his own. One day, this little Jesus would save the world, but until
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then, he needed a father here on earth.
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And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And
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she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling
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cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them
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in the inn.
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Luke 2:6-7 ESV
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To all our brothers and sisters in Christ, we wish you a blessed
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Christmas.
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The OpenLP Team.
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.. title: A big idea for the release of openlp.org 1.0
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.. slug: 2007/06/03/a-big-idea-for-the-release-of-openlp-org-1-0
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.. date: 2007-06-03 21:06:17 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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Hi Folks,
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I was in a local Christian bookstore yesterday, and I suddenly thought,
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"What if, for the release of openlp.org 1.0, we make a distribution kit
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for people to distribute openlp.org to churches and to Christian
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bookstores?"
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My idea is basically this: we create a professional distribution kit for
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people to download, burn to CD, and then hand out to churches, Christian
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bookstores, and other places.
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The distribution kit would contain the following:
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A CD ISO image containing the following:
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- A nice autostart screen that opens when the CD is inserted into the
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drive, with a menu to get started.
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- A full manual, including a "Getting Started" guide, in several
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formats.
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- The openlp.org 1.0 installation application, of course.
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A professional-looking CD label for people to print and stick on the CD.
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A professional-looking CD cover for CD cases containing the CD.
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A big poster.
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A smaller poster of sorts.
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A brochure that could be handed out as well.
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If you can think of anything else to add, let me know!
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Of course, to do all of that we'll need a few things:
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- Graphic designer(s) to design the CD label, CD cover, posters,
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brochure and autostart screen.
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- Some technical writers to write the documentation.
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- LOTS of people to distribute openlp.org to their local Christian
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bookstores, churches, and other places.
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So, if you can and would like to help out, please let me know. Use the
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contact page to get into contact with us.
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.. title: A Breathtaking Moment
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.. slug: 2008/12/25/a-breathtaking-moment
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.. date: 2008-12-25 17:12:55 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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They carefully crept into the stable, so as not to wake the baby, and as
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they entered the stable each one gasped a little. "Here he is, this
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child will save us!" whispered one of the herdboys at the back of the
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group to another. A feeling of awe and amazement came over them, and
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they quietly but excitedly went over to the proud father and shook his
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hand, and then gave the young mother a hug.
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It was a breathtaking moment, right there in the stables. This little
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baby, born to a poor carpenter and his young wife, would fulfill all the
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prophecies of countless generations and prophets. The nation had been
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waiting for this moment for more than 600 years.
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As the angel choir withdrew into heaven, the sheepherders talked it
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over. "Let's get over to Bethlehem as fast as we can and see for
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ourselves what God has revealed to us." They left, running, and
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found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger. Seeing was
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believing. They told everyone they met what the angels had said
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about this child. All who heard the sheepherders were impressed.
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Luke 2:15-18 (The Message)
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May the Lord bless you this Christmas, and remind you of what Christmas
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is really all about.
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.. title: A Christian response to Microsoft
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.. slug: 2008/01/07/a-christian-response-to-microsoft
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.. date: 2008-01-07 18:01:39 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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As you may or may not know, my primary desktop system runs Kubuntu
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Linux. I do this because Linux is far more stable, it's virus-free, it
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has far superior security, and in general is more user friendly. It's
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also updated frequently (every 6 months in the case of Kubuntu), any
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security flaws that are found are patched immediately (including my
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system downloading and installing those patches), and it's 100% free to
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boot. As such, I like to promote Linux as an alternative to Windows.
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Recently I came across a "rant" - a person venting their frustration -
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on a Dutch chap's site. It is unlike a normal rant because not only is
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the length of a dissertation, but it's also well thought out and well
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written. Most rants are irrantional, illogical and full of insults; this
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rant was the complete opposite. And what was the rant about? It was
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about Microsoft.
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I urge you to read this document. You can find it at:
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http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS.html. It's a very
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honest and factual essay on Microsoft. As you read it, I encourage you
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to think about what a Christian response to Microsoft would be. Should
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we as Christians actually be using their software? Should we be
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endorsing a company like that through using their software?
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It says in Philippians 4:8-9: "8Finally, brothers, whatever is true,
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whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is
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lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or
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praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or
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received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the
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God of peace will be with you. "
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My question is this: Is Microsoft a company you want to associate with
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as a Christian, as a member of the Church? Are they "true, noble, right,
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pure lovely or admirable"?
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| I would recommend that you show print out this document and show it to
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your pastors and those involved in the leadership of your church. Ask
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them to think about what I've said.
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.. title: A few more stumbling blocks...
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.. slug: 2007/05/15/a-few-more-stumbling-blocks
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.. date: 2007-05-15 08:05:24 UTC
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.. tags:
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.. description:
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Howdy folks...
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We've found a few more bugs, so we haven't released yet. That said and
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done, I think that we will release in this week, even if there are still
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known bugs, just to get the release out there.
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Also, I didn't have the time I thought I would have, since my fiancée
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arrived on Thursday and so I was otherwise occupied. So yes, as if to
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confirm what I already knew, a woman can take up a lot of a man's time -
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||||
not that I'm complaining!
|
||||
41
blog/a-few-things-im-working-on.rst
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41
blog/a-few-things-im-working-on.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
|
||||
.. title: a few things i'm working on...
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/06/18/a-few-things-im-working-on
|
||||
.. date: 2006-06-18 12:06:42 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
hi folks...
|
||||
|
||||
well, for those of you who maybe actually read my blog, here is what is
|
||||
currently happening...
|
||||
|
||||
well, firstly, i'm working on a freelance basis until the end of the
|
||||
month. then i start this job that i was supposed to start in feb of this
|
||||
year. thanks to this company that stuffed me around a bit, my fincances
|
||||
are VERY thin. i'm barely making it financially and any prayer is very
|
||||
much appreciated.
|
||||
|
||||
secondly, i'm very busy otherwise, due to church commitments mainly, and
|
||||
then this freelance work (as any freelancer knows, you're \*always\*
|
||||
working - well, except for sundays). so i have't had much chance to look
|
||||
at openlp.org.
|
||||
|
||||
however, i have had a bit of a look at it, and there are a few things in
|
||||
the pipeline at the moment.
|
||||
|
||||
there's a fairly major "bug". there's a couple of SQL statements which
|
||||
makes large databases with many authors take \*FOREVER\* to load, thus
|
||||
making the program appear to hang when it is started. i'm trying to
|
||||
figure out one query that will do all the work, and quickly, but i never
|
||||
wrote the majority of the code in openlp.org 1.0 and on top of that i
|
||||
have never used sqlite before. so i'm wading through these things, but
|
||||
i'm getting there.
|
||||
|
||||
also, one of the features that has been frequently requested since the
|
||||
0.9x days is multilingual support. this actually looks to be \*fairly\*
|
||||
trivial to implement, so i'm busy with that too at the moment. so
|
||||
hopefully i'll have beta4 out soon with multilingual support in it!
|
||||
|
||||
other than that, i don't have much to say...
|
||||
|
||||
God bless folks!
|
||||
13
blog/a-linux-server-distribution-for-churches.rst
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13
blog/a-linux-server-distribution-for-churches.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
|
||||
.. title: A Linux Server Distribution For Churches?
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/08/19/a-linux-server-distribution-for-churches
|
||||
.. date: 2009-08-19 19:08:48 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
I've just written a blog entry on a blog I take part in for Christians
|
||||
in Open Source Software, and I thought that some folks who use
|
||||
openlp.org might be interested in reading my blog entry, and possibly
|
||||
commenting on it.
|
||||
|
||||
Without further ado, here is the link: A Linux Server Distribution
|
||||
For Churches?
|
||||
27
blog/about-to-start-development-on-version-2-0.rst
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27
blog/about-to-start-development-on-version-2-0.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
|
||||
.. title: about to start development on version 2.0
|
||||
.. slug: 2005/12/27/about-to-start-development-on-version-2-0
|
||||
.. date: 2005-12-27 12:12:33 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
hi all,
|
||||
|
||||
with 1.0 nearly out, i want to start assembling a team for development
|
||||
on version 2.0.
|
||||
|
||||
version 2.0 is going to have a lot of features, hopefully most, if not
|
||||
all, of the requested features. it's gonna require a lot of work, and i
|
||||
need a team of dedicated people who would like to help out.
|
||||
|
||||
we need people good in the following areas:
|
||||
|
||||
- user interface design
|
||||
- database programming
|
||||
- graphics programming
|
||||
- powerpoint and openoffice.org integration
|
||||
- plugin design and development
|
||||
- web development in php
|
||||
- the ever popular documentation
|
||||
|
||||
if you have any skills you'd like to offer, please don't hesitate to
|
||||
contact me at *raoul[at]openlp.org*.
|
||||
9
blog/adding-freebsd-to-the-mix.rst
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9
blog/adding-freebsd-to-the-mix.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
|
||||
.. title: Adding FreeBSD to the mix
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/04/09/adding-freebsd-to-the-mix
|
||||
.. date: 2010-04-09 18:04:07 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks to some hard work from Thomas Abthorpe (assisted by Jon Tibble)
|
||||
we now have OpenLP Alpha 1 in the FreeBSD ports! You can find it in the
|
||||
ports under "multimedia/py-openlp".
|
||||
38
blog/advertisement-flyer.rst
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38
blog/advertisement-flyer.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
|
||||
.. title: Advertisement Flyer
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/01/03/advertisement-flyer
|
||||
.. date: 2008-01-03 17:01:29 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
I've busy with a few things marketing-related for openlp.org lately,
|
||||
including creating a flyer for people to print out and hand out, or put
|
||||
in local Christian bookstores (with their permission, of course).
|
||||
|
||||
This flyer is done in Scribus 1.3.3.9, and the page size is A4. In South
|
||||
Africa our standard paper size is A4. I don't have any Letter size
|
||||
paper, so I can't test that flyer out. I've attached both a PDF and the
|
||||
original Scribus file to this post so that you can download it and print
|
||||
it out, and if you have an alternate paper size, you can edit it to fit
|
||||
your paper size.
|
||||
|
||||
If you do print it out from the PDF, make sure that it disregards the
|
||||
printer margins when you print it out. I've sized it on the page so that
|
||||
it fits well inside the physical bounds of the pieceof paper. It's 3
|
||||
columns, so that you have 3 flyers per sheet of paper. Don't forget to
|
||||
flip the paper over and print the second page on the back!
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| Attachment |
|
||||
| Size |
|
||||
+======================================+======================================+
|
||||
| |image2| | |image3| |
|
||||
| `openlp.org-flyer-a4.pdf <http://ope | `openlp.org-flyer.zip <http://openlp |
|
||||
| nlp.org/files/openlp.org-flyer-a4.pd | .org/files/openlp.org-flyer.zip>`__ |
|
||||
| f>`__ | 355.42 KB |
|
||||
| 303.07 KB | |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
.. |image0| image:: http://openlp.org/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png
|
||||
.. |image1| image:: http://openlp.org/modules/file/icons/package-x-generic.png
|
||||
.. |image2| image:: http://openlp.org/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png
|
||||
.. |image3| image:: http://openlp.org/modules/file/icons/package-x-generic.png
|
||||
19
blog/alert-framework.rst
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19
blog/alert-framework.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
|
||||
.. title: Alert Framework
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/02/16/alert-framework
|
||||
.. date: 2010-02-16 20:02:54 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Over the last few weeks the alerts framework has been extended, adding
|
||||
new requested features.
|
||||
|
||||
These features include.
|
||||
|
||||
- The ability to change the alert Font size. The Background will
|
||||
resize to fit.
|
||||
- The ability to place the alerts at the Top or Bottom of the screen
|
||||
- The ability to store all alerts issued.
|
||||
- The ability to add / amend / delete from the alerts history.
|
||||
- The ability to select and resubmit an existing alert. This does not
|
||||
re-save it unless the text has been changed.
|
||||
|
||||
34
blog/alpha-2-released-openlp-192-hairy-habakkuk.rst
Normal file
34
blog/alpha-2-released-openlp-192-hairy-habakkuk.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
|
||||
.. title: Alpha 2 Released - OpenLP 1.9.2 "Hairy Habakkuk"
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/06/27/alpha-2-released-openlp-192-hairy-habakkuk
|
||||
.. date: 2010-06-27 06:06:59 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
This morning we are pleased to announce the release of OpenLP 2.0 Alpha
|
||||
2!
|
||||
|
||||
Please remember to read through the Frequently Asked Questions before
|
||||
using OpenLP - it answers many questions you might have about the new
|
||||
version. The download page will be updated later today.
|
||||
|
||||
This release brings a number of improvements and bug fixes since release
|
||||
1 as well as a lot on new features. Since Alpha 1 there have been two
|
||||
major changes which will effect those upgrading.
|
||||
|
||||
- Alpha 1 Saved Service files are not compatible with the new version
|
||||
- All configuration settings will have been lost and will need to be
|
||||
set up agan. Themes are not effected by this.
|
||||
|
||||
New Features since Alpha 1
|
||||
|
||||
- Web Interface to allow remote access.
|
||||
- Basic Song book imports have been developed and will be improved in
|
||||
later releases, (Requires OpenOffice)
|
||||
- Many UI changes and improvements.
|
||||
- Themes now can control their line spacing.
|
||||
- UI is now translatable, thanks to the hard work from Christian
|
||||
Richter, Meinert Jordan and Frode Woldsund.
|
||||
|
||||
Download and enjoy!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21
blog/android-10-release.rst
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21
blog/android-10-release.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
|
||||
.. title: Android 1.0 release
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/03/26/android-10-release
|
||||
.. date: 2013-03-26 08:03:48 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|OpenLP Android Remote|
|
||||
|
||||
After six months of testing, we are proud to announce the release of
|
||||
Version 1.0 of the Android client.
|
||||
|
||||
In addition to various features and bug fixes, 6 new translations have
|
||||
been added, which brings the total of supported languages to 25.
|
||||
|
||||
If you already have the remote client installed, you should see an
|
||||
update for it. If you don't have it installed, and you want to try it
|
||||
out, you can get it from the Google Play store, just search for "OpenLP"
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
.. |OpenLP Android Remote| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/Screenshot_2013-03-26-11-45-13.png
|
||||
31
blog/android-release-05-has-escaped.rst
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31
blog/android-release-05-has-escaped.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
|
||||
.. title: Android Release : 0.5 has escaped
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/07/02/android-release-05-has-escaped
|
||||
.. date: 2012-07-02 17:07:12 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|OpenLP for Android|
|
||||
|
||||
Following hot on the heels of the 1.9.10 release the next version of the
|
||||
Android client has escaped.
|
||||
|
||||
This client version works best with 1.9.10 but will also work (with
|
||||
restricted functionality) with other versions.
|
||||
|
||||
The new features added since 0.4 are:
|
||||
|
||||
- Changes to the panels to allow them to be swiped left and right
|
||||
instead of only being accessed via the menu. This should improve the
|
||||
usability of the application.
|
||||
- Provide the ability to poll the main application for updates. This
|
||||
will allow two users to work together. In the settings there is a
|
||||
"Refresh Displays" setting which allows the refresh time to be set.
|
||||
The default is 5 seconds and a refresh time of 0 seconds turns this
|
||||
feature off.
|
||||
- Following requests from a number of users it is now possible to have
|
||||
Server profiles for different locations. These are accessed again via
|
||||
the settings panel.
|
||||
- To aid usability, the displayed verse is now highlighted on the live
|
||||
tab so it is obvious which slide is selected.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |OpenLP for Android| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/Google-Android-128.png
|
||||
28
blog/announcing-end-support-older-versions-ubuntu.rst
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28
blog/announcing-end-support-older-versions-ubuntu.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
|
||||
.. title: Announcing End of Support for Older Versions of Ubuntu
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/04/07/announcing-end-support-older-versions-ubuntu
|
||||
.. date: 2013-04-07 14:04:25 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|Ubuntu 12.04|
|
||||
|
||||
The OpenLP team has always supported older versions of Ubuntu, even when
|
||||
they were no longer supported by Canonical. Unfortunately this places a
|
||||
strain on the team and on which tools we can use to continue developing
|
||||
OpenLP. For this reason we have decided to only support versions of
|
||||
Ubuntu that Canonical themselves support.
|
||||
|
||||
Recently Canonical announced that they would be ending support for
|
||||
Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.10 at the end of April. This means that only
|
||||
versions of Ubuntu 12.04 and higher are supported by Canonical. OpenLP
|
||||
therefore will only be supporting releases on Ubuntu 12.04 and higher as
|
||||
of immediately. This also means that the upcoming 2.0.2 bugfix release
|
||||
of OpenLP will only be available on Ubuntu 12.04 and higher.
|
||||
|
||||
Since 12.04 is the latest Long Term Support release of Ubuntu, we are
|
||||
hoping that this should not affect anyone. If you are affected, and
|
||||
there is some reason why you cannot upgrade to a later version of
|
||||
Ubuntu, you can come into our IRC channel and chat with us about getting
|
||||
OpenLP running on your computer.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |Ubuntu 12.04| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/precise-pangolin.png
|
||||
42
blog/announcing-openlp-199-last-beta.rst
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42
blog/announcing-openlp-199-last-beta.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
|
||||
.. title: Announcing OpenLP 1.9.9: The Last Beta
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/03/25/announcing-openlp-199-last-beta
|
||||
.. date: 2012-03-25 09:03:08 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you read that correctly. OpenLP 1.9.9 is the
|
||||
last of the beta series. From now on, OpenLP is in release candidate
|
||||
phase! Release candidate phase means that we will not be adding any more
|
||||
features and will be concentrating on fixing bugs.
|
||||
|
||||
We believe that all the functionality which was in version 1.2 has now
|
||||
been included in version 2.0, and for the next few months we will be
|
||||
focusing our efforts on fixing as many outstanding bugs as we can.
|
||||
|
||||
Features added:
|
||||
|
||||
- Transparent themes, for background videos (theme video backgrounds
|
||||
not yet possible)
|
||||
- On-the-fly changing of backing tracks
|
||||
- Repeating of backing track list
|
||||
- Use `VLC for displaying
|
||||
videos <http://manual.openlp.org/configure.html?highlight=vlc#available-media-players>`__
|
||||
- not on Mac OS X yet, unfortunately. (Note: To be able to use this
|
||||
feature the `VLC media player <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/>`__ has
|
||||
to be installed on your computer.)
|
||||
- Search songs by song book/number
|
||||
- Configurable `automatic service file
|
||||
names <http://manual.openlp.org/configure.html#default-service-name>`__
|
||||
using the date
|
||||
- The reference format used to look up Bible verses has been localised,
|
||||
and can be changed along with the interface language
|
||||
- Configure the "next slide" action when at the end of the current item
|
||||
in the slide controller to either move to the first slide again, to
|
||||
the next slide of the next item, or nothing.
|
||||
|
||||
Of course we have also fixed over 46 bugs in this release!
|
||||
|
||||
The full list of changes can be seen on `our launchpad
|
||||
page <https://launchpad.net/openlp/+milestone/1.9.9>`__.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
64
blog/announcing-openlp-202-debugged-deborah.rst
Normal file
64
blog/announcing-openlp-202-debugged-deborah.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
|
||||
.. title: Announcing OpenLP 2.0.2 "Debugged Deborah"
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/08/25/announcing-openlp-202-debugged-deborah
|
||||
.. date: 2013-08-25 14:08:29 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|Deborah the Prophetess and Judge|
|
||||
|
||||
We're pleased to (finally) announce the latest bugfix release of OpenLP
|
||||
2.0, version 2.0.2 (codename Debugged Deborah). In this release we have
|
||||
made over 30 tweaks, improvements and bug fixes all over OpenLP, but the
|
||||
areas that have seen the most work are the user interface and the song
|
||||
importers. This wouldn't have been possible without all the feedback and
|
||||
error reports we have recieved from you guys. They really do help!
|
||||
|
||||
Some of the bugs fixed in this release:
|
||||
|
||||
- OpenLP does not start due to mimetypes bug
|
||||
- Theme in Song Editor is never reset
|
||||
- We should not warn when verse order is empty
|
||||
- Inconvenient focus in Song Editor when adding authors
|
||||
- Macro enabled presentations are not shown in OpenLP
|
||||
- Images always get black background when loaded from saved service
|
||||
file
|
||||
- "Display verses on live tool bar" ignored
|
||||
- Typing a path for a theme background causes a key error
|
||||
- Typing a path for a theme background does not set background
|
||||
- Adjust Line Spacing does not work
|
||||
- Configure shortcuts has two items called settings
|
||||
- Attach button on exception form does not work
|
||||
- Transtion + fast slide changes + ESC causes screen to open again
|
||||
- Delete button in Configure Formatting Tags gets focus
|
||||
- Importing an OSIS bible always results in English book names
|
||||
- Traceback in czech bible download Webbible import fails
|
||||
- Traceback when importing bible with disabled bible plugin in FTW
|
||||
- Non existing chapters result in traceback when searching webbibles
|
||||
- getFileNames corrupts file names that use "special chars"
|
||||
- Opensong Import - some lines missing
|
||||
- Foil Presenter Importer fails if no verses
|
||||
- SongShowPlus traceback
|
||||
- SongShowPlus importer does not handle verse labels such as 1A
|
||||
- Issues importing Sunday Plus Files
|
||||
- OpenLP 1 database importer crashes when encountering control chars
|
||||
- Easy Worship importer progress bar is out
|
||||
- Cancelling character table dialogue in importer causes OpenLP to
|
||||
crash
|
||||
|
||||
For the full list of the changes we've made see:
|
||||
https://launchpad.net/openlp/+milestone/2.0.2
|
||||
|
||||
As usual, you can grab this release from the `download
|
||||
page <http://openlp.org/download>`__. The Mac OS X version, torrents,
|
||||
portable versions and various Linux packages will be updated over the
|
||||
next week or so.
|
||||
|
||||
A very big thanks to everybody who helped out, and thanks to you, our
|
||||
community, for your bug reports, giving support and helping others.
|
||||
|
||||
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances;
|
||||
for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
|
||||
|
||||
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (New International Version)
|
||||
|
||||
.. |Deborah the Prophetess and Judge| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/deborahandbarak2.jpg
|
||||
13
blog/another-screenshot-for-mac-os-x.rst
Normal file
13
blog/another-screenshot-for-mac-os-x.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
|
||||
.. title: Another screenshot for Mac OS X
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/07/13/another-screenshot-for-mac-os-x
|
||||
.. date: 2009-07-13 10:07:37 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
I feel really sorry for our testers who use Mac OS X, because they have
|
||||
to go through a real mission to get OpenLP 2.0 up and running on their
|
||||
machines. One of our testers who uses Mac OS X was brave enough to
|
||||
undertake that massive task, and sent in the screenshot below to prove
|
||||
to us that it ***is*** possible. Well done Andreas!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17
blog/another-version-2-update.rst
Normal file
17
blog/another-version-2-update.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
|
||||
.. title: Another version 2 update...
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/05/06/another-version-2-update
|
||||
.. date: 2009-05-06 19:05:44 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
...with the obligatory screenshot too.
|
||||
|
||||
In the screenshot above, you can see how we've started working on
|
||||
Themes, Previews, and the Slide Controllers. I searched for Genesis 1:1
|
||||
in the Bible Verse plugin, and then sent it to the preview controller.
|
||||
|
||||
We're currently working on the Service Manager (what used to be called
|
||||
the Order of Service) to make it a little more powerful that the
|
||||
previous one, and on getting things displayed on the second monitor. We
|
||||
already have some initial bits to both of those working, but neither is
|
||||
complete yet.
|
||||
23
blog/apologies-for-the-silence-many-things-on-the-go.rst
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|
||||
.. title: apologies for the silence...many things on the go
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/08/14/apologies-for-the-silence-many-things-on-the-go
|
||||
.. date: 2006-08-14 20:08:00 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
howdy folks...
|
||||
|
||||
i just want to apologise for the silence. i've been extremely busy, and
|
||||
then suddenly, after i thought, "yay! i have a nice job, a steady
|
||||
income!" our boss's contract was terminated, and that meant that we were
|
||||
out of work (we were subcontracted). so now i sit again without work,
|
||||
looking at the freelancing scene, wondering if i can make it... there
|
||||
seems to be a bit of work at the moment, but i'm not sure...
|
||||
|
||||
and this other freelance work that i have been doing has been keeping me
|
||||
up late nights and things... let me tell you, working 20 hours days is
|
||||
not funny :-(.
|
||||
|
||||
well, i hope that now with a little more time on my hands i can perhaps
|
||||
get some more done on openlp.org...
|
||||
|
||||
thanks for your patience!
|
||||
19
blog/automated-nightly-mac-os-x-builds.rst
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blog/automated-nightly-mac-os-x-builds.rst
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|
||||
.. title: Automated Nightly Mac OS X Builds
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/01/15/automated-nightly-mac-os-x-builds
|
||||
.. date: 2012-01-15 20:01:42 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
This weekend we were able to set up the necessary infrastructure for
|
||||
doing test builds for Mac OS X automatically.
|
||||
|
||||
Nightly builds are created every day around 10pm GMT. These builds are
|
||||
created on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and should also work on Mac OS X 10.6
|
||||
(Snow Leopard). These builds include latest development changes in
|
||||
OpenLP. The latest test build is available on the download page.
|
||||
|
||||
I would like to encourage Mac OS X users and testers to test OpenLP
|
||||
builds and report bugs periodically since we do not have a lot of Mac OS
|
||||
X developers and the support for Mac platform is not perfect.
|
||||
|
||||
Happy testing and reporting!
|
||||
20
blog/beta-5-release-due-on-friday.rst
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blog/beta-5-release-due-on-friday.rst
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|
||||
.. title: beta 5 release due on friday
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/02/14/beta-5-release-due-on-friday
|
||||
.. date: 2007-02-14 12:02:55 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks,
|
||||
|
||||
Derek and I had a chat a few weeks ago and have decided to release
|
||||
openlp.org Beta 5 on Friday. it's not going to have all the features and
|
||||
bug fixes we'd hoped for, but it should have the majority of
|
||||
show-stopper bugs patched. We've fixed a number of things in the CCLI
|
||||
SongSelect and also in the Video part. We've decided to postpone the
|
||||
localisation, since that's gonna take a little longer than expected, and
|
||||
I haven't had the time to work on it until recently.
|
||||
|
||||
Also, like I've said before, we have done a feature-freeze. This is
|
||||
because if we DON'T we'll NEVER release version 1.0.
|
||||
|
||||
God bless!
|
||||
23
blog/beta-6-almost-out.rst
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23
blog/beta-6-almost-out.rst
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|
||||
.. title: beta 6 almost out
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/04/11/beta-6-almost-out
|
||||
.. date: 2007-04-11 11:04:01 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Howzit Folks,
|
||||
|
||||
Beta 6 is almost upon us. I'm just trying to find some time to finish
|
||||
off the last few things. Some of the bugs from beta 5 are gonna be
|
||||
carried over to beta 6, because we haven't been able to solve them yet.
|
||||
There are also a few more new features.
|
||||
|
||||
Our next release is RC1 - the first release candidate. We're hoping to
|
||||
resolve the remaining bugs, and any new ones from beta 6 from now on.
|
||||
Please note that this also means that there will be **no more new
|
||||
features**. We have made our feature freeze final, and any new features
|
||||
will be added in version 1.1, the development version of 1.2, which will
|
||||
be commenced once we have released 1.0 final.
|
||||
|
||||
I'm really excited to be bringing out our first ever proper version of
|
||||
openlp.org, version 1.0. Thanks for sticking with us, and bearing with
|
||||
us on this long road to 1.0!
|
||||
20
blog/beta-6-glitches.rst
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20
blog/beta-6-glitches.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: beta 6 glitches
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/04/16/beta-6-glitches
|
||||
.. date: 2007-04-16 09:04:13 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Well, we're still working on beta 6. It's **almost** there... I
|
||||
implemented the internationalization, but to my dismay it's not working.
|
||||
I'm going to look into it further to see if I can work out what's wrong.
|
||||
So hopefully, if I can figure that out soon, we can have beta 6 out by
|
||||
the end of this week, next week the latest.
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks also to a post in the forums, we think we might have solved the
|
||||
CCLI SongSelect login problem. We're gonna also be looking at fixing
|
||||
that this week. Derek has also managed to pick up another 2 bugs and has
|
||||
fixed one of them in the mean time.
|
||||
|
||||
Like I think I mentioned in my previous blog post, we're going to RC1
|
||||
next release, so that's gonna call for intense testing. So get your
|
||||
testing gear out, and pile into beta 6 and RC1 when they are released.
|
||||
18
blog/beta-6-release-end-of-this-week.rst
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18
blog/beta-6-release-end-of-this-week.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
|
||||
.. title: beta 6 release end of this week.
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/05/07/beta-6-release-end-of-this-week
|
||||
.. date: 2007-05-07 20:05:20 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Well, thanks to Derek's sharp eyes, we've managed to weed out a few more
|
||||
bugs, and now all that remains is some minor testing from us to make
|
||||
sure there are no show-stopper bugs, and then on Sat (12 May) I will
|
||||
release beta 6.
|
||||
|
||||
Please note that we have not yet managed to fix the CCLI SongSelect
|
||||
problem. That was a hack at best, and now CCLI have changed their
|
||||
authentication method on the SongSelect, which means that we can no
|
||||
longer log in. We're gonna have a look at that "bug" in the release
|
||||
candidates, but Derek and I are leaning toward just leaving it broken
|
||||
until the next version of openlp.org. Then we'll have a look at it
|
||||
again.
|
||||
23
blog/breaks-between-slides.rst
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23
blog/breaks-between-slides.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
|
||||
.. title: Breaks Between Slides
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/04/29/breaks-between-slides
|
||||
.. date: 2011-04-29 05:04:32 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Some improvements have been added to build 1496 to change the way songs
|
||||
and custom slides are paged. A new feature has been added to allow a
|
||||
song verse to be split *IF* it does not all fit on one slide.
|
||||
|
||||
If a line contains **[---]** then, if the slide does not fit on a single
|
||||
display, that is where the slide will automatically be split. This means
|
||||
that songs can be set up for different size themes with complete control
|
||||
over the paging. In addition the need for two slides containing "V1" etc
|
||||
has been removed. One slide one verse and the display code will split
|
||||
things correctly.
|
||||
|
||||
For custom slides a minor change has been implemented. **[===]** is now
|
||||
the slide break if you use "Edit All" and **[---]** is the soft break.
|
||||
**This does not effect any saved custom items you have created.**
|
||||
|
||||
The interfaces will be updated before beta2 to help with adding this
|
||||
tag.
|
||||
32
blog/bugfix-release-coming-soon.rst
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32
blog/bugfix-release-coming-soon.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
|
||||
.. title: BugFix release coming soon...
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/04/18/bugfix-release-coming-soon
|
||||
.. date: 2008-04-18 20:04:19 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks,
|
||||
|
||||
When we released openlp.org 1.0, we hinted at a bugfix release soon
|
||||
after, to clear up any bugs that were still in that release, and true to
|
||||
our word, we've been working on openlp.org 1.0.1. We got our testing
|
||||
team to mercilessly attempt to break openlp.org in a bid to find as many
|
||||
bugs as possible. And we got them...
|
||||
|
||||
After a few rounds of test -> fix -> test -> fix, I think we're almost
|
||||
done, and I'm hoping to release openlp.org 1.0.1 in about 2 weeks time.
|
||||
|
||||
After 1.0.1 we're going full steam ahead on version 1.1, the development
|
||||
version of 1.2. As we go along, we'll have a few releases (1.1.0, 1.1.1,
|
||||
1.1.2, etc) so that those who want to run a bleeding edge version of
|
||||
openlp.org can. For the rest of you who prefer stability and
|
||||
reliability, we would suggest you stick with 1.0.1 until 1.2 itself
|
||||
comes out.
|
||||
|
||||
We've also had offers from another 2 folks to help us out with 1.1, and
|
||||
so we're looking forward to a slightly faster development pace, although
|
||||
we can't make any promises.
|
||||
|
||||
That's all from us for the moment. In the mean time, click on the
|
||||
Ohloh.net button at the bottom of the left hand column of the site, and
|
||||
let the world know that you use openlp.org by signing up and "stacking"
|
||||
openlp.org!
|
||||
41
blog/bugs-release-candidate-3-and-final-release.rst
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41
blog/bugs-release-candidate-3-and-final-release.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
|
||||
.. title: Bugs, Release Candidate 3 and the Final Release
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/09/04/bugs-release-candidate-3-and-final-release
|
||||
.. date: 2012-09-03 22:09:26 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
As some folks are aware, the release date of OpenLP 1.9.12 was pushed
|
||||
back two weeks. This is because we currently do not have enough people
|
||||
testing out OpenLP and fixing bugs.
|
||||
|
||||
We Need Your Help
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
With the final release of OpenLP looming in October, we need as many
|
||||
people as possible testing out OpenLP and seeing how many new bugs we
|
||||
can find.
|
||||
|
||||
We Need Bugs Found (and Fixed)
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
We already have a `list of known
|
||||
bugs <https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlp>`__, and would appreciate folks
|
||||
checking to see if they can reproduce those bugs, and filing more if
|
||||
bugs are encountered. Please note that missing functionality is not
|
||||
considered a bug.
|
||||
|
||||
We Need a New Website
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
One of the other needs we have before we release OpenLP is a new website
|
||||
design. If you're a rocking web designer, we want to see your mock ups
|
||||
of the site!
|
||||
|
||||
We Need a User Guide
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
There is the `start of a user
|
||||
guide <https://code.launchpad.net/%7Eraoul-snyman/openlp/user-guide>`__
|
||||
available, but unfortunately it has been forgotten due to time
|
||||
constraints. If you'd like to try you hand at completing it, or least
|
||||
contributing toward it, that too would really help.
|
||||
20
blog/calling-all-translators.rst
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20
blog/calling-all-translators.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: Calling all translators!
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/03/07/calling-all-translators
|
||||
.. date: 2010-03-07 17:03:47 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
So you've been hearing all this noise about OpenLP 2.0 coming out,
|
||||
you've seen screenshots, and you're wondering if this new version will
|
||||
be available in your language. Perhaps you're wanting to contribute, but
|
||||
you're not a "computer person"?
|
||||
|
||||
Well, with OpenLP 2.0, we'd like to be more open, and that includes
|
||||
translations. If you speak a language other than English, and you want
|
||||
to help translate OpenLP 2.0 into your language, please take a look at
|
||||
the Translations section of the developer wiki.
|
||||
|
||||
**Note:** We're still in the process of setting up the translation
|
||||
tools, but we will feature an online tool, so you don't need to install
|
||||
anything on your computer, nor do you need to be able to do anything
|
||||
terribly technical.
|
||||
26
blog/calling-all-windows-me-.rst
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26
blog/calling-all-windows-me-.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
|
||||
.. title: Calling all Windows ME users
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/04/02/calling-all-windows-me-
|
||||
.. date: 2008-04-02 19:04:07 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi All.
|
||||
|
||||
Due to the fact that neither Raoul or myself have Windows ME installed,
|
||||
we are looking to all you eager volunteers who do have Windows ME to
|
||||
give us a hand. We have a reported bug where openlp.org **V1.0**
|
||||
doesn't install the packaged themes properly on Windows ME, and then on
|
||||
exiting throws some nasty errors.
|
||||
|
||||
If some of you kind people could verify whether this occurs on your
|
||||
Windows ME installation we would really appreciate the input. Whether
|
||||
you experience the bug or not, please include some info about your
|
||||
system in the mail to us, such as version of MsOffice installed or any
|
||||
other possibly relevent info.
|
||||
|
||||
Mail can be sent to either Raoul *(raoul[at]openlp.org)* or myself
|
||||
*(derek[at]openlp.org).*
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks in advance,
|
||||
|
||||
Derek.
|
||||
17
blog/ccli-lists-openlporg-as-songselect-enabled.rst
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17
blog/ccli-lists-openlporg-as-songselect-enabled.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
|
||||
.. title: CCLI Lists openlp.org as SongSelect enabled!
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/10/08/ccli-lists-openlporg-as-songselect-enabled
|
||||
.. date: 2009-10-08 07:10:30 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi All
|
||||
|
||||
Just to let you know that CCLI (Germany) that has listed openlp.org on
|
||||
their website as projection software supporting SongSelect as well as
|
||||
supporting the German language.
|
||||
|
||||
http://www.ccli.de/songselect/import-praesentationssoftware.cfm#OpenLP
|
||||
|
||||
God bless,
|
||||
|
||||
Derek.
|
||||
16
blog/cd-image-uploaded.rst
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16
blog/cd-image-uploaded.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
|
||||
.. title: CD image uploaded
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/07/05/cd-image-uploaded
|
||||
.. date: 2008-07-05 21:07:45 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
After a pretty dismal and disappointing poll vote on pressing and
|
||||
mailing a CD, I've decided to stick with what the "masses" want, and not
|
||||
produce the CD. That said and done, I had already created the ISO
|
||||
(image) and one or two folks suggested putting the image file up so that
|
||||
folks can download it and burn it to CD.
|
||||
|
||||
So here it is. It includes some other open source and free software as
|
||||
well, so download and enjoy.
|
||||
|
||||
You can download it from the download page, as usual.
|
||||
37
blog/cleaning-things-up.rst
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37
blog/cleaning-things-up.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
|
||||
.. title: Cleaning things up...
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/08/07/cleaning-things-up
|
||||
.. date: 2008-08-07 08:08:09 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
The conflict merge went well last week, and I have a working copy of
|
||||
openlp.org again. I've started the code cleanup, renaming various
|
||||
components in the code, formatting the code to follow a certain standard
|
||||
(rather than 3 different ones), and rearranging a few things as well in
|
||||
the process. The goal behind the code cleanup is to make it easier and
|
||||
faster to work on openlp.org, and to make openlp.org more efficient.
|
||||
|
||||
What this all translates to at the end of the day is that you as the
|
||||
user will find openlp.org faster and more efficient, and when we need to
|
||||
make a change or an enhancement, it'll be faster too.
|
||||
|
||||
Once I've completed the code cleanup, I'm going to continue with my
|
||||
rewrite of the control component, which will enable us to do things like
|
||||
use the up and down cursor keys to change between slides.
|
||||
|
||||
On that note, I know a number of folks have asked me for the components
|
||||
so that they can make changes to openlp.org (I presume it's because
|
||||
development is not happening fast enough for them, and they want certain
|
||||
features for their church). Please chat with me and consider lending a
|
||||
helping hand with the development. If you want feature A, I'm sure that
|
||||
there are a number of other churches who also want feature A, and it
|
||||
would be beneficial to them if you contributed that back to the project.
|
||||
There are also a number of things you can and can't do with the current
|
||||
codebase, and unless you chat with me and ask, you won't know and you'll
|
||||
struggle unnecessarily (for instance, using the up and down cursor key
|
||||
will only be possible after a rewrite of the control component).
|
||||
|
||||
In short, if you contribute back to openlp.org, not only do you benefit,
|
||||
but others will too. You won't need to make changes to your version each
|
||||
time a new version of openlp.org comes out, development will happen
|
||||
faster, and others will benefit from your changes as well.
|
||||
82
blog/commercial-presentation-applications.rst
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82
blog/commercial-presentation-applications.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
|
||||
.. title: Commercial Presentation Applications
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/03/06/commercial-presentation-applications
|
||||
.. date: 2008-03-06 08:03:47 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
So, we've been developing openlp.org for a few years now, but to be
|
||||
honest, I've never looked at the commercial offerings. I know about
|
||||
them, and I know that most people seem to hear of them first, but I've
|
||||
never actually installed them and tried them out.
|
||||
|
||||
So last night I installed 4 applications:
|
||||
|
||||
- EasyWorship
|
||||
- SongShow Plus
|
||||
- SongPro
|
||||
- Sunday Plus
|
||||
|
||||
I basically just installed everything, and then opened each program and
|
||||
tried to figure out how to use it without looking in a manual.
|
||||
|
||||
Installation
|
||||
|
||||
Apart from SongShow Plus, the applications installed in apretty straight
|
||||
forward manner. SongShow Plus, however, was a nightmare. It has a whole
|
||||
bunch of "components" which you can choose to install, only each and
|
||||
every component is an installer in and of itself. This means, that with
|
||||
a default install (pre-selected components), you install 26 components,
|
||||
and you have to click buttons on each installer a minimum of 3 times...
|
||||
that's a minimum of 78 clicks! It took about 15 minutes to install
|
||||
SongShow Plus, thanks to all their installers. I was not impressed with
|
||||
SongShow Plus after that.
|
||||
|
||||
First Impressions EasyWorship
|
||||
|
||||
If you wanted to say that openlp.org copied someone's interface, it
|
||||
would be EasyWorship's. Of all the applications, EasyWorship's interface
|
||||
is the most like openlp.org's. For me it was simple and easy to see what
|
||||
to do and how to do it. EasyWorship is also written in Delphi, like
|
||||
openlp.org, but it uses the archaic Borland Database Engine.
|
||||
|
||||
SongShow Plus
|
||||
|
||||
SongShow Plus has a very flashy interface, with a silver look and little
|
||||
effects here and there. However, as my wife pointed out, all the icons
|
||||
look the same. It's interface is somewhat similar to openlp.org and
|
||||
EasyWorship, but not quite as intuitive.
|
||||
|
||||
SongPro
|
||||
|
||||
Eyesore. That was my first impression of SongPro. It doesn't look good.
|
||||
The backgrounds of the text boxes are turquoise or yelow, and I couldn't
|
||||
initially figure out how to put together an order of service. The
|
||||
buttons are all too big, there's too much whitespace around certain
|
||||
elements, and it really looks like it was hastily put together with no
|
||||
regard for how it looks.
|
||||
|
||||
Sunday Plus
|
||||
|
||||
Bizarre, just plain bizarre. When you open Sunday Plus, it shows you a
|
||||
small window in the middle of your screen that looks more like a
|
||||
calculator than anything else. From there I was absolutely baffled as to
|
||||
what to do. How do you set up an order of service? How do you
|
||||
add/edit/delete songs? I couldn't figure out how to use Sunday Plus
|
||||
after 5 minutes, so I just decided to leave it.
|
||||
|
||||
Some Thoughts
|
||||
|
||||
Features are not king. If you application doesn't look good, and isn't
|
||||
easy enough to figure out how to use, then people will not be impressed
|
||||
with it. From what I've read in forums on the Internet, a lot of people
|
||||
like EasyWorship because of it's smart, not too simple but not too
|
||||
complicated, and easy to use interface.
|
||||
|
||||
I think it's important to have a decent set of features, but it's more
|
||||
important that your interface looks good (but not flashy) and that your
|
||||
program is easy to use, without having to read the manual.
|
||||
|
||||
Comments
|
||||
|
||||
If you think I'm right or wrong or missing something or overlooking
|
||||
something, please leave a comment.
|
||||
21
blog/commit-550-has-passed-and-components-have-arrived.rst
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21
blog/commit-550-has-passed-and-components-have-arrived.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
|
||||
.. title: Commit 550 has passed and new components have arrived
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/09/18/commit-550-has-passed-and-components-have-arrived
|
||||
.. date: 2009-09-18 16:09:08 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Work on the 2.0 version is moving forward at great speed with new
|
||||
developers helping out.
|
||||
|
||||
In the last few weeks code has been added to run Impress presentations
|
||||
on Linux. Work is underway to get this to also work on Windows.
|
||||
Powerpoint and PowerPoint Viewer will come later.
|
||||
|
||||
In the latest merge a new Audit plugin has arrived to audit songs used
|
||||
during a service. This will record what was actually used during a
|
||||
service. More work is needed on this component but the foundations are
|
||||
complete.
|
||||
|
||||
The other month an extension to the alerting component was added allow
|
||||
alerts to be triggered over a network. This will be useful for creche's
|
||||
and car park attendants
|
||||
10
blog/counting-eggs.rst
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10
blog/counting-eggs.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
|
||||
.. title: counting eggs...
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/01/18/counting-eggs
|
||||
.. date: 2006-01-18 11:01:00 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
i seem to have counted my chickens before they hatched... i don't have
|
||||
the source for openlp.org 1.0, i'm still waiting to get it from tim. as
|
||||
soon as i have the source code, i'll get right on to working out the
|
||||
last few bugs, and then i'll release RC1.
|
||||
18
blog/cvs-updated.rst
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18
blog/cvs-updated.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
|
||||
.. title: CVS updated
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/05/01/cvs-updated
|
||||
.. date: 2006-05-01 08:05:30 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
well, it seems that the sourceforge CVS is back up and running again, so
|
||||
i've updated the CVS repository. if you want to download the source
|
||||
code, feel welcome to, just contact me about the extra components you'll
|
||||
need in order to be able to compile it.
|
||||
|
||||
the name of the cvs module is "openlp-old-2".
|
||||
|
||||
we're still having those powerpoint problems i mentioned earlier. if you
|
||||
have ever dealt with delphi and the windows api, would you drop me a
|
||||
line please?
|
||||
|
||||
cheers for now...
|
||||
19
blog/developer-meeting-in-irc-on-monday.rst
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19
blog/developer-meeting-in-irc-on-monday.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
|
||||
.. title: Developer Meeting in IRC on Monday
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/03/09/developer-meeting-in-irc-on-monday
|
||||
.. date: 2008-03-09 21:03:13 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks,
|
||||
|
||||
We've decided to hold a developers meeting on Monday at 20:00 GMT in the
|
||||
openlp.org IRC channel. If you are interested in helping out with the
|
||||
development of openlp.org version 2.x, then please feel free to come and
|
||||
see what we're chatting about.
|
||||
|
||||
If you're not a programmer, then please don't worry about this. We're
|
||||
just going to be chatting about our plans for how to develop openlp.org
|
||||
2.0.
|
||||
|
||||
Our IRC channel can be found on the Freenode network, and the channel
|
||||
itself is #openlp.org
|
||||
30
blog/development-status-report.rst
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30
blog/development-status-report.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
|
||||
.. title: Development status report
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/06/21/development-status-report
|
||||
.. date: 2007-06-21 08:06:12 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Well, as you have probably already read in one of Raoul's recent blog's,
|
||||
we are planning a big launch for the V1.0 release of OpenLP.org. With
|
||||
that in mind, we have decided to add a few of the smaller but more
|
||||
useful features from the feature request list. This comes with the
|
||||
price of a slightly delayed V1.0, and possibly a few more Release
|
||||
Candidate versions. Our feeling though was that there really were some
|
||||
area's that needed enhancing prior to a major distribution release. You
|
||||
can look forward to the following enhancements coming in the next few
|
||||
release candidates:
|
||||
|
||||
| - Enhanced Bible Verse handing where you can display multiple verses
|
||||
on one slide
|
||||
| - Some keyboard navigation (actually I think it's in RC2 already)
|
||||
| - Enhanced slide auto-scrolling
|
||||
| - Import/Export of themes
|
||||
| - Storage of theme data exclusively in the 'theme' directory in XML
|
||||
format
|
||||
|
||||
| There may be 1 or 2 other things, but these are the main ones as we
|
||||
didn't want to impact our timeline too much.
|
||||
|
||||
God Bless,
|
||||
|
||||
Derek
|
||||
45
blog/development-status-update.rst
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45
blog/development-status-update.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
|
||||
.. title: Development status update
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/12/13/development-status-update
|
||||
.. date: 2006-12-13 17:12:48 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi to all since this is my first blog entry since joining this project
|
||||
as part of the development team, and thanks to Raoul for his guidance
|
||||
and support.
|
||||
|
||||
As you know by now, we have frozen the featureset for the current
|
||||
version of OpenLP.org which we are trying hard to get into a v1 release
|
||||
as soon as possible. There have been some great idea's from you guys,
|
||||
and we are keeping them all on record for after the v1 release. We are
|
||||
even putting some of our own idea's on the back burner for now.
|
||||
|
||||
So...what's next. Well, there are 4 main issues on the table for the
|
||||
next, and hopefully last, beta release (beta5). These are:
|
||||
|
||||
| 1) The translation feature
|
||||
| 2) Fixing the CCLI SongSelect
|
||||
| 3) Putting back the song theme assignment
|
||||
| 4) Getting the video working
|
||||
|
||||
With regard to the Video feature, there is a possible workaround which I
|
||||
am using successfully at the moment. If you have a relatively recent
|
||||
nVidia display card, there is a setting for "Full screen video". If you
|
||||
set the "Full screen device" to "auto-select", the card automatically
|
||||
routes the video to the second display. I had this setting unknowingly
|
||||
set on my development machine and couldn't figure out why video wasn't
|
||||
working on other machines. Anyway, you can try this workaround and see
|
||||
if it works for you.
|
||||
|
||||
I'm sure you are all eager to know when to expect the next beta. Raoul
|
||||
and I have had a chat and we are planning it for early in the New Year.
|
||||
I know that sounds a bit vague, but the translation feature is an
|
||||
immense amount of work and the video is a bit tricky since we are not
|
||||
DirectX experts.
|
||||
|
||||
Well, that's how things stand at the moment. We appreciate all the
|
||||
comments and feedback.
|
||||
|
||||
God bless,
|
||||
|
||||
Derek.
|
||||
20
blog/documentation-editor.rst
Normal file
20
blog/documentation-editor.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: Documentation Editor
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/12/06/documentation-editor
|
||||
.. date: 2007-12-06 09:12:05 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
I've had various offers in the past for help with the documentation, and
|
||||
I'm sad to say those have all fallen through. However, someone has
|
||||
contacted me, and he seems VERY keen to help out with the documentation.
|
||||
|
||||
One of the things I have been wanting to do is to extract the
|
||||
documentation from the site, and be able to work on it "offline" as it
|
||||
were. To this end, I extracted the documentation in XML format, and I'm
|
||||
writing a little editor that will be able to parse the XML and allow you
|
||||
to edit the pages of the documentation using a WYSIWYG HTML editor
|
||||
(currently it can do all of that, it just can't save).
|
||||
|
||||
So, if you're still interested in helping out with the documentation,
|
||||
you think you can spare an hour a week perhaps, then please contact me,
|
||||
and I'll give you stuff to do!
|
||||
20
blog/dont-forget-tell-ccli-who-we-are.rst
Normal file
20
blog/dont-forget-tell-ccli-who-we-are.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: Don't Forget To Tell CCLI Who We Are!
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/10/27/dont-forget-tell-ccli-who-we-are
|
||||
.. date: 2011-10-27 20:10:47 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Many churches use CCLI for licensing their music. It's the easy way to
|
||||
stay legal. Every year, however, these churches need to submit what
|
||||
songs they have used, and often also have to fill in a questionnaire
|
||||
about how they use those songs...
|
||||
|
||||
The next time you have to fill in that questionnaire, don't forget to
|
||||
point out that you use OpenLP! This has a direct benefit for you, as
|
||||
users of OpenLP, because it means that we have enough users for them to
|
||||
actually listen to us, and think about implementing things like
|
||||
SongSelect differently, so that we can also add it to OpenLP.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
19
blog/drag-and-drop.rst
Normal file
19
blog/drag-and-drop.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
|
||||
.. title: Drag and Drop
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/08/05/drag-and-drop
|
||||
.. date: 2011-08-05 16:08:56 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Today changes have been added to OpenLP v2 allow Images, Presentations
|
||||
and Media items to be dragged from the desktop (or any folder) into the
|
||||
relevent media manager plugin. This will allow the selected items to
|
||||
be loaded more quickly.
|
||||
|
||||
If a folder is selected then all the contects of the folder will be
|
||||
added. When the items are added, only items withe correct file suffix
|
||||
for the plugin will be loaded. So if you try to drop a presentation into
|
||||
the images folder, an error message will be generated.
|
||||
|
||||
In addition it is possible now to drag saved services into the service
|
||||
manager. The service will be opened up and the existing service
|
||||
replaced.
|
||||
15
blog/effective-church-presentations.rst
Normal file
15
blog/effective-church-presentations.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
|
||||
.. title: Effective Church Presentations
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/10/06/effective-church-presentations
|
||||
.. date: 2008-10-05 22:10:53 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
One of my pet peeves is those OpenOffice.org Impress or Microsoft
|
||||
PowerPoint presentations that folks do in churches. I've seen too many
|
||||
half-hearted efforts in the 28 years I've been in church.
|
||||
|
||||
This evening in church we had another presentation, and it got me to
|
||||
thinking about how to write an effective presentation. So this evening I
|
||||
wrote up a guide to effective church presentations and posted it to my
|
||||
personal blog. I hope this helps other folks who want to make their
|
||||
presentations effective.
|
||||
@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
|
||||
<html><body><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p style="text-align: center;">
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
<p>Ever wanted to know how many developers work on OpenLP, or when OpenLP started, or even how many are working on the code at the same time? Well, now you can see this and more with the video above.</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>Full HD: full screen is highly recommended</strong></p>
|
||||
<p>This video is a visual representation of the history of changes to the OpenLP source code. Each person floating around is a developer who worked on the code, and each "shot" is a change. Green means they added a file, orange/yellow means a file was modified, and red means a file was deleted (it happens). Each branch is a directory, and each dot is a file.</p>
|
||||
<p>Enjoy!</p>
|
||||
<p><!--break--></p>
|
||||
</div></div></div></body></html>
|
||||
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
|
||||
[Video] A Visual History of OpenLP 2.x
|
||||
enblog20150110video-visual-history-openlp-2x
|
||||
2015/01/09 22:01:24
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
|
||||
<html><body><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Welcome to OpenLP 2.2 beta 2, otherwise known as version 2.1.2!</p>
|
||||
<p>This release comes stuffed full of fixes and enhancements, with 66 bugs fixed, improving the usability of OpenLP.</p>
|
||||
<p>Some of the most significant changes are:</p>
|
||||
<ul><li>First Time Wizard: various improvements to Internet connectivity related issues</li>
|
||||
<li>Interface layout improvments</li>
|
||||
<li>Updated translations (now is the time to start translating OpenLP 2.2!)</li>
|
||||
<li>Improved database upgrade to help with the migration from 2.0 to 2.2 series.</li>
|
||||
</ul><p>The full list can be found at <a href="https://launchpad.net/openlp/trunk/2.1.2">https://launchpad.net/openlp/trunk/2.1.2</a></p>
|
||||
<h3><strong>Important Notes</strong></h3>
|
||||
<p>OpenLP 2.1.2 is <em><strong>not backwards compatible</strong></em> with 2.0.5. Once you have upgraded from 2.0.5, version 2.0.5 cannot read the upgraded files. OpenLP 2.1.2 will make a backup on startup, but it is recommended that you make your own backup too.</p>
|
||||
<p>Upgrading from versions of OpenLP before 2.0.5 are not supported. You need to upgrade to 2.0.5 first, and make sure you run OpenLP at least once before continuing to upgrade to 2.1.2</p>
|
||||
<p>This is a beta release, which means it is not yet finished and likely to still contain a few bugs. Please test it out as much as you can (using a Portable build on Windows is a good way to do this) and report the bugs you find.</p>
|
||||
<p>Service Files created in 2.1.2 cannot be opened in 2.0</p>
|
||||
<h3><strong>System Requirements</strong></h3>
|
||||
<p>OpenLP's system requrements have been upgraded since the 2.0.5 release. We have had to drop older operating systems in order to take advantage of newer features not available in older operating systems. Please take note:</p>
|
||||
<ul><li>Windows Vista and up</li>
|
||||
<li>Mac OS X 10.8 and up</li>
|
||||
<li>Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10</li>
|
||||
<li>Fedora 21</li>
|
||||
</ul><p style="text-align: center; font-size: 150%;"><a href="http://openlp.org/download" title="Download OpenLP Now!">Download Now</a></p>
|
||||
<!--break--></div></div></div></body></html>
|
||||
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
|
||||
OpenLP 2.1.2 Released
|
||||
enblog20150125openlp-212-released
|
||||
2015/01/25 16:01:09
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
|
||||
<html><body><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Hooray! It's another release of OpenLP!</p>
|
||||
<p>Brought to you by much blood and sweat and tears (OK, maybe only the sweat part), is version 2.1.3, the 3rd beta in our 2.2 series. As with the previous release, this is a bugfix-only release, with the focus on getting to a 2.2 release.</p>
|
||||
<p>There are over 30 bugs fixed in this release, including:</p>
|
||||
<ul><li>2.1.2 Traceback on Presentations for MAC</li>
|
||||
<li>Remote password protection doesn't work with https off</li>
|
||||
<li>OSX: OpenLP does not start without phonon</li>
|
||||
<li>Preview media slider repeatedly shows "Error Occurred" dialogue box</li>
|
||||
<li>Exception when saving a service</li>
|
||||
<li>non-ascii characters in file path of images and presentation causes traceback</li>
|
||||
<li>The FTW fails when network is disconnected during download</li>
|
||||
<li>Previewing media item interferes with live media item</li>
|
||||
<li>Corrupted databases stop OpenLP from starting</li>
|
||||
<li>Traceback in czech bible download</li>
|
||||
<li>Slide preview viewer pane</li>
|
||||
<li>Bible download from crosswalk fails because crosswalk has updated their layout</li>
|
||||
<li>Traceback when playing media with no players available/enabled</li>
|
||||
<li>Several bibles missing in download.cfg</li>
|
||||
<li>Select Translation Dialog missing icon</li>
|
||||
<li>No cancel button on FTW "No inetrnet page"</li>
|
||||
<li>Bible quick search to end does not work</li>
|
||||
<li>Thumbnail of images isn't shown in stage view and remote control</li>
|
||||
<li>When deleting a presentation from the mediamanager the cursor remains busy</li>
|
||||
<li>Importing certain presentation manager pro files fails</li>
|
||||
<li>Consider moving the delete option in the right click menu to the bottom of the menu.</li>
|
||||
<li>Some disk errors are not being caught</li>
|
||||
<li>Zefania bible imports all books as "Genesis" if book name is missing</li>
|
||||
<li>One failed download stops first run wizard</li>
|
||||
<li>Remove support for .theme files</li>
|
||||
<li>Second Bible verse separation</li>
|
||||
<li>Traceback when importing CSV bibles</li>
|
||||
<li>Traceback in FTW on download error (404)</li>
|
||||
<li>After downloading KJV through FTW, searching in KJV causes traceback</li>
|
||||
<li>Double clicking item in preview adds to service instead of sending live</li>
|
||||
<li>Alert is displayed on a single screen when "Display on a single screen" is not checked</li>
|
||||
</ul><h3><strong>Important Notes</strong></h3>
|
||||
<p>OpenLP 2.1.3 is <em><strong>not backwards compatible</strong></em> with 2.0.5. Once you have upgraded from 2.0.5, version 2.0.5 cannot read the upgraded files. OpenLP 2.1.3 will make a backup on startup, but it is recommended that you make your own backup too.</p>
|
||||
<p>Upgrading from versions of OpenLP before 2.0.5 are not supported. You need to upgrade to 2.0.5 first, and make sure you run OpenLP at least once before continuing to upgrade to 2.1.3</p>
|
||||
<p>This is a beta release, which means it is not yet finished and likely to still contain a few bugs. Please test it out as much as you can (using a Portable build on Windows is a good way to do this) and report the bugs you find.</p>
|
||||
<p>Service Files created in 2.1.3 cannot be opened in 2.0</p>
|
||||
<h3><strong>System Requirements</strong></h3>
|
||||
<p>OpenLP's system requrements have been upgraded since the 2.0.5 release. We have had to drop older operating systems in order to take advantage of newer features not available in older operating systems. Please take note:</p>
|
||||
<ul><li>Windows Vista and up</li>
|
||||
<li>Mac OS X 10.8 and up</li>
|
||||
<li>Ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 and 15.02</li>
|
||||
<li>Fedora 21</li>
|
||||
</ul><blockquote style="width: 300px; margin: 1em auto;"><p>I lift up my eyes to the hills.<br> From where does my help come?<br>My help comes from the Lord,<br> who made heaven and earth.</p>
|
||||
<p style="text-align: right;">Psalm 121</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
<h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://openlp.org/download">DOWNLOAD NOW</a></h1>
|
||||
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|
||||
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
|
||||
New Beta Release: 2.1.3
|
||||
enblog20150222new-beta-release-213
|
||||
2015/02/22 17:02:00
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
|
||||
<html><body><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote><p>I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.</p>
|
||||
<p style="text-align: right;">Philippians 3:14</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
<p>I'm glad to announce another release of the upcoming OpenLP 2.2, version 2.1.4 Release Candidate 1. This release comes with 31 known bug fixes, as well as a bunch of other fixes that don't have specific bug reports.</p>
|
||||
<p>There's also been a renewed focus on Mac OS X, with bugs like the dock icon problem fixed, and the menu bar fix in the works.</p>
|
||||
<p>Here are the bug reports we have fixed:<br><br></p>
|
||||
<ul><li>#1419300: OpenLP freezes when double clicking an image in media manager</li>
|
||||
<li>#1424297: Renaming a theme causes a crash</li>
|
||||
<li>#1247661: Cannot restore OpenLP after minimising on OSX</li>
|
||||
<li>#1411433: Media disappears on upgrade</li>
|
||||
<li>#1413324: Going live on songs too quickly causes hang</li>
|
||||
<li>#1424330: OpenLP Loops Presentations on start up</li>
|
||||
<li>#1432418: delete PowerPoint presentation before removing from service</li>
|
||||
<li>#1438563: Saving theme with unicode letters in the name causes traceback</li>
|
||||
<li>#1441055: Webkitplayer (and video background) doesn't work on Windows and Mac</li>
|
||||
<li>#1081807: Inconsistent verse ranges</li>
|
||||
<li>#1194847: Clicking on a PowerPoint slide doesn't advance animations on that slide</li>
|
||||
<li>#1195694: Presentations error: RPC server is unavailable</li>
|
||||
<li>#1389149: Traceback when switching PPT presenter</li>
|
||||
<li>#1412216: ccli traceback when the lyrics aren't present</li>
|
||||
<li>#1423699: CCLI SongSelect Import - import more logs out</li>
|
||||
<li>#1423913: PowerPoint steals focus when a PowerPoint presentation goes live</li>
|
||||
<li>#1424555: When editing a single verse, the number is always 1</li>
|
||||
<li>#1424972: Powerpoint with unicode characters makes OpenLP crash</li>
|
||||
<li>#1425035: Wrong use of translation causes crash in opensong bible import</li>
|
||||
<li>#1431476: Exception when playing a mpg file with webkit</li>
|
||||
<li>#1431478: Size of media slider should not change</li>
|
||||
<li>#1433245: Error message when start playing a video with vlc</li>
|
||||
<li>#1437771: CCLISongSelect import saves multiple copies of same song</li>
|
||||
<li>#1439311: Print service does not always put a blank line between verses</li>
|
||||
<li>#1439671: Edit button on preview toolbar disappears when editing custom</li>
|
||||
<li>#1440571: Drag and drop powerpoint file to mediamanager fails to load file</li>
|
||||
<li>#1446491: OpenLP shows wrong thumbnail when new and old image has the same name</li>
|
||||
<li>#1056652: Service item selection bug in Service Manager</li>
|
||||
<li>#1254190: Can no longer add Bible verses</li>
|
||||
<li>#1315917: [Web stage] native android web browser causes text to compress affects Android app as well</li>
|
||||
<li>#1410774: OpenLP fails to start on first run</li>
|
||||
<li>#1414990: Menu - language list</li>
|
||||
</ul><p>A number of translations have been updated and nearing full coverage.</p>
|
||||
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> All the files have been uploaded, and are available on the <a href="http://openlp.org/en/download#dev-builds">Download</a> page.</p>
|
||||
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|
||||
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
|
||||
Woo! Another release! Announcing OpenLP 2.1.4
|
||||
enblog20150426woo-another-release-announcing-openlp-214
|
||||
2015/04/26 14:04:31
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
|
||||
<html><body><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><blockquote><p>So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.</p>
|
||||
<p style="text-align: right;">2 Corinthians 4:16-18</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
<p style="margin-top: 1em;"><strong>Update: </strong>The Windows builds are now available on the <a href="http://openlp.org/download" title="Download OpenLP - Free Church Worship Presentation Software">Download page</a>.</p>
|
||||
<p>Another step closer to version 2.2, today we have released version 2.1.5, the second release candidate. This release comes with 7 known bugfixes as well as a few of other fixes.</p>
|
||||
<p>The PowerPoint integration has recieved a lot of attention and we hope some of the quirks has been fixed. Thanks go to the OpenLP community for quick feedback while testing the changes.</p>
|
||||
<p>Here are the bug reports we have fixed:</p>
|
||||
<table><tbody><tr><td style="padding-right: 0.5em;">#1451237</td>
|
||||
<td>Remote view: sending image or video live from search results causes traceback</td>
|
||||
</tr><tr><td>#1458056</td>
|
||||
<td>Traceback when importing a Worship Assistant CSV</td>
|
||||
</tr><tr><td>#1458672</td>
|
||||
<td>Import of settings file with non-existing keys causes traceback</td>
|
||||
</tr><tr><td>#1460235</td>
|
||||
<td>Focus doesn't switch to Live when you click in "move to live" button</td>
|
||||
</tr><tr><td>#1395848</td>
|
||||
<td>OSX Menu Bar</td>
|
||||
</tr><tr><td>#1449041</td>
|
||||
<td>Main vebview doesn't mirror PowerPoint when using a single-screen setup</td>
|
||||
</tr><tr><td>#1449064</td>
|
||||
<td>Transitions happens in the same slide</td>
|
||||
</tr></tbody></table><p> </p>
|
||||
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|
||||
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
|
||||
Getting Closer to a Stable Release: Version 2.1.5
|
||||
enblog20150531getting-closer-stable-release-version-215
|
||||
2015/05/31 19:05:29
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
|
||||
<html><body><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Announcing the Release of the Version 2 Android App.</h2><p>This new application replaces the existing Android Application. The two versions will co-exist on the same machine.</p><p>This code is Alpha so has been tested and, in at least one church it is already being used live but there may still be issues with it.</p><p>The new version builds on the Android 5 material design theme and whilst will work on a phone, a tablet is the recommended device. </p><p>This new version works with OpenLP 2.0 and 2.1.5.</p><p>The following functions are supported:</p><ul><li>Select Address and Port of running OpenLP instance.</li><li>Handle user authentication of display changes. <strong>- 2.1.5 only</strong> </li><li>Support SSL if implemented on OpenLP. <strong>- 2.1.5 only</strong></li><li>View all items in a service.</li><li>Change the slide of a live item</li><li>Make an item in a service live.</li><li>Blank the display</li><li>Issue an alert</li><li>Support a graphical main view. - <strong>2.1.5 only</strong></li></ul><p> The following functions have not been ported at present but will come later:</p><ul><li>Search from items. </li><li>Add to item to service or directly live</li></ul><p>The new version can be found at the Google Play Store <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openlp.android2" target="_blank" title="Google Play Store">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openlp.android2</a> </p><p><img height="188" src="http://openlp.org/files/Samsung-Livelist.png#overlay-context=en/blog" width="300"></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-upload field-type-file field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><table class="sticky-enabled">
|
||||
<thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead>
|
||||
<tbody>
|
||||
<tr class="odd"><td><span class="file"><img alt="" class="file-icon" src="http://openlp.org/modules/file/icons/image-x-generic.png" title="image/png"> <a href="http://openlp.org/files/Samsung-Livelist.png" type="image/png; length=183973">Samsung-Livelist.png</a></span></td><td>179.66 KB</td> </tr>
|
||||
</tbody>
|
||||
</table>
|
||||
</div></div></div></body></html>
|
||||
@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
|
||||
Android 2 -(Alpha) Release through Google Play Store.
|
||||
enblog20150605android-2-alpha-release-through-google-play-store
|
||||
2015/06/05 19:06:57
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
26
blog/enflaming-elijah-is-looking-good.rst
Normal file
26
blog/enflaming-elijah-is-looking-good.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
|
||||
.. title: "Enflaming Elijah" is looking good!
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/06/07/enflaming-elijah-is-looking-good
|
||||
.. date: 2011-06-07 06:06:29 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks,
|
||||
|
||||
I just wanted to drop an update about our next release, OpenLP 1.9.6
|
||||
"Enflaming Elijah". We've been working hard on getting a lot of things
|
||||
fixed and improved in this release, including various aspects of
|
||||
internationalisation (especially around Bibles), media support, speed
|
||||
and general stability. I'm really pleased with our progress thus far,
|
||||
and am looking forward to the release at the end of this month.
|
||||
|
||||
So far we are on track to release 1.9.6 on the 26th of June, as per our
|
||||
proposed milestones.
|
||||
|
||||
Some key features/enhancements in the upcoming version:
|
||||
|
||||
- Faster startup times on Windows
|
||||
- Translation of everything (hopefully!), including all menu items,
|
||||
buttons on wizards and dialogs, and even the web remote.
|
||||
- Improved language support for Bibles
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks to everyone who has helped us so far.
|
||||
16
blog/expanding-the-support-team.rst
Normal file
16
blog/expanding-the-support-team.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
|
||||
.. title: Expanding the support team
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/02/23/expanding-the-support-team
|
||||
.. date: 2007-02-23 21:02:31 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks!
|
||||
|
||||
openlp.org is once again looking for volunteers to help out!
|
||||
|
||||
We are looking for a couple of people to join our support team. You must
|
||||
know openlp.org quite well, regard yourself a power user, and be able to
|
||||
troubleshoot problems with Windows and Office.
|
||||
|
||||
If you'd like to help out, please contact David, the head of support, at
|
||||
support[at]openlp.org.
|
||||
79
blog/exposong-project-shut-down.rst
Normal file
79
blog/exposong-project-shut-down.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
|
||||
.. title: ExpoSong Project Shut Down
|
||||
.. slug: 2014/01/11/exposong-project-shut-down
|
||||
.. date: 2014-01-10 23:01:26 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
A few days ago another open source church worship project called
|
||||
`ExpoSong <http://exposong.org/>`__ had to `shut
|
||||
down <http://exposong.org/2014/01/08/eol-announcement/>`__. It seems to
|
||||
me that they had a very small development team and were unable to
|
||||
continue developing their software. ExpoSong's last release was over 2
|
||||
years ago, in December 2011, and I can only presume they took a rain
|
||||
check as 2014 came round and decided to officially stop the project
|
||||
rather than leave it hanging.
|
||||
|
||||
It's very sad when an open source project has to shut down, but I can
|
||||
completely understand their position. Without time or resources to
|
||||
continue development, it is better to officially stop development rather
|
||||
than leave it open in the dwindling hopes that someone may have the time
|
||||
to continue at a later stage.
|
||||
|
||||
For those of you who have come from ExpoSong, I have put together a
|
||||
step-by-step guide below to show you how to easily export all your songs
|
||||
from ExpoSong and import them all into OpenLP. Click the **Read more**
|
||||
link below if you can't see the guide.
|
||||
|
||||
Exporting Songs from ExpoSong and Importing Into OpenLP
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
First, in ExpoSong, click on **File > Export > Whole Library**.
|
||||
|
||||
|Export songs from ExpoSong|
|
||||
|
||||
Then select where you want to save your library file to.
|
||||
|
||||
|Select Location|
|
||||
|
||||
Once you have saved your file, open your file browser and navigate to
|
||||
where the file is.
|
||||
|
||||
|Find exported file|
|
||||
|
||||
Select the file and rename its extension from ".expo" to ".tar.gz"
|
||||
|
||||
|Change File Extension|
|
||||
|
||||
Now you should have a "tarball" in your directory.
|
||||
|
||||
|Tarball|
|
||||
|
||||
Using an archive program (Windows users can use
|
||||
`7-zip <http://www.7-zip.org/>`__, unzipping should be built in on Linux
|
||||
and OS X), extract the contents of the "tarball".
|
||||
|
||||
|Extracted Archive|
|
||||
|
||||
If you enter into the extracted "pres" directory, you should see all of
|
||||
your songs stored as ".xml" files.
|
||||
|
||||
|Song Files|
|
||||
|
||||
Now go into OpenLP, select **File > Import > Songs** and when you get to
|
||||
the Song Format page of the Import Wizard, select OpenLyrics. Then use
|
||||
the "Add Files" button to find the files you just extracted and add them
|
||||
to be imported.
|
||||
|
||||
|Import into OpenLP|
|
||||
|
||||
Follow the rest of the prompts in the wizard to finish importing your
|
||||
files.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |Export songs from ExpoSong| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_01_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Select Location| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_02_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Find exported file| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_03_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Change File Extension| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_04_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Tarball| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_05_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Extracted Archive| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_06_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Song Files| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_07_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
.. |Import into OpenLP| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/exposong_08_export_whole_library.png
|
||||
52
blog/facebook-timeline-photo.rst
Normal file
52
blog/facebook-timeline-photo.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
|
||||
.. title: Wanted: Facebook Timeline photo
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/03/19/facebook-timeline-photo
|
||||
.. date: 2012-03-19 13:03:23 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|OpenLP v1 in use|
|
||||
|
||||
In just over a weeks time, the OpenLP `facebook
|
||||
page <http://facebook.com/openlp>`__ will be switched over to the new
|
||||
Timeline view. The new view gives us the opportunity to add a cover
|
||||
image to go along the top of the page, and this is where we would like
|
||||
your help...
|
||||
|
||||
Ideally we would like to use a picture of OpenLP being used, with a full
|
||||
worshipping congregation and both the operators screen and the projector
|
||||
screen in view. For example a long time ago when v1 was just being born
|
||||
and monitors were still the size of a small car, the photo on the right
|
||||
was taken. We would like to bring it up to date..
|
||||
|
||||
As always, there are a few restrictions. This makes it significantly
|
||||
harder, but we might accept an image close to the mark:
|
||||
|
||||
#. We would like to see a view of a recent v2 version, with close to the
|
||||
default layout.
|
||||
#. Any lyrics on the screen ideally in the Public Domain, if possible.
|
||||
Although Scripture will be fine too. English would be preferable.
|
||||
#. A fairly full looking congregation, who don't look like they are
|
||||
bored ;)
|
||||
#. The trickiest bit.. the image has to be an unstretched 851x315
|
||||
resolution.
|
||||
#. In focus ;) and not too dark.
|
||||
#. Note that facebook displays the OpenLP logo over part of the bottom
|
||||
left of the image
|
||||
#. Oh and full permission for OpenLP to use the picture, although you'll
|
||||
retain the copyright.
|
||||
|
||||
Also if you have other ideas for a type of image we could use, then
|
||||
please share them in the comments too.
|
||||
|
||||
You can post images to our facebook wall or use an image sharing site
|
||||
such as `imgur <http://imgur.com>`__ and post the links below.
|
||||
|
||||
*Disclaimer: We don't guarantee we'll use your photo as the cover even
|
||||
if it the only one created and has a 1000 likes. Therefore we don't
|
||||
recommend you spend 3 solid days setting up the perfect shot, and going
|
||||
out to buy the latest Canon or Nikon DSLR just to take this picture!
|
||||
Raoul has the final word.*
|
||||
|
||||
We look forward to seeing your photos :)
|
||||
|
||||
.. |OpenLP v1 in use| image:: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openlp/screenshots/57331
|
||||
137
blog/feature-survey-results.rst
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137
blog/feature-survey-results.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
|
||||
.. title: Feature Survey Results
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/12/03/feature-survey-results
|
||||
.. date: 2013-12-03 20:12:40 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
We have finally had some time to sift through the responses to the
|
||||
survey, and below I present to you the summary of the survey. There are
|
||||
some pretty graphs (for those who like graphs) and we've included the
|
||||
percentages of multiple choice questions. Note that due to most of the
|
||||
questions allowing more than one answer, the sum of the percentages will
|
||||
exceed 100%.
|
||||
|
||||
And so, without further ado, here are the results:
|
||||
|
||||
How did you originally hear about OpenLP?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|How did you originally hear about OpenLP?|
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| Search engine | Software site |
|
||||
| 68% | 6% |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
Which services do you use OpenLP in?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|Which services do you use OpenLP in?|
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| All services | Main service |
|
||||
| 34% | 25% |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
What do you currently use OpenLP for?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|What do you currently use OpenLP for?|
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| Songs | Bible verses |
|
||||
| 24% | 17% |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
What operating system do you use OpenLP on?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|What operating system do you use OpenLP on?|
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| Mac OS X | Windows |
|
||||
| 16% | 55% |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
What other software do you use in addition to OpenLP?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|What other software do you use in addition to OpenLP?|
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| PowerPoint/etc | Audio recording |
|
||||
| 24% | 21% |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
Top ten features requested
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
We have selected the top 10 features requested by the respondents. Note
|
||||
that we will concentrate on these features first, but that doesn't mean
|
||||
we'll only concentrate on these 10 features. As we complete features
|
||||
we'll move down the list.
|
||||
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
| Motion backgrounds (text over video) | DVD playback |
|
||||
| 9% | 7% |
|
||||
+--------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
What do you love about OpenLP?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
For this question, we had to manually work through everyone's responses,
|
||||
and pick out the most common themes. These are the top 5 themes we
|
||||
noticed, in order of most-mentioned to least-mentioned.
|
||||
|
||||
#. Free/open source
|
||||
#. Ease of use/usability/simplicity
|
||||
#. Feature set
|
||||
#. Developers/development/community
|
||||
#. Cross platform
|
||||
|
||||
There were also a number of enthusiastic users of the remote and/or
|
||||
Android app.
|
||||
|
||||
We also noticed that some folk thought that OpenLP is donateware. It is
|
||||
not, we haven't publically accepted donations for a few reasons, mostly
|
||||
that we don't see the need. If you *would* like to donate, please
|
||||
`e-mail us (contact form) <http://openlp.org/support/email-us>`__.
|
||||
|
||||
What do you dislike about OpenLP?
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
Once again, we had to manually work through everyone's responses, and
|
||||
pick out the most common themes. These are the top 5 themes we noticed,
|
||||
in order of most-mentioned to least-mentioned.
|
||||
|
||||
#. Bugs and/or crashes
|
||||
#. Video issues
|
||||
#. Presentation issues (PowerPoint, Impress, etc)
|
||||
#. Speed issues
|
||||
#. Unfamiliarity with OpenLP
|
||||
|
||||
We noticed that there were a large number of bugs that we've never heard
|
||||
of. If you do encounter a bug, please let us know! We can't fix it if we
|
||||
don't know about it.
|
||||
|
||||
There were also a lot of "missing feature" complaints, which were almost
|
||||
all already in the list of features we're looking to implement, and thus
|
||||
we did not include them in these results.
|
||||
|
||||
Helping with development
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
We couldn't help but notice that a few of the respondents indicated a
|
||||
willingness to help develop OpenLP in some way. If you're keen to take a
|
||||
look at helping out, please see our `getting
|
||||
started <http://wiki.openlp.org/#Development>`__ page on the developer
|
||||
wiki and `join us in IRC <http://openlp.org/support/live-chat-irc>`__ so
|
||||
that we can help you get up and running.
|
||||
|
||||
As always, God bless, and happy projecting!
|
||||
|
||||
.. |How did you originally hear about OpenLP?| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/heard_about_openlp.png
|
||||
.. |Which services do you use OpenLP in?| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/services_used_in.png
|
||||
.. |What do you currently use OpenLP for?| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/how_openlp_used.png
|
||||
.. |What operating system do you use OpenLP on?| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/operating_system.png
|
||||
.. |What other software do you use in addition to OpenLP?| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/other_software.png
|
||||
8
blog/fedora-packaging-update.rst
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8
blog/fedora-packaging-update.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
|
||||
.. title: Fedora Packaging update
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/04/13/fedora-packaging-update
|
||||
.. date: 2010-04-13 08:04:41 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
OpenLP alpha 1 is now available in the Stable repository of Fedora 12
|
||||
and testing repository of Fedora 13.
|
||||
10
blog/fedora-packaging.rst
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10
blog/fedora-packaging.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
|
||||
.. title: Fedora Packaging
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/04/09/fedora-packaging
|
||||
.. date: 2010-04-09 07:04:54 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
OpenLP has now been sponsored by Fedora and the Alpha 1 release is now
|
||||
available in the testing repository under the tag OpenLP-1.9.1.1-1.fc12.
|
||||
|
||||
If you are use Fedora give it a go and provide feed back.
|
||||
20
blog/fedora-weekly-build.rst
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20
blog/fedora-weekly-build.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: Fedora Weekly Build
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/09/06/fedora-weekly-build
|
||||
.. date: 2010-09-06 18:09:53 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
For anyone who wants to keep up to date with regular builds I will be
|
||||
updating my personal repository which is compatible with Package
|
||||
Manager. The repos definition can be found
|
||||
at http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/trb143/OpenLP/.
|
||||
|
||||
To obtain this version instead of the normal Fedora updates you will
|
||||
need to use \ *"--disablerepo=updates"*
|
||||
|
||||
Add this and you will get regular updates outside the normal build
|
||||
cycles.
|
||||
|
||||
Bugs for these builds should be logged on Launchpad or IRC not bugzilla.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20
blog/find-us-on-ohloh.rst
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20
blog/find-us-on-ohloh.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: Find us on Ohloh!
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/09/17/find-us-on-ohloh
|
||||
.. date: 2009-09-17 15:09:58 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
If you haven't noticed it before, let me draw your attention to the
|
||||
bottom little black bar underneath the menu on the left. This is a
|
||||
little counter and a link to our project page on the Ohloh website.
|
||||
Ohloh is a site where open source projects can have a project page, and
|
||||
users of the software can write reviews, indicate that they use the
|
||||
software, and give the developers "kudo". It's kinda like a Facebook for
|
||||
open source projects.
|
||||
|
||||
As you can see from the counter, openlp.org currently has 183 594 lines
|
||||
of code, and would cost a dedicated development team $2.5 million to
|
||||
write. If you use openlp.org, and you like it, would you please consider
|
||||
signing up on Ohloh and at least mark that you use it. If you'd like to,
|
||||
please feel free to write a review, and giving the developers kudo is
|
||||
always welcome.
|
||||
137
blog/first-beta-release-of-openlp-2.rst
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137
blog/first-beta-release-of-openlp-2.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
|
||||
.. title: First Beta Release of OpenLP 2
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/03/26/first-beta-release-of-openlp-2
|
||||
.. date: 2011-03-27 08:03:00 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hello folks,
|
||||
|
||||
We are happy to announce the release of our **first beta** aka *Maverick
|
||||
Micah*. We have put a lot of effort into this release, squashing bugs,
|
||||
adding new features, and enhancing existing features, to make this the
|
||||
best release yet.
|
||||
|
||||
We're really excited about this release, because it marks the changeover
|
||||
from version 1.2 to version 2.0. You see, from now on, we will only
|
||||
really be supporting version 2. It is much less work to support version
|
||||
2.0, and we feel that version 2.0 is at a point now where it can go into
|
||||
mainstream use. We will still support version 1.2, but there won't be
|
||||
any more bug fixing or releases of that version.
|
||||
|
||||
If you have not used OpenLP before, we recommend you use this new beta
|
||||
release, rather than version 1.2.
|
||||
|
||||
A number of people have already been using the alpha versions in their
|
||||
church services, and have been extremely happy with the stability of
|
||||
those releases. While we can't guarantee 100% stability, we feel that
|
||||
OpenLP 2.0 is stable enough to be used in your church services.
|
||||
|
||||
Some of the new features and improvements:
|
||||
|
||||
- A *First Time Wizard* which will help you to do the basic
|
||||
configuration and allows you to import sample songs, Bibles and
|
||||
themes.
|
||||
- Additional song imports: EasiSlides, Folipresenter, SongShow Plus
|
||||
- In addition we added OpenLyrics import and export support, which
|
||||
allows you to easily transfer songs between different OpenLP
|
||||
installations. OpenLyrics is an independent standard, built to
|
||||
facilitate interoperability between various presentation
|
||||
applications.
|
||||
- The ability to print *Service Order Sheets* (File → Print Service
|
||||
Order)
|
||||
- Define your own *Display Tags* to format slides individually
|
||||
- Better media support
|
||||
- A reference manual (very much a work in progress though!)
|
||||
|
||||
Other improvements and bug fixes:
|
||||
|
||||
- An improved song search
|
||||
- General usability improvements
|
||||
- New search box for Bibles (just like the new search box for songs in
|
||||
the previous release)
|
||||
- A revamped web interface
|
||||
- Many bugfixes
|
||||
|
||||
Important note: Service files created in a previous release of OpenLP
|
||||
are not compatible with OpenLP 1.9.5
|
||||
|
||||
Finally, the downloads links:
|
||||
|
||||
- Windows (XP and up, 32 and 64 bit)
|
||||
- Mac OS X (10.5 and up)
|
||||
- Linux
|
||||
|
||||
- Ubuntu/Kubuntu/XUbuntu (Release PPA)
|
||||
- Fedora (Updates)
|
||||
- Arch (Arch User Repositories)
|
||||
|
||||
See the download page for more distributions and operating systems.
|
||||
|
||||
Don't forget to Like the OpenLP page on Facebook, retweet OpenLP's
|
||||
tweets, and tell everyone you know about OpenLP!
|
||||
|
||||
**If you have any problems setting up or using OpenLP, please read the
|
||||
new manual as well as the Frequently Asked Questions.**
|
||||
|
||||
1"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in
|
||||
me. 2In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I
|
||||
have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and
|
||||
prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to
|
||||
myself, that where I am you may be also. 4And you know the way to
|
||||
where I am going." 5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where
|
||||
you are going. How can we know the way?" 6Jesus said to him, "I am
|
||||
the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father
|
||||
except through me. 7If you had known me, you would have known my
|
||||
Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."
|
||||
|
||||
8Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for
|
||||
us." 9Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and you
|
||||
still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the
|
||||
Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10Do you not believe
|
||||
that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I
|
||||
say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who
|
||||
dwells in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father
|
||||
and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works
|
||||
themselves.
|
||||
|
||||
12"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do
|
||||
the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do,
|
||||
because I am going to the Father. 13Whatever you ask in my name,
|
||||
this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14If
|
||||
you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
|
||||
|
||||
15"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask
|
||||
the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you
|
||||
forever, 17even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
|
||||
because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he
|
||||
dwells with you and will be in you.
|
||||
|
||||
18"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19Yet a
|
||||
little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me.
|
||||
Because I live, you also will live. 20In that day you will know that
|
||||
I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21Whoever has my
|
||||
commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves
|
||||
me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest
|
||||
myself to him." 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it
|
||||
that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?"
|
||||
23Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and
|
||||
my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home
|
||||
with him. 24Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the
|
||||
word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.
|
||||
|
||||
25"These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.
|
||||
26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my
|
||||
name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all
|
||||
that I have said to you. 27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give
|
||||
to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts
|
||||
be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you,
|
||||
'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you
|
||||
would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the
|
||||
Father is greater than I. 29And now I have told you before it takes
|
||||
place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30I will no
|
||||
longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He
|
||||
has no claim on me, 31but I do as the Father has commanded me, so
|
||||
that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from
|
||||
here.
|
||||
|
||||
John 14 (English Standard Version)
|
||||
15
blog/first-blog-entry.rst
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15
blog/first-blog-entry.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
|
||||
.. title: first blog entry
|
||||
.. slug: 2005/12/10/first-blog-entry
|
||||
.. date: 2005-12-10 03:12:00 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
well, this is the first blog entry on our new web site. i'm still busy
|
||||
getting all the old content across from the old site to the new one. and
|
||||
then i still need to co-ordinate the efforts to translate the site into
|
||||
other languages. we're getting there slowly but surely.
|
||||
|
||||
we need people to work on the online documentation, and then of course
|
||||
translaters for the other versions of the site.
|
||||
|
||||
that's all i have to say for now. more later...
|
||||
24
blog/first-time-wizard.rst
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24
blog/first-time-wizard.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
|
||||
.. title: First time Wizard
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/03/06/first-time-wizard
|
||||
.. date: 2011-03-06 14:03:08 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
For the next release due at the end of the month a "First Time Wizard"
|
||||
has been developed to help set up a new environment.
|
||||
|
||||
This will allow a user to:
|
||||
|
||||
- Choose which plugins they want activated
|
||||
- Download Songs, Bibles and Themes from the web
|
||||
- Set up the Initial display screen and the default theme.
|
||||
|
||||
As a number of users already have a working setup they will still need
|
||||
to run this wizard. In most cases this will allow them to add
|
||||
additional bibles and themes BUT it may change their plugin settings and
|
||||
if they choose to download the songs it ***will overwrite their current
|
||||
songs database***.
|
||||
|
||||
The default option is not to download any Songs, Bibles or Themes.
|
||||
|
||||
This Wizard has be added to the code base.
|
||||
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
|
||||
.. title: **FLAG DAY** Database schema changes in trunk revision 956
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/07/20/flag-day-database-schema-changes-in-trunk-revision-956
|
||||
.. date: 2010-07-20 19:07:55 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Revision 956 commits code to change the database schema for the way song
|
||||
information is stored. This is to fix a previous oversight with
|
||||
alternative titles (they work and are stored correctly now) and to add
|
||||
the ability to link media files to songs.
|
||||
|
||||
When updating to this or any later revision **your old database will
|
||||
crash OpenLP**. To prevent this from happening:
|
||||
|
||||
- Move or rename your existing database (in ~/.openlp/data/songs or
|
||||
~/.local/share/openlp/songs on Linux or
|
||||
%APPDATA%\\openlp\\data\\songs on Windows)
|
||||
- Open OpenLP to automatically create a database with the new schema
|
||||
- Import your old data by selecting File -> Import -> OpenLP v2 Songs
|
||||
from the menu in the top left of OpenLP
|
||||
- Find your old database and click Open
|
||||
- Your data will be imported. **This may take a while with no visible
|
||||
progress feedback.**
|
||||
- When the import is finished a message box will say this is the case.
|
||||
|
||||
Being able to play tracks with songs is one of the few remaining version
|
||||
1 features left to implement in version 2 and this change allows us to
|
||||
start building that feature.
|
||||
35
blog/forum-housekeeping.rst
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35
blog/forum-housekeeping.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
|
||||
.. title: Forum Housekeeping
|
||||
.. slug: 2011/09/18/forum-housekeeping
|
||||
.. date: 2011-09-18 13:09:17 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks,
|
||||
|
||||
In order to make our forums a little easier to use, we've consolidated
|
||||
our 5 groups and 13 forums into 2 groups and 7 forums. The
|
||||
language-specific forums have remained the same, so if you speak German,
|
||||
French, Spanish, or Portuguese, you can post your queries in those
|
||||
forums.
|
||||
|
||||
The big changes come in the rest of the forums. We used to have a
|
||||
multitude of sections and forums, and in order to make the forums easier
|
||||
to use, and easier to figure out where the best place to post your query
|
||||
is, we have slimmed it down to 3 categories:
|
||||
|
||||
- General Discussion
|
||||
This is where you can discuss more general topics, like problems with
|
||||
the web site, or where to get Bibles, and other things that don't fit
|
||||
in either of the other two forums.
|
||||
- Troubleshooting
|
||||
If you're having general problems getting OpenLP running, this is the
|
||||
place to find help. If you think you've encountered a bug, but you're
|
||||
not getting an actual error, you should post in here too. Please note
|
||||
that since most of the developers use Linux, most operating system
|
||||
specific queries cannot necessarily be answered.
|
||||
- Development
|
||||
Bug reports, feature requests, offers of help, and other
|
||||
development-related topics can be posted in here.
|
||||
|
||||
This is another change we're making in order to optimise the site,
|
||||
hopefully making the site almost as easy to use as OpenLP is
|
||||
29
blog/forward-thinking.rst
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29
blog/forward-thinking.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
|
||||
.. title: Forward Thinking
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/09/03/forward-thinking
|
||||
.. date: 2013-09-03 13:09:14 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|The Future|
|
||||
|
||||
In preparation for some changes that we have made in the next major
|
||||
version of OpenLP we had to make a change in the last release (2.0.2) in
|
||||
the way that service files are saved. With OpenLP 2.0.2 and higher, you
|
||||
will still be able to read your old service files, but earlier versions
|
||||
of OpenLP will not be able to open files created in later versions of
|
||||
OpenLP.
|
||||
|
||||
For example, OpenLP 2.0.2 will be able to open services files saved in
|
||||
OpenLP 2.0.1, but OpenLP 2.0.1 will not be able to open services files
|
||||
saved in OpenLP 2.0.2.
|
||||
|
||||
Unfortunately a bug was introduced preventing services that had notes in
|
||||
them from being saved. We have already fixed this and plan to make a
|
||||
release (2.0.3) to address this issue in the near future. If you wish to
|
||||
use notes we suggest that you do not upgrade to 2.0.2.
|
||||
|
||||
We thank you for your patience in this matter and apoligise for this
|
||||
bug. Steps are being taken including automated testing in 2.2 to reduce
|
||||
the chances of bugs like these slipping in the future.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |The Future| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/the-future-sign.jpg
|
||||
160
blog/gearing-final-release.rst
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160
blog/gearing-final-release.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
|
||||
.. title: Gearing Up For The Final Release
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/09/24/gearing-final-release
|
||||
.. date: 2012-09-24 06:09:47 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|Gearing Up For OpenLP 2.0|
|
||||
|
||||
Those who hang around here regularly will know that we plan to release
|
||||
the final version of OpenLP 2.0 at the end of October. As one can
|
||||
imagine, with such a momentous release we'd like to make a big noise
|
||||
about it. Because OpenLP is open source, it is primarily driven by its
|
||||
users, whether they are developers, or just folks that hang out in the
|
||||
forums and want to help out in whatever way they can. With the upcoming
|
||||
release of version 2.0, we are going to need lots of help from YOU.
|
||||
Here's how you can help:
|
||||
|
||||
Web Site
|
||||
~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
We are in the process of completely rethinking the web site and making
|
||||
it more product-centric. We want to include some new elements in the
|
||||
site that we haven't relied on in our marketing previously.
|
||||
|
||||
One of the things we want to display on the new site are testimonials
|
||||
from users of OpenLP. If you use OpenLP, and like it, please either post
|
||||
your testimonial in the forums or e-mail it to support (at) openlp.org
|
||||
and we'll include it on the new site. Be genuine in your testimonial,
|
||||
mentioning what you like about OpenLP and why you use it. Don't be too
|
||||
shy of pointing out one or two things that currently irritate you about
|
||||
OpenLP, honest testimonials give a far better reflection than purely
|
||||
positive ones.
|
||||
|
||||
To be completely honest with you, hearing of a megachurch using OpenLP
|
||||
does far more for OpenLP's reputation than a small church. We will
|
||||
display all testimonials with equal status regardless of the church
|
||||
size, but we'd love to have some from the bigger churches out there.
|
||||
|
||||
We also want to show off photographs of OpenLP in action. If you have a
|
||||
high quality photograph of OpenLP in use in your church, we'd like to
|
||||
use it on the site. We have a couple on our Facebook page, but we want
|
||||
more and we want better ones. The minimum requirements for photographs
|
||||
are 5 megapixels on a proper digital camera, not a mobile/cellular
|
||||
phone. These too can be e-mailed to us at the address listed above.
|
||||
|
||||
Please be aware that not all testimonials and/or photographs will
|
||||
necessarily be accepted. We are looking for top quality content for our
|
||||
site, and if yours doesn't make the grade we won't include it. If you
|
||||
really want yours included, contact us and find out why it was not
|
||||
accepted, and we can work with you to bring it up to the inclusion
|
||||
standard.
|
||||
|
||||
User Guide
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|OpenLP User Guide|
|
||||
|
||||
We're still looking for people to write and/or translate the user guide.
|
||||
It is already laid out, it just needs content. You don't need to be a
|
||||
developer to write it, we will help you get set up. The user guide uses
|
||||
a formatting system called reStructuredText, in a similar vein to
|
||||
Markdown or wiki formatting.
|
||||
|
||||
If you'd like to help out, please contact us at that same e-mail
|
||||
address, or via the `contact
|
||||
page <http://openlp.org/en/contact-us/support>`__, and we'll get you up
|
||||
and running in no time at all.
|
||||
|
||||
Fixing Bugs
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|Bug Fixing|
|
||||
|
||||
Of course we're still fixing bugs in OpenLP. If you come across any,
|
||||
please make sure to e-mail a full bug report to bugs (at) openlp.org.
|
||||
|
||||
If you encounter the error window, you ***MUST*** either use the
|
||||
**E-mail** button to e-mail us directly, or use the **Save** button to
|
||||
save the report to a file, and then send us that file. If you just send
|
||||
us an e-mail saying that an error occurred, we can't help you, or figure
|
||||
out what the bug is. The information in that error window is vital.
|
||||
|
||||
If you try to do something and it doesn't work, but it doesn't show the
|
||||
error window, please make sure you can reproduce the bug (can you do it
|
||||
again and again?) and list in as much detail as possible the steps you
|
||||
took to reproduce it. Also include which version of OpenLP, which
|
||||
operating system and its version, your distro and your desktop
|
||||
environment if you're using Linux, your graphics card, and any other
|
||||
information you think is important. For example:
|
||||
|
||||
Action Performed: I tried to add a new theme.
|
||||
|
||||
Expected Result: A new theme listed in the theme manager.
|
||||
|
||||
Actual Result: After running through the Theme Wizard successfully,
|
||||
my new theme did not appear in the theme manager. It did appear
|
||||
after restarting OpenLP though.
|
||||
|
||||
Steps to Reproduce:
|
||||
|
||||
#. Click on the New Theme button in the Theme Manager.
|
||||
#. Run through the creation process, selecting any combination -
|
||||
this bug affects all of them.
|
||||
#. At the end of the process, click the finish button.
|
||||
#. Notice that the new theme is not visible in the Theme Mananger.
|
||||
#. Restart OpenLP and see the new theme.
|
||||
|
||||
Computer Details: Kubuntu Linux 12.10 (beta), LibreOffice 3.6,
|
||||
nVidia GeForce 5600, VLC 2.03
|
||||
|
||||
Before you submit a bug report, please search through our existing bug
|
||||
reports and make sure you're not reporting one that already exists.
|
||||
Additionally, we need to be able to reproduce your bug before we'll add
|
||||
it to that list, so your bug may not show up for a day or two. Relax, as
|
||||
long as you sent it to bugs (at) openlp.org, we have it and are looking
|
||||
into it.
|
||||
|
||||
Tutorials
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|OpenLP Tutorials|
|
||||
|
||||
We are also still looking for more tutorials for how to use OpenLP. If
|
||||
you've written a blog post, we'd love to link to it. If you've recorded
|
||||
a screen cast, let us know so that we can include it in our playlist on
|
||||
YouTube. If you've written up a PDF or some other document, we have
|
||||
plenty of space to host it - e-mail it to us and we'll put it up.
|
||||
|
||||
If you have any other bright ideas on how to show people how to use
|
||||
OpenLP, we're very much open to them!
|
||||
|
||||
Marketing
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
|Blog About It|
|
||||
|
||||
Lastly, we need to generate buzz! If you have a blog, please blog about
|
||||
us. If your church has a web site, see if you can link back to our site.
|
||||
If you have a podcast or a vodcast, please feature us - we welcome
|
||||
interviews! Of course you can also find us on all the big social
|
||||
networks, like `Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/openlp>`__,
|
||||
`Twitter <http://twitter.com/openlp>`__,
|
||||
`YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/openlpvideos>`__ and
|
||||
`Google+ <https://plus.google.com/b/117120749304988900189/117120749304988900189>`__.
|
||||
|
||||
We'll be releasing a press kit in a few days with helpful information
|
||||
and useful buttons and icons for people to use on their web sites and in
|
||||
their blog posts.
|
||||
|
||||
Any Other Help
|
||||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||||
|
||||
If you think you can help us in another way not listed here, please
|
||||
contact us and let us know your ideas - we're always open to more ideas.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |Gearing Up For OpenLP 2.0| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/gears.jpg
|
||||
.. |OpenLP User Guide| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/kword.png
|
||||
.. |Bug Fixing| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/kbugbuster.png
|
||||
.. |OpenLP Tutorials| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/kbruch.png
|
||||
.. |Blog About It| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/kblogger.png
|
||||
28
blog/getting-bookstores-to-distribute-openlporg.rst
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28
blog/getting-bookstores-to-distribute-openlporg.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
|
||||
.. title: Getting bookstores to distribute openlp.org
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/01/16/getting-bookstores-to-distribute-openlporg
|
||||
.. date: 2008-01-16 23:01:21 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
I've been formulating a professional e-mail to some of the Christian
|
||||
bookstore chains here in South Africa, and I decided to make it
|
||||
available to the openlp.org community. This letter basically just talks
|
||||
about what openlp.org is, what open source software is, and why we want
|
||||
them to distribute it.
|
||||
|
||||
I've created a forum topic with the letter in it, and I encourage you to
|
||||
look at the letter, translate it into your language, and decide amongst
|
||||
yourselves who should be the "openlp.org representative" for your
|
||||
country. Just remember to keep it sounding professional.
|
||||
|
||||
Derek and I have been looking at how much it will cost to print labels
|
||||
for CDs and give those CDs away. We came to roughly 1 US dollar per CD.
|
||||
This isn't a lot, and you're welcome to investigate doing this yourself.
|
||||
I'll post CD labels and other packaging and promotional things later, so
|
||||
that you can print out and use these things. So if your letter is
|
||||
successful, you'll be able to download official openlp.org labels and
|
||||
print them out, and give the bookstores professional looking CDs.
|
||||
|
||||
But don't stop there. Why not print out more labels and CDs and hand
|
||||
them out to folks from other Churches that you might know, so that they
|
||||
can also benefit from open source software?
|
||||
35
blog/getting-ready-for-version-10.rst
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35
blog/getting-ready-for-version-10.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
|
||||
.. title: Getting ready for version 1.0
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/01/30/getting-ready-for-version-10
|
||||
.. date: 2008-01-30 08:01:41 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Well, it's 2 days before the release of openlp.org 1.0, and I am proud
|
||||
to say that we have almost all the issues resolved. It was a bit
|
||||
touch-and-go earlier, with a few of the bugs being potential
|
||||
show-stoppers, and with solutions seeming to be unavailable, but
|
||||
fortunately we have managed to either fix them or work around them.
|
||||
|
||||
The one thing that unfortunately is NOT complete is the user guide,
|
||||
otherwise known as the documentation. We'll be releasing with what we
|
||||
have so far, and after the release, we'll work on the documentation, and
|
||||
release 1.0.1 with the complete documentation. There is enough in the
|
||||
documentation for the user to be able to get to know how to use
|
||||
openlp.org, so it's not a big deal.
|
||||
|
||||
For those who don't know, Hannah and I have also been moving these last
|
||||
two weeks, so things have been really hectic. I'm really grateful to
|
||||
Derek and Jonathan Corwin for stepping in and taking up any extra slack
|
||||
when I've not been able to get work done on openlp.org.
|
||||
|
||||
Derek and I have also been investigating getting CDs printed. This is a
|
||||
slightly expensive affair, as you no doubt can imagine, but if there is
|
||||
enough interest, we'd like to pursue that option. I'm thinking of doing
|
||||
something similar to Ubuntu's Shipit, except that we don't have the
|
||||
millions that Mark Shuttleworth has, so we'd be asking you to pay for CD
|
||||
production and shipping costs. Of course, buying in bulk reduces the
|
||||
cost of the CDs, and in a minor way, the cost of the shipping too.
|
||||
|
||||
And lastly, don't forget to subscribe to the openlp.org newsletter! This
|
||||
is where we'll announce new releases and important events. Don't worry,
|
||||
we won't spam you, and you won't get lots of mail.
|
||||
25
blog/getting-started-on-20.rst
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25
blog/getting-started-on-20.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
|
||||
.. title: Getting started on 2.0
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/10/18/getting-started-on-20
|
||||
.. date: 2008-10-18 12:10:19 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
A couple of us have started working on the forms in openlp.org,
|
||||
recreating the 1.0 forms in Qt Designer, the interface designer for the
|
||||
cross-platform Qt UI framework. I decided to take a couple of
|
||||
screenshots so that folks can get a taste of where we're going...
|
||||
|
||||
Please remember that this is not the final product. These are the first
|
||||
few drafts of \*just\* the interface. There's no functionality behind
|
||||
any of the windows yet. You can click on each image to download a
|
||||
full-sized version.
|
||||
|
||||
First up, here's a preview of the main form:
|
||||
|
||||
Here's the settings form so far:
|
||||
|
||||
And, just to show you that this works on other platforms, here is a
|
||||
earlier version of the main window on Mac OS X:
|
||||
|
||||
If you'd like to find out more about helping out with the development,
|
||||
please join us in IRC.
|
||||
35
blog/getting-started-with-12.rst
Normal file
35
blog/getting-started-with-12.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
|
||||
.. title: Getting started with 1.2
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/07/30/getting-started-with-12
|
||||
.. date: 2008-07-29 22:07:08 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
This evening I merged the bugfixes from openlp.org 1.0.1 into the main
|
||||
code. My next move will be to clean up the conflicts that arose in the
|
||||
merge (the version control software can't always do a perfect merge, so
|
||||
it lets me "resolve" some of those "conflicts"). Once I've done that,
|
||||
I'll be continuing with the code cleanup that is necessary to implement
|
||||
some of the more advanced things.
|
||||
|
||||
The next step, after the cleanup, will be to rewrite the control
|
||||
component, which will allow a large number of usability improvements
|
||||
(like pressing the down key to go to the next slide!). Once I've done
|
||||
that, I'll start migrating the songs to the new database format
|
||||
necessary to add more features requested (like verse ordering). These
|
||||
first 3 things are the biggest changes, and once they're done, we will
|
||||
most probably start releasing development versions of openlp.org 1.1
|
||||
(which will become 1.2).
|
||||
|
||||
I'm looking forward to a number of the improvements being introduced,
|
||||
and I hope you'll bear with me while they are being worked on. Thanks to
|
||||
all the folks who have posted feature requests, they have been noted,
|
||||
and will be sorted into various categories and decided upon once I've
|
||||
finished the code cleanup.
|
||||
|
||||
If you're keen to help developing this next version of openlp.org,
|
||||
please drop me an e-mail. To those folks who have already sent me
|
||||
e-mails about the components, please just drop me yet another mail - my
|
||||
e-mail is in a bit of a state of flux at the moment, and I can't access
|
||||
your e-mails.
|
||||
|
||||
God bless!
|
||||
92
blog/getting-videos-work-correctly-openlp-using-vlc.rst
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92
blog/getting-videos-work-correctly-openlp-using-vlc.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
|
||||
.. title: Getting videos to work correctly in OpenLP using VLC.
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/12/04/getting-videos-work-correctly-openlp-using-vlc
|
||||
.. date: 2012-12-04 14:12:01 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|VLC|
|
||||
|
||||
Videos are a great way to enhance the worship experience. Sermon
|
||||
illustrations, home grown videos for announcements before or after a
|
||||
service, showing videos to help set a “mood” of worship before a service
|
||||
starts or through a multitude of other creative ways, videos can be
|
||||
effective tools for worship. OpenLP has the ability to play videos as
|
||||
part of the service using the
|
||||
`Media <http://manual.openlp.org/mediamanager.html#media>`__ tab. You
|
||||
simply add your video, or audio to OpenLP then use it as you do a song
|
||||
or Bible verses in your service. Easy.
|
||||
|
||||
If this works for you, don’t read any further, but what if you set up
|
||||
OpenLP and videos do not perform correctly? Actually, if videos work for
|
||||
you keep on reading anyway you might still need this someday. We are
|
||||
going to walk through a sure fire way of getting videos working in
|
||||
OpenLP without a lot of work.
|
||||
|
||||
First, lets look at how OpenLP plays videos. OpenLP uses resources
|
||||
already installed on your computer to play videos. That is enough
|
||||
detail, if you want to do an in-depth look at audio and video codecs by
|
||||
all means please do but just understand in theory if your computer will
|
||||
play a file, OpenLP “should” play this file also. Theories are great,
|
||||
but as with many this theory fails many times in practice. In the past
|
||||
the solution was to install codec packs and do a variety of other rather
|
||||
hackish things with hopes that videos would work. This is no longer the
|
||||
case, thanks to another open source project
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__ paired with OpenLP 2.0.
|
||||
|
||||
If you have not heard of
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__\ lets just put it this
|
||||
way it is the premier media player, regardless of operating system. If
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__\ won’t play your file,
|
||||
stop, nothing will play your file. That may not be entirely the case,
|
||||
but chances are if
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__\ won’t play it nothing
|
||||
will. So what does this have to do with OpenLP you ask? Remember OpenLP
|
||||
uses resources on your computer to play videos and with
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__ installed OpenLP can
|
||||
use this most awesome media player to take care of all of your media
|
||||
problems.
|
||||
|
||||
The first step is to download
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__ from
|
||||
`HERE <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__. If you are running a
|
||||
Linux distro it should be available using your distro’s package manager.
|
||||
You will need version 2.0.3 or above to work correctly. Once you have
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__ installed we are just
|
||||
about finished.
|
||||
|
||||
Now we need to tell OpenLP to use
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__ to play all media.
|
||||
Don’t worry you won’t regret this and if you do you can always change
|
||||
this setting back. Go to Settings, then click on Configure OpenLP. You
|
||||
should now be greeted by a window that looks similar to this:
|
||||
|
||||
|Configure OpenLP|
|
||||
|
||||
Click on Media on the left hand panel to enter the media settings. You
|
||||
should see a list of available media players. Click on the check box to
|
||||
enable `VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__. In the player
|
||||
order box, click on VLC and use the up arrow to promote it to the top of
|
||||
the list. You can also disable all the other media players if you wish.
|
||||
If you check the “Allow media player to be overridden” check box you can
|
||||
change the player on the fly from the
|
||||
`Media <http://manual.openlp.org/mediamanager.html#media>`__ tab in the
|
||||
`Media
|
||||
Manager <http://manual.openlp.org/glossary.html#g-media-manager>`__.
|
||||
This is a good option for some users, but really if you are using VLC
|
||||
you shouldn’t need to do this.
|
||||
|
||||
|Media Configuration|
|
||||
|
||||
That is it, you should now be able to play about any video you will ever
|
||||
get your hands on.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
**Note:** If you install
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__ while OpenLP is running
|
||||
you will need to restart OpenLP after installing
|
||||
`VLC <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html>`__.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |VLC| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u1284/VLMC-Icon.png
|
||||
.. |Configure OpenLP| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u1284/configuregeneral.png
|
||||
.. |Media Configuration| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u1284/configuremedia.png
|
||||
10
blog/happy-birthday-derek.rst
Normal file
10
blog/happy-birthday-derek.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
|
||||
.. title: Happy birthday Derek!
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/04/21/happy-birthday-derek
|
||||
.. date: 2008-04-21 11:04:09 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
It's Derek's birthday today folks, so why don't you drop him an e-mail
|
||||
and congratulate him?
|
||||
|
||||
His e-mail address is derekscotney[at]openlp.org
|
||||
15
blog/happy-birthday-openlporg.rst
Normal file
15
blog/happy-birthday-openlporg.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
|
||||
.. title: Happy Birthday openlp.org!
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/02/16/happy-birthday-openlporg
|
||||
.. date: 2008-02-16 15:02:56 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Tomorrow, the 17th of February is a very special day. It's openlp.org's
|
||||
4th birthday!
|
||||
|
||||
We've come a long way in four years, and even managed to get a major
|
||||
release. We're excited for the future of openlp.org, as you can see by
|
||||
our roadmap.
|
||||
|
||||
Join us in celebrating openlp.org's birthday by making sure people at
|
||||
Church know what openlp.org is.
|
||||
20
blog/happy-new-year-and-all-the-rest.rst
Normal file
20
blog/happy-new-year-and-all-the-rest.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
|
||||
.. title: Happy New Year, and all the rest
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/01/07/happy-new-year-and-all-the-rest
|
||||
.. date: 2007-01-07 19:01:22 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Howdy folks!
|
||||
|
||||
Happy new year to you all from me and the team at openlp.org. We hope
|
||||
that 2007 is indeed a blessed year and you and your churches grow closer
|
||||
to God.
|
||||
|
||||
From our side, we're still working hard on openlp.org beta 5. We're
|
||||
hoping to get that out the door middle to end of this month.
|
||||
|
||||
As usual, we can always do with more people, so if you think you can be
|
||||
of use and you'd like to help out, you can contact us through the
|
||||
contact page.
|
||||
|
||||
| Well, God bless to you all!
|
||||
46
blog/happy-new-year-and-welcome-2012.rst
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blog/happy-new-year-and-welcome-2012.rst
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|
||||
.. title: Happy New Year and Welcome to 2012!
|
||||
.. slug: 2012/01/01/happy-new-year-and-welcome-2012
|
||||
.. date: 2012-01-01 15:01:07 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Looking back over the past year, OpenLP has had quite an eventful year.
|
||||
In 2011 we had the last two releases of openlp.org 1.2.x, had five
|
||||
releases of OpenLP 2.0 (1.9.x), we moved from alpha releases to beta
|
||||
releases, and we end-of-life'd openlp.org 1.x. Not only that, OpenLP
|
||||
even has an Android app!
|
||||
|
||||
Both as an application, and as a project, OpenLP has gone from strength
|
||||
to strength during 2011. Since the first beta release (version 1.9.5) we
|
||||
have had over 80,000 downloads, and the new manual has seen steady
|
||||
improvement since it was first put together. There have been a number of
|
||||
favourable reviews of OpenLP, and we've seen people talking about OpenLP
|
||||
more on the Internet this year. The OpenLP site has also seen almost
|
||||
150,000 visitors this year.
|
||||
|
||||
This coming year promises to be even bigger and better. While we don't
|
||||
have a fixed release date for OpenLP 2.0, the general feeling is that it
|
||||
will likely be toward the end of 2012. This means that lots of bug
|
||||
fixing lies ahead of us, we'd like to get things like translations and
|
||||
the manual complete, and look at revamping the web site for the final
|
||||
release too.
|
||||
|
||||
Often we make New Years resolutions but in 2 Corinthians 13:5, Paul
|
||||
tells us:
|
||||
|
||||
Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test
|
||||
yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus
|
||||
Christ is in you? - unless indeed you fail to meet the test!"
|
||||
|
||||
2 Corinthians 13:5, ESV
|
||||
|
||||
A careful self-evaluation is often insightful and motivating, especially
|
||||
for Christians working on their New Year’s resolutions. As we kick off
|
||||
the new year, take time to examine you faith and confirm your commitment
|
||||
to Christ, reflecting on what He has done for you this past year, and
|
||||
thinking of what you can do in the coming year to strengthen your faith
|
||||
and deepen your relationship with Him.
|
||||
|
||||
In short, the OpenLP team wishes you a blessed and fruitful new year.
|
||||
|
||||
PS: Don't forget to upgrade OpenLP to version 1.9.8.
|
||||
29
blog/have-your-say-survey-features.rst
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blog/have-your-say-survey-features.rst
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|
||||
.. title: Have Your Say: A Survey on Features
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/10/19/have-your-say-survey-features
|
||||
.. date: 2013-10-19 14:10:36 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
|Survey|
|
||||
|
||||
**Update:** The survey has been closed. We received 381 responses, and
|
||||
are busy processing the responses.
|
||||
|
||||
| Before I kick off the main gist of this post, I'd just like to
|
||||
announce that OpenLP 2.0.3 has finally made it to our `Ubuntu
|
||||
PPA <http://launchpad.net/~openlp-core/+archive/release>`__.
|
||||
| Unfortunately I was having computer hardware issues and I wasn't able
|
||||
to get the build process set up until a few days ago. I've remedied this
|
||||
problem by setting up the build process on our Continuous Integration
|
||||
server such that anyone can build packages for the PPA by simply
|
||||
clicking a button.
|
||||
| As per the title of this post, we have set up a
|
||||
`survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tGoW26DU-zwIkyyNHFNm_f9a9zgsZH3YrwfGwFIkZN8/viewform>`__
|
||||
to help us decide on what the most important features are that we need
|
||||
to work on. This survey is completely anonymous, but we do ask that you
|
||||
only fill it out once. We've also set maximum number of features to
|
||||
choose so that we are absolutely certain that these are the most
|
||||
important features. Have your say: `complete the
|
||||
survey <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tGoW26DU-zwIkyyNHFNm_f9a9zgsZH3YrwfGwFIkZN8/viewform>`__.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |Survey| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/preferences-contact-list_0.png
|
||||
61
blog/he-risen.rst
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61
blog/he-risen.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
|
||||
.. title: He is Risen!
|
||||
.. slug: 2013/03/31/he-risen
|
||||
.. date: 2013-03-31 17:03:24 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
We, the OpenLP team, wish you all a very blessed Easter time. We hope
|
||||
that you remember our Lord almighty, who sent his son *Jesus* into the
|
||||
world to save us.
|
||||
|
||||
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever
|
||||
believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who
|
||||
lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
|
||||
|
||||
John 11:25-26 ESV
|
||||
|
||||
Things have been rather quiet recently on the OpenLP front, and we
|
||||
wanted to give you an update about the current state of development. We
|
||||
will be releasing another bug fix version of the 2.0 release in the near
|
||||
future (most of us are just rather occupied with real life), and will
|
||||
continue with these bugfix versions until either 2.2 is released, or
|
||||
there are no more bugs (yeah right!). Of course we've been putting most
|
||||
of our effort behind continuing the development of OpenLP, implementing
|
||||
more features and doing a lot of behind-the-scenes work to ensure OpenLP
|
||||
remains a stable product.
|
||||
|
||||
|Image Groups|
|
||||
|
||||
Some nice features have been added recently:
|
||||
|
||||
- The "Blank to" buttons in the live controller expand into 3 separate
|
||||
buttons if there is enough space (like in version 1.2.x)
|
||||
- You can create "image groups"
|
||||
- The remote plugin can now use HTTPS
|
||||
- The remote plugin can now also be password protected
|
||||
|
||||
|SSL and Password|
|
||||
|
||||
Some other internal improvements:
|
||||
|
||||
- Save services without media files
|
||||
- Media players (such as Phonon and VLC) are now in OpenLP core,
|
||||
instead of the media plugin
|
||||
- Various bugs in the media players have been fixed
|
||||
- Preparing to move our code from Python 2 to Python 3 numerous
|
||||
performance improvements have been added to the code
|
||||
- Rewritten the Settings code
|
||||
- Various other internal rewrites and cleanups
|
||||
|
||||
We also have some new Czech Bibles available for download in the First
|
||||
Time Wizard.
|
||||
|
||||
**NOTE:** The current development version is not stable. Do not use it
|
||||
at church, it will crash :)
|
||||
|
||||
We are also happy to see that the community is growing, with more people
|
||||
helping out on the forums. We are always grateful for every helping
|
||||
hand.
|
||||
|
||||
.. |Image Groups| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/image_groups.png
|
||||
.. |SSL and Password| image:: http://openlp.org/files/u2/ssl_password.png
|
||||
41
blog/help-market-openlporg.rst
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41
blog/help-market-openlporg.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
|
||||
.. title: Help Market openlp.org
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/10/11/help-market-openlporg
|
||||
.. date: 2009-10-11 19:10:09 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
The openlp.org team has decided to up the ante on our marketing, but we
|
||||
need your help!
|
||||
|
||||
We've created a Facebook Page, a group on Facebook, a Twitter account
|
||||
and a group on LinkedIn (see the "Follow Us" section below the menu on
|
||||
the left). We're also working hard to improve the SEO of the site.
|
||||
|
||||
There are a few ways you can help us out...
|
||||
|
||||
| Social Networking
|
||||
|
||||
You can help by following us on Twitter, becoming a fan of the Facebook
|
||||
Page, and by joining the Facebook and LinkedIn groups. openlp.org's
|
||||
Twitter page is linked to the blog on the site, so you'll always see the
|
||||
latest news via Twitter, and joining the groups on social networks
|
||||
allows you to network with other users of OpenLP, and with the
|
||||
developers too.
|
||||
|
||||
Vote for OpenLP
|
||||
|
||||
Both Ohloh.net, a social network for open source applications, and
|
||||
SourceForge.net, an open source project hosting service, offer voting
|
||||
and reviewing facilities. So go and vote for OpenLP on Ohloh.net or
|
||||
SourceForge.net.
|
||||
|
||||
| Linkage
|
||||
|
||||
Furthermore, if you have a blog or a web site, add a link to the
|
||||
openlp.org site with the words "free church presentation software" or
|
||||
"free worship software" on an appropriate page. If you're not so hot on
|
||||
your HTML, we have a sample of each below.
|
||||
|
||||
``I use some <a href="http://openlp.org/" title="free church presentation software">free church presentation software</a> called OpenLP!``
|
||||
|
||||
``Looking for <a href="http://openlp.org/" title="free worship software">free worship software</a>? We use OpenLP!``
|
||||
26
blog/help-needed-openlp-20-manual.rst
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26
blog/help-needed-openlp-20-manual.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
|
||||
.. title: Help Needed: OpenLP 2.0 Manual
|
||||
.. slug: 2010/11/25/help-needed-openlp-20-manual
|
||||
.. date: 2010-11-25 11:11:42 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Are you eager to help out with OpenLP but aren't a developer?
|
||||
|
||||
We need folks to help write the manual for OpenLP 2.0. You don't need to
|
||||
be a developer, but a good working knowledge of how to do things like
|
||||
set up dual monitors is essential. Experience with markup systems like
|
||||
BBcode, Markdown or even HTML is an advantage, but not necessary.
|
||||
|
||||
So what does it entail?
|
||||
|
||||
Basically, you'll be writing up documentation in something called
|
||||
reStructuredText, which is plain text with a little bit of markup. It
|
||||
might sound pretty intimidating, but it isn't that complicated. You will
|
||||
also need to work a little with Bazaar, the version control system we
|
||||
use, but that's not that complicated either. And don't worry, we will
|
||||
help you every step along the way.
|
||||
|
||||
Interested?
|
||||
|
||||
Send an e-mail to info [at] openlp.org with a subject line of "Help with
|
||||
Manual" and your name, e-mail address, and username on the site.
|
||||
16
blog/help-wanted-technical-support-consultant.rst
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16
blog/help-wanted-technical-support-consultant.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
|
||||
.. title: Help Wanted: Technical Support Consultant
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/11/12/help-wanted-technical-support-consultant
|
||||
.. date: 2007-11-12 21:11:14 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
I was just chatting this evening to our head of support, David, about
|
||||
how he was holding up on the support side of things, and he mentioned to
|
||||
me that he's not getting much time these days to attend to the support
|
||||
issues coming in. David is at college, studying up a storm, which
|
||||
doesn't lend itself to copious amounts of free time.
|
||||
|
||||
So, if you're interested, and you can spend about half an hour 3 times a
|
||||
week, just checking up on the support requests, I know David would
|
||||
appreciate the help. Please get in contact with him, his contact details
|
||||
are on the Contact Us page.
|
||||
37
blog/hot-on-the-heels-of-beta-6.rst
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37
blog/hot-on-the-heels-of-beta-6.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
|
||||
.. title: Hot on the heels of beta 6...
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/05/26/hot-on-the-heels-of-beta-6
|
||||
.. date: 2007-05-26 17:05:52 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
| I am proud to announce the release of Release Candidate 1. This is the
|
||||
first in our release candidate series. Once we are satisfied that no
|
||||
more bugs exist in openlp.org, we will release the final version of 1.0.
|
||||
Remember to post your bug reports in the forum topic.
|
||||
|
||||
Many thanks once again go to Derek for his part of the development of
|
||||
openlp.org 1.0. I don't think we'd be where we are now without him.
|
||||
|
||||
Just insofar as the next version of openlp.org, we follow the Linux
|
||||
kernel's versioning system, with stable releases being even numbers, and
|
||||
development releases being odd numbers. So that means that the next
|
||||
stable version of openlp.org will be 1.2. All new features will be in
|
||||
the development version, version 1.1, while we maintain the 1.0 branch,
|
||||
just bringing out bug fixes for any bugs that may still arise.
|
||||
|
||||
Some of the first jobs we will be doing in version 1.1 will be a major
|
||||
code cleanup. This means that internally we will be tidying up the
|
||||
openlp.org code, which often results in faster code, and making
|
||||
openlp.org more flexible internally. We also will be moving to SQLite 3.
|
||||
Currently our song and bible databases are all in SQLite 2.8 format, and
|
||||
we want to upgrade to make use of the updated features in version 3.
|
||||
|
||||
We will obviously also bring in a number of the features that have been
|
||||
requested so far. We have a nice long list of features, and we would
|
||||
like to implement as many of those as is possible. Once again, however,
|
||||
we will have to make a call on some features, on whether or not they
|
||||
make sense to be included, and on how long they will take to implement
|
||||
versus getting a product out.
|
||||
|
||||
Hope this helps to clear up what direction we are headed in for the
|
||||
short run.
|
||||
22
blog/howdy.rst
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22
blog/howdy.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
|
||||
.. title: Howdy!
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/12/07/howdy
|
||||
.. date: 2006-12-07 07:12:15 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi guys,
|
||||
|
||||
Congratulations to Raoul and his team on the release of openlp.org beta
|
||||
4. It's looking great! I have been very busy outside of programming,
|
||||
just being back from tour in the US with my band Glass Darkly. We played
|
||||
14 times over 14 days, and had a great time with it all!
|
||||
|
||||
I'm currently thinking up some new ideas for Christian open source
|
||||
projects that might interest me, and would be interested in hearing of
|
||||
any ideas that people have for software that has a church use, and has
|
||||
no or little open source alternative to a mainstream rival. You can
|
||||
email me at tim [AT] this domain.
|
||||
|
||||
Cheers guys,
|
||||
|
||||
Tim
|
||||
24
blog/imminent-arrival-of-junior.rst
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24
blog/imminent-arrival-of-junior.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
|
||||
.. title: Imminent Arrival of Junior
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/07/27/imminent-arrival-of-junior
|
||||
.. date: 2009-07-27 15:07:49 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
No, we're not releasing OpenLP 2.0, my wife and I are expecting a baby.
|
||||
|
||||
From time to time in the past I have blogged things of a more personal
|
||||
nature, which I know some of the OpenLP community have welcomed, and I
|
||||
figured that most of the community would like to hear this bit of news.
|
||||
|
||||
My wife is booked for a caesarean section on Wednesday, 29th July. This
|
||||
is our first child, and we're both excited, but also daunted at the
|
||||
responsibility we have been given to take care of this baby. We would
|
||||
most certainly appreciate your prayers for the operation and for the
|
||||
adjustments we have to make and for the additional financial
|
||||
consequences of a child.
|
||||
|
||||
Of course, having a new born baby is unfortunately also going to impact
|
||||
the amount of work I can do on OpenLP, but I'm hoping that it won't be
|
||||
taking away too much of my time.
|
||||
|
||||
Thanks for your prayers and support!
|
||||
21
blog/imstillhere.rst
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21
blog/imstillhere.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
|
||||
.. title: I'm still here!
|
||||
.. slug: 2006/08/19/imstillhere
|
||||
.. date: 2006-08-19 08:08:00 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi guys,
|
||||
|
||||
Just a quick update - I'm still around. Sort of.. Raoul is now handling
|
||||
the main running of openlp.org. I have got married and started a new job
|
||||
with an open source consultancy and things have been rather hectic.
|
||||
However, I do still hope that in the future I can have a hand in the
|
||||
direction and development of openlp.org, and wanted to thank everyone
|
||||
for taking us over 27000 downloads of openlp.org in our life time.
|
||||
|
||||
I would love to continue hearing from you on what direction you would
|
||||
like openlp.org to take, and what new features you would like. A Linux
|
||||
version is still in the pipeline, as are a number of other developments
|
||||
- keep your eyes peeled!
|
||||
|
||||
Tim
|
||||
27
blog/is-there-hope-for-ccli-songselect-integration.rst
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27
blog/is-there-hope-for-ccli-songselect-integration.rst
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@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
|
||||
.. title: Is there hope for CCLI SongSelect integration?
|
||||
.. slug: 2008/08/31/is-there-hope-for-ccli-songselect-integration
|
||||
.. date: 2008-08-31 14:08:48 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
As many folks know, the CCLI SongSelect importer in openlp.org has been
|
||||
disabled due to problems with the service. What many people don't know
|
||||
is that all the applications out there that interface with SongSelect
|
||||
are actually pretending to be web browsers, and are painstakingly
|
||||
pulling the information out of the SongSelect web pages.
|
||||
|
||||
The reason openlp.org (and many other presentation applications) stopped
|
||||
working with SongSelect was because CCLI was busy moving their systems
|
||||
from a ColdFusion-based setup to an ASP.NET-based setup (to be honest,
|
||||
I'm not sure if that's an improvement). I took a look at SongSelect
|
||||
again today, and it seems like they have finished the conversion and are
|
||||
now in full swing with the ASP.NET system.
|
||||
|
||||
This is both good news and bad news for us. The good news is that it
|
||||
means that we can integrate with SongSelect again. The bad news is that
|
||||
ASP.NET is a terrible system (for reasons I won't go into right now) and
|
||||
it's gonna take a very long time to get the SongSelect integration
|
||||
working again.
|
||||
|
||||
We're going to look into getting it going for release with openlp.org
|
||||
1.2, but unfortunately we can't make any promises.
|
||||
10
blog/its-a-boy.rst
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10
blog/its-a-boy.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
|
||||
.. title: It's a Boy!
|
||||
.. slug: 2009/07/31/its-a-boy
|
||||
.. date: 2009-07-31 18:07:43 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Just to let everyone in OpenLP-land know that my wife and I now have a
|
||||
lovely healthy baby boy! He was born at 12:16 on Wednesday 29 July, and
|
||||
weighed 3.57 kilograms. For the full story and pictures, you can read
|
||||
the blog post on my personal blog.
|
||||
14
blog/jabber-contacts.rst
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14
blog/jabber-contacts.rst
Normal file
@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
|
||||
.. title: Jabber contacts
|
||||
.. slug: 2007/08/28/jabber-contacts
|
||||
.. date: 2007-08-28 08:08:02 UTC
|
||||
.. tags:
|
||||
.. description:
|
||||
|
||||
Hi folks, we've just added a jabber server to our system, so that now
|
||||
you can contact us on our openlp.org jabber accounts. My jabber ID is
|
||||
raoul (at) openlp.org and Derek can be contacted on derek (at)
|
||||
openlp.org.
|
||||
|
||||
Also, we're nearly ready to release RC4. Both Derek and myself have been
|
||||
really busy, and I'm just busy working on the image resizing tweaks, and
|
||||
then we'll release RC4.
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