The v5.12.1.4 release contains the following updates:
UPDATE: Range search now recognizes Roman numerals for searches in the Preface of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures and the other writings of Mary Baker Eddy.
FIX: The “Clear All” button (“X” in a circle) in the search bar is working consistently again on mobile and tablet.
FIX: Breadcrumbs (the book, chapter, and page information in the top gray bar of the Books Panel) now display correctly when reading in Concord or navigating to a specific chapter from the Table of Contents in the Study Tools Panel.
FIX: Punctuation and parts of letters are no longer hidden when highlighted.
FIX: Citations which begin with a hyphenated word and wrap to the next line can once again be added to a list without issue.
FIX: The “Subscribe to Concord” page was updated to clarify your subscription options.
FIX: When clicking “Load More” the flow of text has been improved to remove unnecessary white space.
Contains releases v5.9.4, v5.9.5, v5.9.6, v5.10, v5.10.1, v5.10.2, v5.11, v5.11.1, v5.12, and v5.12.1.
The v5.12.1 release contains the following updates:
NEW: Concord offers a number of search options including Stemming, Case Sensitive, Range Search, and Proximity Search. With this release, you should find using these options much friendlier, especially on mobile devices, by using the new Search Options box. You can now toggle on or off each option quickly, and type in the necessary search designations (book names, page ranges, number of paragraphs or verses). You can also get help for any of these search options by clicking the circled question mark.
Note: you can also use the previous syntax for these options, and it will automatically populate the search option fields.
FIX: Words in Mary Baker Eddy’s writings that are formatted with small-caps will now copy and paste with all capital letters, to better align with the printed books.
FIX: The new Apple iOS 13 update began automatically directing customers using Concord on an iPad to the desktop version of Concord, which requires a mouse. Because iPads utilize touch technology and the Concord desktop site was designed for mouse use, Concord was not working with Apple’s new default desktop mode. We have now implemented a fix where Concord can tell if you are using a tablet and, if so, directs you to the correct version of the program for use on a tablet.
NEW: Customers may now see their next subscription renewal date displayed on the Account Info page (when logged in, click on the email address in the top bar).
UPDATE: Navigate the books using the updated Table of Contents under the Books tab within Study Tools. Find your way quickly and easily to books of the Bible, as well as specific chapters, articles, and subsections of Mary Baker Eddy’s writings. Some broken links have been fixed such as Miscellaneous Writings Preface and Dedication page have been added.
FIX: Converting multiple Legacy Notebooks to lists would hang after 1 or 2 conversions. Converting a large group can now be done all at one time.
NEW: Many of the hymns from the 2017 Christian Science Hymnal include additional details related to the composer, the words, or the tune of the hymn. This information is now searchable. For example, search for the word “German” and you will find 12 hymnal results.
UPDATE: The capitalization for the first lines of the Christian Science Hymnal index have been made consistent.
UPDATE: Untitled hymns and hymn tunes moved under “U” in Hymnal index.
UPDATE: Styling from Hymnal Table of Contents applied to the listings under the Indexes tab.
UPDATE: Missing and mistaken author and composer information updated within the Hymnal.
UPDATE: Styling updated for tune and composer information within the Hymnal.
UPDATE: Various styling improvements to the Hymnal.
FIX: Searching for hymns 602 and 603 now returns results.
FIX: Searching for an author’s name within the Hymnal (such as Eddy or Violet) now returns results.
FIX: Removed a duplicate title page from the Hymnal preface.
UPDATE: You can now use the tab button on your keyboard to navigate to the “Save” button after creating a new citation within a list.
UPDATE: Sorted Hymns in the “Untitled” section of the Hymnal index in ascending order.
UPDATE: Added Hymnal emblem to the Hymnal title page.
UPDATE: Concord’s Revision history will keep every change made to lists during the last 30 days. Looking back beyond 30 days, you will see only the final version of a list each day.
UPDATE: Various security improvements including updating the security certificates for Concord website.
UPDATE: Styling improvements: Added white space between a couple paragraphs and slightly modify specific text areas to better align with the printed books.
UPDATE: The url for Concord will now be /concord instead of /concord3.
UPDATE: Customize instructions depending on the status of an account. If a credit card is expired, customers will be directed to update their credit card. Similarly, if an account is cancelled, customers will be directed to the re-subscribe.
FIX: All the links for the Manual table of contents under the Books tab now work correctly.
FIX: Correct Miscellany table of contents formatting.
FIX: There were a few instances where text was overlapping when viewed on a mobile device.
FIX: A space was missing between two words in Science and Health when viewed in the Search Results.
FIX: Add missing letter to “etc.”
FIX: Subscriptions were not always cancelling when an account was deleted. Refunds were issued to the few customers who experienced this, and a fix was implemented to ensure subscriptions will be canceled for all accounts deleted in the future.
FIX: Gift renewals are now properly expiring when the gift period end (1-year after activation). Customers should also receive notifications about the expiration of the gifts.
FIX: IP blacklisting enabled for security purposes.
Contains releases v5.9.0, v5.9.1, v5.9.2, and v5.9.3.
The v5.9.3 release contains the following updates:
NEW: You can now search for hymn titles, authors, composers, and tunes. A “T” (Tune), “A” (Author), or “C” (Composer), will appear next to search results that contain your search term and fall into one of these categories.
NEW: There are new index options for navigating the Hymnal – you can browse by Number, First Lines, Authors, Composers, and Tunes. These indexes enable you to explore the hymnal content in new ways. To find the indexes, click on the “Books” tab in the Study Tools panel. Then click on Hymnal, and choose a section to explore. See this video and help article for more information.
NEW: You can now easily view and select different hymn settings when searching for a hymn that has several tunes/arrangements. See this video and help article for more information.
NEW: You can now drag and drop any hymn setting from the Books Panel into a list. This is possible via the “View Alternate Settings” button in the Citation Builder and in the area below the hymn text in the Books Panel.
NEW: When hymn verses are highlighted in the Books panel, the Citation Builder now displays the tune name to the right.
FIX: When manually adding a hymn to a list (using the “Add Citation” button) you no longer need to include a verse. For example: you can now type Hymn 30 instead of Hymn 30:1.
FIX: When manually adding a hymn to a list (using the “Add Citation” button), Concord no longer changes the hymn number to the lowest-numbered version of that hymn, nor does it add verse numbers. For example: type Hymn. 32 into the citation field. The hymn is saved as Hymn. 32 (instead of automatically changing to Hymn. 30:1-5).
UPDATED: The display of text from the hymnal in Print Preview has been improved.
NEW: The hymnal prefaces from the pew editions of the 1932 and 2017 hymnals have been added to Concord, replacing the previous preface material.
NEW: Mrs. Eddy’s hymns are listed twice under the First Lines index. They are listed by the title of the poem and the first line of the hymn.
NEW: When searching the hymnal, you can use the range search directive [titles] to search for Mrs. Eddy’s hymns.
FIX: When using range search, you will now get search results even if your search range is outside the actual range of hymn numbers. For example: you can now search on shepherd [hy 400-700] and Concord will show results for hymns 400-603 even though there are no hymns above 603.
FIX: 2017 hymnal text is now indented and centered in the Books Panel similar to the 1932 hymnal text.
FIX: When you click on a hymnal verse in the Study Tools panel, the Books Panel will display as much of that entire hymn as is possible, reducing the amount you have to scroll.
FIX: If you highlight multiple hymns at one time, those hymns will now be separated by semi-colons in the citation builder.
NEW: Citation lookups now open directly in the Books Panel, including on smartphones.
UPDATED: The Hymnal Table of Contents are now shaded by section for easier navigation.
UPDATED: Tablet display improved if incorrect username and password are entered.
UPDATED: Formatting and wording on the Front Matter/hymnal prefaces has been updated, including the removal of all references to the 2008 hymnal supplement.
UPDATED: Title of the Hymnal and 2017 Preface fixed to be accurate.
UPDATED: Various internal code libraries upgraded.
UPDATED: Various security improvements.
Contains releases v5.7.3, v5.8, and v5.8.1
The 5.8.1.1 release includes the following updates:
NEW: You may now search for the question mark (?) and exclamation point (!) within Concord by including a backslash (\) before the punctuation mark. For example: You may also search for all the times the question “Why?” appears in the books with “why\?”. “No\!” will search for all instances in the books for the statement “No!”. A search for all the questions in Recapitulation can be performed with the following: “\? [SH 465-500]”.
UPDATE: You may now drag-n-drop a citation anywhere in the white space under the Lists panel, and the citation will be added to the bottom of the list.
FIX: As You reviewed citations in a list using the Next/Previous buttons, they would try to update one using the “Update Existing” option. The wrong citation would be changed. This fix has resolved that issue – the correct citation is now updated when using the Next/Previous links.
NEW: Range searches using [titles] can now find results in Poems and Hymn titles.
FIX: Range search can now accept a non-existent ending page number and still return accurate results for all pages through the end of the book.
FIX: Range searches no longer return zero results if a user inadvertently include a space after a range search.
FIX: You may now search using the “Case Sensitive” option and wildcards (*) together.
FIX: You may now search for hyphenated words with wildcards (*) – for example: search for “self-r*” to see results for self-reliance, self-renunciation, self-reliant, self-renunciation, self-respect, self-respected, self-righteousness.
FIX: You may now reference SH page 500 in a range search. See range search example for punctuation search.
FIX: Minor changes were made to the stemming feature to improve the results of the “Found” words.
FIX: Duplicate line numbers in Christian Science vs. Pantheism have been removed, and those lines of text are able to be cited and copied again.
UPDATE: When you create a Home Screen shortcut icon on your Android, iPhone, or tablet, the text will read “Concord” by default.
FIX: Cross-references related to 3 or more Bible passages were missing from the index and in-program menus. These have now been added.
FIX: Some marginal heading phrases include hyphenated words. In search results, hyphens were showing up in the middle of a word where a hyphen did not belong. The hyphens no longer display in the search results.
FIX: In a complex boolean search with multiple keywords, if one of the keywords does not satisfy the boolean logic, it will no longer appear as highlighted in blue.
FIX: Improved performance when opening a section of the books where users have included 100s of passages in Lists.
UPDATE: Minor adjustments to the parental consent authorization process for users who are under 16.
Contains releases v5.7.0 and v5.7.1
The 5.7.2 release includes the following updates:
Minor change to our Terms of Service: we removed the word “BETA” from section 17 “Limitations of Liability” subsection “iv”.
NEW: Expand your searches! You can now search for keywords or phrases across multiple verses, sentences, or paragraphs with the new proximity search feature. Learn all about this powerful new search capability and watch our help video here.
UPDATE: Range search options have been expanded to allow you to exclusively search the Bible, the Old Testament, or the New Testament; or any title or heading in any of the books. Click here to learn more about this improved search tool.
FIX: Range searches will now also search marginal headings and roman numeral pages.
FIX: You can now include wildcards in your keywords when performing a range search.
NEW: For searches with long phrases or lots of keywords, the search box automatically expands so you can see your entire search at once.
NEW: You can now access subscription information directly from the help menu in Concord.
NEW: Clicking on a capitalized word in the Found words list now runs a case sensitive search on that term.
FIX: Search terms that have soft hyphens are now highlighted in the book text when you click on the search result.
FIX: (published previously) Lists no longer go blank when toggling number visibility on a citation in a list.
FIX: (published previously) When manually entering hymn numbers into a citation, Concord no longer auto-corrects to the lowest numbered version of the hymn.
Contains releases v5.5.3, v5.5.4, v5.6.0, v5.6.1, and v5.6.2.
The 5.6.3 release includes the following updates:
NEW: Folders for list management! Many customers expressed interest in a better way to organize lists in Concord. With this release, we have introduced folders for list management. To facilitate this transition, we automatically converted your labels into folders and placed your previously labeled lists into corresponding folders. Please view our help article and numerous help videos for a full orientation to this new capability.
NEW: Citation auto-correct. Manually-typed citations are now automatically corrected to match with the Bible Lesson citation rules. This will help with citation consistency, accuracy, and portability across the Concord platform.
NEW: The text in The Manual has been fully updated to match our latest printing.
NEW: Many text styles have been updated in Miscellaneous Writings. This work will be finished in a future release.
NEW: Added “Copy to List” feature to lists. A new menu item has been added to both the list menu (the three horizontal lines in the upper-right of each list) and the citation menu (three-dot menu next to each citation within a list). This allows you to copy one or more citations in a list to a different list. Previously, only “Move to List” was available.
UPDATE: “Keep me logged in” is now enabled by default on the login screen to help limit the number of times users need to log in.
UPDATE: Text remains highlighted in the Books Panel after adding a citation to a list.
UPDATE: When creating a new list, you will be prompted to title list. This will help avoid the accumulation of “Untitled” lists.
FIX: On mobile/tablet your most recent list will automatically be open when you return to a session.
FIX: iPad users can now select a citation in a list, edit it in the book text area, and select “Update Existing” to have the original citation updated in their list.
FIX: Terms from the Glossary of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures now properly displaying in print preview.
FIX: Previous font size selection is now remembered between print preview sessions.
FIX: When dragging a new citation into a list of expanded citations, the new citation is automatically expanded.
FIX: When adding a citation to a long list, the list no longer jumps to the top of the list.
FIX: Guest users no longer need to re-enter their fifth search in a Concord Guest Access session after clicking “Continue”.
FIX: Added missing line breaks in Text Export.
FIX: Print preview now displays the Concord icon and header area correctly.
FIX: Several bug fixes to the Scriptural Quotations indexes.
FIX: When clicking on a citation in a list with breaks in between verses or line numbers (ex. Matt 14:1-3,7) the extra arrows previously visible between continuous verses have been removed.
Other miscellaneous updates…
Contains releases v5.4.6 and v5.5.
The 5.5.1 release includes the following updates:
NEW: Added Book Format to copy/paste options throughout the system
UPDATE: Updated multi-part citations display throughout the system
UPDATE: List word count now updates based on selections in a list
NEW: Text export now responds to marginal headings/line number options when exporting to text
NEW: Added new help menu link for subscription
NEW: Added new welcome notification for new users
UDPATE: Subscription screens updated to include USD next to amounts
UPDATE: Poems front matter updates
UPDATE: Marginal Headings Indexes now highlight the full paragraph that the marginal heading is next to
UPDATE: Print preview now displays marginal headings on pages SH 115-116 correctly
UPDATE: Maintenance outage message updated
UPDATE: Maintenance window moved to later in the night to accommodate West Coast users
FIX: Account lockout issue with Christ and Christmas resolved
FIX: Fixed bug where some users were being locked out of their accounts for too many rapid requests
FIX: Miscellaneous account and performance bugs