We recently introduced the component of being able to send individual reading prompts to team members. This has been well recieved and added a new fun element to being part of a team and scripture reading. In addition to this, it is now possible for one team to challenge another team and be able to view the collective the progress of each team. We also thought it would be fun for the team in the lead to be recognized with a flag to indicate their achievement (kind of a capture the flag thing).

As we continue to enhance and make this the best program possible we are now expanding into the area of Social Netowrking which will allow individuals to find, connect, share and communicate with one another in a LDS safe enviroment. We are very excited about this and are nearing completion.

This past week we decided to completely remove Google Ads from our site due to the continual issue of anti-mormon ads constantly appearing. Trying to manage and stay on top of every ad that was appearing what just too labor intensive, especially when considering the miniscule amount that we were receiving to place them there in the first place. Having them on our site was causing far more damage than it was worth and we apologize to those individuals who were offended by their presence and who have questioned our purpose and intentions with this site.

To this point, we are very dis-satisfied with Google ads and it inability to effectively control and filter the type of content that appears in their service. This is probably more of an issue in the "LDS" and "Mormon" advertising space than most, but we will no longer include these ads on our site and run the risk of subjecting our users to unwanted and inappropriate anti-mormon materials.

Thank you all for your continued support and understanding.

These past two weeks we have made so many changes to the site, is difficult to even know where to start. The most noticeable is the change to the site design and color scheme. We would love to hear your feedback and comments about the changes.

The next major thing we have changed is the way reading schedules are created. We have seperated the schedule creation process from the account page so it is easier to see exactly what options are available because we could classify the available schedules. This is will be even more important as we continue to add new reading selections.

You may also notice a number of new reading options: January 2008 Ensign, Primary 4 lesson manual, Teachings of Presidents of the Church - Joseph Smith. These materials are slightly different from our current scripture reading schedules. The email you receive will include the reading material as an attached document, and a link to connect to the material online. We hope these new schedules are beneficial to you! We will continue to add more manuals and resources.

If you are a facebook user, you can now have our daily quotes on your profile with our new LDS Daily Quote application:

http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=18639833512&b&ref=pd

This year we have now added the long awaited and frequently requested weekly reading program for Seminary!

Create or login to your account at: ReadTheScriptures.com to get started today!

You can even create a team and invite your entire class to join for motivating and encouraging each other.

The new Gospel Doctrine -Book of Mormon study schedule for 2008 is now completed and available!

Just login into your existing account and select "Gospel Doctrine - BofM" from the drop down list to add it to your reading schedules:

Although not readily apparent to the user, we have completed a major upgrade to the mail delivery system, in which we have centralized the code base that creates all the daily emails and online reader options. This is an effort to help us to maintain more consistent delivery options and make it easier to implement future enhancements. In conjuction with this, we have revamped the email delivery system to automatically detect and provide emails in either html or basic text, which will hopefully provide more stable and consistent mail delivery options to a wider range of users.

I just finished adding a new feature to the site that I think is pretty cool. All progress bars when clicked, will open an information window that displays additional reading schedule statistics. Just click on any progress bar to use this cool new feature.

The schedule advance or reverse feature is now done! You can manually change the position of your reading schedules in the online reader. We have had many requests for this feature since we started this program, and it is finally here. Many of you will find this feature useful as you complete your scripture reading using other methods and want to advance your schedule to the correct position without having to click on the complete button multiple times for each completed day. In addition it is also possible to reverse your position to a previous day in case you missed one.

This new feature allows you to select the amount you would like to increase or decrease your schedule by from the drop down list. You can advance or reverse your schedule by increments of -10 to +10. Once you have selected the amount just click on the "Go" button to confirm and apply your changes. You can also click repeatedly on the "Go" button to advance or reverse your schedule with the selected amount.