warpok
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3 years ago We have found a wonderful resource that has already been (largely) translated into Indonesian, and it is the Free Bible Commentary by Bob Utley. (http://www.freebiblecommentary.org/indonesian_bible_study.htm) One of the things we like about this resource is that Utley gives meaning and definitions of Biblical terms, and information about different historical interpretations, but he doesn't come down and decide everything for you. He gives the reader the tools to make an informed decision.
So we want to take the excellent PDF files (linked above) and transform them into web pages that can be made into a user defined resource in Bibledit. You have nicely provided this information: http://bibledit.org/resource-[book]-[chapter]-[verse].html Genesis = Exodus = Leviticus =
As I look at Utley's commentaries, I think that it won't be an easy task to format these to become a resource in Bibledit. Maybe it would be better to just give people links to the PDF files. We have some resources already (like Barnes Notes, and Constable's Notes) that often do not display nicely in Bibledit. I would rather not have one like that. So my question is, what kind of website would be optimal for linking verses as a resource in Bibledit? Would it be better that each verse becomes a separate page? Or would it be better if chapters were organized with clear verse breaks that Bibledit can access within the longer HTML page?
teusbenschop
Please empower the administrator (me) to set up an organized suite of resources. Every Member user will get the same set of resources. At this level, I suggest that the power to organize or upload new resources not be given to the user. (The Organize button could still show there, but would bring up a note saying that that is an Advanced option not available at the Member level.)
Please give the administrator the power to not only choose colorful dividers, but also the ability to superimpose text on those dividers. Either give more color choices, or allow the administrator to choose from a wheel of colors. If we have dark color dividers, then we will of course need the ability to choose a white or light color for the text, and vice versa.
There is a really important display improvement that we need. Today I defined the \u style for underlining. Then I underlined a textual difference in the Byzantine text. It worked in the editone window. Since the Byz text is one of our Bibles within Bibledit and since I have the Byz text as one of my Resources, I was hoping that the underlining would show up there. But it was worse than not showing the underlining. The underlined words disappeared from the text!
Let me explain some background info: We feel that the Byzantine/Majority text is better for a majority cousin country because it is not open to the charge that the text has been corrupted (as can easily be made of the Ecclectic Greek Text). Bible translations available in Indonesia are almost based on the Ecclectic Text. (Two are based on the Textus Receptus.) Most of our readers will not be able to pick out the differences in the Greek texts. So we want to help them by giving 1-3 resources that will underline words that are different between the texts, the resources also will include English translations of the Byzantine text. This will help people who want to dig into these changes, because we are not footnoting textual changes between the texts in our translation. In our apps, we supply Byzantine Text along with our translation. I hope that underlining in the Byzantine Text in Bibledit, will result in underlining when an app is made with the Scripture App Builder.
Anyway, to come back to the main point, I hope that USFM Resources (not just Bibles within Bibledit) can be made to include bold, underline, italic text, and maybe even highlight colors. Let's make it so that different fonts can be used also. This will greatly add to the accessibility of information in the resources. Right now I mainly need this for the NT resources.