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.. title: Gearing Up For The Final Release
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.. slug: 2012/09/24/gearing-final-release
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.. date: 2012-09-24 06:09:47 UTC
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.. description:
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|Gearing Up For OpenLP 2.0|
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Those who hang around here regularly will know that we plan to release
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the final version of OpenLP 2.0 at the end of October. As one can
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imagine, with such a momentous release we'd like to make a big noise
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about it. Because OpenLP is open source, it is primarily driven by its
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users, whether they are developers, or just folks that hang out in the
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forums and want to help out in whatever way they can. With the upcoming
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release of version 2.0, we are going to need lots of help from YOU.
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Here's how you can help:
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Web Site
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We are in the process of completely rethinking the web site and making
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it more product-centric. We want to include some new elements in the
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site that we haven't relied on in our marketing previously.
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One of the things we want to display on the new site are testimonials
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from users of OpenLP. If you use OpenLP, and like it, please either post
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your testimonial in the forums or e-mail it to support (at) openlp.org
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and we'll include it on the new site. Be genuine in your testimonial,
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mentioning what you like about OpenLP and why you use it. Don't be too
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shy of pointing out one or two things that currently irritate you about
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OpenLP, honest testimonials give a far better reflection than purely
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positive ones.
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To be completely honest with you, hearing of a megachurch using OpenLP
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does far more for OpenLP's reputation than a small church. We will
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display all testimonials with equal status regardless of the church
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size, but we'd love to have some from the bigger churches out there.
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We also want to show off photographs of OpenLP in action. If you have a
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high quality photograph of OpenLP in use in your church, we'd like to
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use it on the site. We have a couple on our Facebook page, but we want
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more and we want better ones. The minimum requirements for photographs
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are 5 megapixels on a proper digital camera, not a mobile/cellular
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phone. These too can be e-mailed to us at the address listed above.
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Please be aware that not all testimonials and/or photographs will
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necessarily be accepted. We are looking for top quality content for our
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site, and if yours doesn't make the grade we won't include it. If you
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really want yours included, contact us and find out why it was not
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accepted, and we can work with you to bring it up to the inclusion
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standard.
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User Guide
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|OpenLP User Guide|
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We're still looking for people to write and/or translate the user guide.
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It is already laid out, it just needs content. You don't need to be a
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developer to write it, we will help you get set up. The user guide uses
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a formatting system called reStructuredText, in a similar vein to
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Markdown or wiki formatting.
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If you'd like to help out, please contact us at that same e-mail
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address, or via the `contact
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page <http://openlp.org/en/contact-us/support>`_, and we'll get you up
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and running in no time at all.
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Fixing Bugs
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|Bug Fixing|
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Of course we're still fixing bugs in OpenLP. If you come across any,
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please make sure to e-mail a full bug report to bugs (at) openlp.org.
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If you encounter the error window, you ***MUST*** either use the
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**E-mail** button to e-mail us directly, or use the **Save** button to
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save the report to a file, and then send us that file. If you just send
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us an e-mail saying that an error occurred, we can't help you, or figure
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out what the bug is. The information in that error window is vital.
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If you try to do something and it doesn't work, but it doesn't show the
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error window, please make sure you can reproduce the bug (can you do it
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again and again?) and list in as much detail as possible the steps you
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took to reproduce it. Also include which version of OpenLP, which
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operating system and its version, your distro and your desktop
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environment if you're using Linux, your graphics card, and any other
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information you think is important. For example:
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Action Performed: I tried to add a new theme.
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Expected Result: A new theme listed in the theme manager.
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Actual Result: After running through the Theme Wizard successfully,
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my new theme did not appear in the theme manager. It did appear
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after restarting OpenLP though.
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Steps to Reproduce:
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#. Click on the New Theme button in the Theme Manager.
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#. Run through the creation process, selecting any combination -
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this bug affects all of them.
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#. At the end of the process, click the finish button.
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#. Notice that the new theme is not visible in the Theme Mananger.
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#. Restart OpenLP and see the new theme.
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Computer Details: Kubuntu Linux 12.10 (beta), LibreOffice 3.6,
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nVidia GeForce 5600, VLC 2.03
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Before you submit a bug report, please search through our existing bug
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reports and make sure you're not reporting one that already exists.
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Additionally, we need to be able to reproduce your bug before we'll add
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it to that list, so your bug may not show up for a day or two. Relax, as
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long as you sent it to bugs (at) openlp.org, we have it and are looking
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into it.
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Tutorials
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|OpenLP Tutorials|
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We are also still looking for more tutorials for how to use OpenLP. If
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you've written a blog post, we'd love to link to it. If you've recorded
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a screen cast, let us know so that we can include it in our playlist on
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YouTube. If you've written up a PDF or some other document, we have
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plenty of space to host it - e-mail it to us and we'll put it up.
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If you have any other bright ideas on how to show people how to use
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OpenLP, we're very much open to them!
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Marketing
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|Blog About It|
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Lastly, we need to generate buzz! If you have a blog, please blog about
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us. If your church has a web site, see if you can link back to our site.
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If you have a podcast or a vodcast, please feature us - we welcome
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interviews! Of course you can also find us on all the big social
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networks, like `Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/openlp>`_,
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`Twitter <http://twitter.com/openlp>`_,
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`YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/openlpvideos>`_ and
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`Google+ <https://plus.google.com/b/117120749304988900189/117120749304988900189>`_.
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We'll be releasing a press kit in a few days with helpful information
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and useful buttons and icons for people to use on their web sites and in
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their blog posts.
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Any Other Help
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If you think you can help us in another way not listed here, please
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contact us and let us know your ideas - we're always open to more ideas.
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.. |Gearing Up For OpenLP 2.0| image:: /pictures/gears.jpg
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.. |OpenLP User Guide| image:: /pictures/kword.png
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.. |Bug Fixing| image:: /pictures/kbugbuster.png
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.. |OpenLP Tutorials| image:: /pictures/kbruch.png
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.. |Blog About It| image:: /pictures/kblogger.png
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