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Concord Changelog

Concord Changelog

Please see the list below of the latest updates to Concord.

Changes in v5.1.0

Includes a number of updates from v5.0.31, v5.0.32, v5.0.33, and v5.0.34 which were not initially published to the beta users.

  • NEW: Text layout has been updated to improve performance. Full justification has been removed and text segments are now 10 pages in length for the writings of Mary Baker Eddy. 
  • NEW: Integrated login and registration page for new users.
  • NEW: Remote support feature so Concord technical support may better understand and troubleshoot issues that customers are experiencing
  • NEW: Integrated a notification system to communicate with users about system maintenance or any other issues. If the bell icon next to notices is yellow, you have a new notification.
  • NEW: Icons for Scriptural cross-references have been moved to the left margin, given an updated icon, and display in an updated pop-up.
  • NEW: Hymns with alternate text now have a link to navigate users to the alternate text between hymnals. Click on the lighter colored hymn number to jump to the alternate text.
  • NEW: Hymn authors and composers are now searchable.
  • NEW: Users may cite a hymn by only typing in the hymn number (i.e. Hymn 7). Concord expands that citation to include all the verses.
  • NEW: When logging in, there is a new show/reveal button that displays your password as you login. Use this to help reveal your password as you type it in. 
  • NEW: "Delete List" in the list drop-down menu is now placed at the bottom of the options. When clicked it now asks for confirmation before performing the delete.
  • NEW: Hymnal verse text is now indented to conform to the words only versions of the hymns.
  • NEW: Concord returns you to the text you were last reading on all devices.
  • FIX: Discontinuous citations now preview, and copy and paste correctly. Previously, the last portion of text was being cut off. If you have a citation with missing text in the text preview, you may need to re-save or re-create the citation.
  • FIX: iPhone display sizing issue has been corrected. Users no longer need to pinch-zoom to view program.
  • FIX: Saving Concord to the iPhone or iPad home screen now hides the Safari web browser. Please recreate your shortcuts for this to work.
  • FIX: The default double-quotes on iPhone and iPad now work for performing an exact phrase search.
  • FIX: Deleting a citation in List no longer scrolls the list to the top of the list.
  • FIX: Citation Builder no longer remains visible in Print Preview screen.
  • FIX: Improvements in small caps and italic text display in Science and Health and the Hymnal.
  • FIX: Improved text formatting for The Manual, Miscellaneous Writings, and No and Yes.
  • FIX: Searches for some Manual and Miscellaneous Writings citations open appropriate corresponding text.
  • FIX: Dragging and dropping citations no longer skips a place in lists.
  • FIX: Missing periods added to Bible book abbreviations in Search results.
  • FIX: Extra spaces that appear in word processing document when copying and pasting citations, no longer appear.
  • FIX: System-generated emails now come from "The Concord Team"

Changes in v5.0.30

  • NEW: Copy and paste now cites the citation in parenthesis after the quoted text.
  • NEW: E-vite system to include number of invites left
  • NEW: Notification system to notify users of maintenance downtime, announcements, e-vite invitations, etc. 
  • FIX: Hymnal text layout changes
    • improve formatting of author info by dividing into 2 or 3 lines
    • convert illegible characters to quotes, em and en dashes
    • separate poem info from tune info in the notes
    • remove translated titles from the headings of hymns
    • tempo and meter changes added to 1932 hymns
  • FIX: Can now cite all hymn numbers in a list (Ex Hymn 23:1, 24:1, 25:1)
  • FIX: Can now click on search results for and cite Hymns that have refrains
  • FIX: Improved how refrains in Hymns are indexed and highlighted when searched for
  • FIX: Rare issue with copy and paste and print preview of words with soft-hyphens is now resolved
  • FIX: "New Citation" and "New Comment" buttons no longer disappear after reordering citations in an open List

Changes in v5.0.28

  • NEW: Add citation to List with book and page/chapter number 
    • Example – Type: Hymn 23, Concord adds: Hymn 23:1-5
    • Example – Type: Ps 23, Concord adds: Ps. 23:1-6
  • NEW: Print preview and cut/paste for Hymnal updated to show line breaks
  • NEW: Show Hymn titles for Mary Baker Eddy hymns
  • FIX: Removed hymnal titles and added poem titles for MBE hymns
  • FIX: Select "Change Label" from List burger menu focuses on Label drop down
  • FIX: Stemming no longer shows two different types of apostrophe in results 

Changes in v5.0.27.1

Includes changes from v5.0.26 which were not published to the beta users.

  • NEW: Added the 2017 hymnal audio and updated hymnal text formatting. 
  • NEW: Added a profile management tool to change your username to a different email address and provide first and last name (so that we may address you by name in our communications).
  • NEW: Added “New Comment” button in lists to make it easier to add comments separate from citations.
  • FIX: Users may be logged in to multiple devices and not get an error from Concord. This should eliminate the HTTP Status 404 errors many of you experienced.
  • FIX: Repaired *many* of the book text display issues reported by our users.
  • FIX: iPhone now remembers font size between sessions.
  • FIX: Tablet book text is now in book format consistently.
  • FIX: Improved text presentation of the Hymnal and Mary Baker Eddy’s writings.
  • FIX: Clicking on Books blade “Front Matter” and some chapters no longer causes the application to hang.
  • NEW: Arrows on the settings menu are now clickable.
  • NEW: Added new metadata to hymns 1-430 including:
    • Translated titles for hymns that contained translated titles
    • Added the asterisks on the hymns that contained them. Hymns with asterisks have a note added at the bottom of the hymn reflecting the meaning of the asterisks as defined in the original hymnal.

Changes in v5.0.25

  • Tablet interface is now available. It supports both iOS and Android tablets.
  • Added CTRL/COMMAND + C to copy free-flowing text from selected citation in book text
  • Fixed issues with small screen sizes having a horizontal scroll bar. Concord will now automatically resize to a two-column view if your screen is not large enough. (Use ctrl/command +/- to zoom in or out if you want the three column view to return.)
  • Fixed the search results list in Safari to display all of the results and include Recent/Favorites tools
  • On the Recent/Favorites search tools, we moved the "Clear All" function to an icon in the top left 
  • When right-clicking selected text in the text pane, the Copy to clipboard and Copy to List menu's are now always expanded
  • Various improvements to print preview formatting 
  • Lists that are not named, now automatically save as "Untitled List" not "New List"
  • Updated title element to the browser tab to display Concord
  • Improved the display of the tables of contents within each book
  • Added italics to certain words in marginal headings in Science and Health to better match the books.
  • Fixed bug where case sensitive searches with large search results would return incorrect results after a stemming search was performed
  • Various security improvements

Enjoy the updates!

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