Matt Langford

@MichaelBrownJr Yeah, looks like you’re on your way. Our main use for Macros are doing things like these in one click:

1. Initialize Macro: Start countdown, display countdown, set stage view to worship, etc.

↑ Runs automatically when ProPresenter starts.

1. Sermon Macro: Switches stage view to preacher’s slides preview, clears other layers, turns off audio (just in case), starts a preaching timer.

↑ Manually triggered when preacher walks up.

There are more like that. We do live stream as well, so they also do things like start the live stream, set the proper look for live stream graphics, and scroll announcements.

You can trigger Macros 3 ways. On startup, when a Macro is clicked, or when a certain slide is clicked. They all have their uses. An example of when a slide is clicked would be if a particular song had a unique bridge where you wanted the screen to change for some reason then change back when heading back to chorus.

Lastly, Macros can really help if the preacher is the creative type who uses a combination of scriptures graphics, videos, etc. You can trigger the Macros on the slides for the different types.

I know that’s a lot of info and might be hard to parse without screenshots. I’m always available to help if you ever need. People gave of their time to me when I was getting started, so always happy to pay it forward.

@MichaelBrownJr What’s your setup? Audience screen and control screen, obviously. Anything else? Stage screen, etc?

I can send you a couple example Macro ideas that may help them make sense.

@MichaelBrownJr It can be so smooth one week then so much headache the next. If you’re training new people, utilize Macros. They’re so useful for those moments when you need multiple things to happen but don’t want to rely on a volunteer to remember all of them.

@apoorplayer Tiny, Sumo, and Bayou will all be updated this week with better support for the new feature. I’ll document it as well.

@jimmitchell @alexwolfe Tiny, Sumo, and Bayou will all have full support next week. Took a couple days off for some family time, but will dive back in on Monday.

@MichaeI Yeah, I need to clarify that. It’s just HTML elements (such as div or p) with class=note

@pratik Markdown 100%. You can go from markdown to other things much easier than HTML.

@gregmorris When I use a teleprompter, I don't read word-for-word from it. Because of that, I use a remote to control it myself. A small Logitech something.

@Jonah If you're Apple-only, Pages sync works perfectly. I typically write on a Mac, reference on an iPhone, and present from an iPad. All work seamlessly together.

@juha Appreciate the work! Merged this morning.

@jonah I have a template in Pages with the correct styles/fonts. Makes it easy to add in notes for production/stage teams. I also like to format quotes from different sources in different ways. For example, I want to be able to see at a glance if it’s from the Bible vs a traditional quote. I also like to be able to put citations before sources which is more effective in speech.

@frjon I’m very similar to that in regards to the manuscript. Too many people read it, but if you can use it as more of an aid, it’s the most effective IMO.

@AlexWolfe Yeah, that’s perfect for index cards. Kind of gives the late night talk show vibe. You see them use what’s basically larger index cards.

@AlexWolfe Index card can be so useful. If you speak a lot, I suggest getting some custom made ones. Can have your name or logo on the backside (what audience sees) and special information on your side (such as a spot for notes order, self queues, etc).

@dustan I did that for a while until I started needing to inject specially styled production notes and the like. You can also put Marked 2 in between iA and your PDF app for some added flexibility.

@jemostrom Awesome!

@moonmehta Cool!

@juha Appreciate it!

@jabel I've been called for jury duty three times. Only once did I do anything other than sit in a room reading a book. And that one time, I ended up on a full jury for a case involving four counts of attempted murder. It was quite the experience.

@jemostrom There are three possible ways to do that:

1. Using css only. You can use position: absolute; or position: fixed to get you to that. It will require additional css to achieve the exact look you want.
2. Using a combination of microhooks and css. No need to modify any theme files. This is basically taking the first option above a step further. The microhook-navigation.html microhook is your best starting point.
3. Modifying the theme files. If you do this, you essentially remove whatever file you change from getting updates. You can revert to the live update by deleting your file, but that's the only way.

You can definitely get there without modifying the theme though. There have been some mods where people have moved the navigation around, eliminated it entirely, or changed it to a hamburger menu or similar.

@AlexWolfe I think you meant that first part for me. Do you have a link you can share?

Verify that you have "include conversation" and "add reply text box" selected on the Design page in the Micro.blog dashboard. (Hint: If you have multiple blogs, also make sure the right one is selected at the top of that page as well).

@moonmehta Ah, that's on me. I fixed it on individual posts, but didn't think about the full feed. Just pushed out 1.1.4 that should fix it everywhere. If that version isn't showing yet, you can force the update by just clicking Install on the full plugins page.

@juha Would you mind doing the Finnish translation for Sumo as well? (Repo)

@tylerknowsnothing Nice customizations on your site! I just pushed out an update (1.1.6) that keeps blockquotes from crowding each other when they're back-to-back like on your About page.

@philbowell Looks great!