NW Scheduler/Publisher - Updates, Support, and Suggestions

[Marky]

On 5/18/2025 at 6:58 AM, markahart said:

One question Marky. In making sure congregations have the latest minor update, should I also include congregations in our guest circuit as well?

Yes, in a sense everything is interconnected.  It is not common that a "minor update" is the source of corrupted data but we have experienced it at least one time before.  Secretaries and admins usually get prompt at updating promptly.  A busy brother that schedules PT's may not even notice when updates are posted.  (Sorry I missed your question yesterday.)

[Marky]

One more thing to add...

You can check what NWS version brothers have installed in your own congregation by following this path:
 

Congregation > Congregation Sharing > Shared Persons
 

One column will show the major and minor version a brother has installed like this 7.8 #1401

7.8 is the major version and #1401 is the minor version.
 

You could pass that along to other admins in the circuit if many are experiencing similar issues.  There may be some brothers that are not updated in the latest major or minor versions.
 

Thankfully, issues like you are experiencing do not happen with every update.

[Tortuga]

Something must be wrong, I haven't seen any Updates for awhile...

[Aja]

Territory function question: So we are getting ready to begin our Convention Campaigns and I'm hoping to avoid some of the weirdness of working the territory during campaigns. Is there a setting that changes the default way territories are worked just during the limited time we are working campaigns? For instance, we typically work a territory twice before converting all un-reached homes into Letter Writing/Phone witnessing. But since during the campaigns time is limited, we work the territory through once only. It would be nice to be able to simplify the interface in the NW Pub app for the friends so they easily understood how to handle doors during the campaign, marking them either as worked (home or left an invitation) or not worked (no trespassing, apartment lock-outs, etc). Any direction or suggestions?

[Tortuga]

Our congregation may be voting soon about switching our MWM to a different day. It made me wonder how useful a polling feature might be in NWS/NWP. 

 

Do you think it would be useful if a poll could be created in NWS and everyone could submit their answer through NWP?

[Indapipe]

15 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Our congregation may be voting soon about switching our MWM to a different day. It made me wonder how useful a polling feature might be in NWS/NWP. 

 

Do you think it would be useful if a poll could be created in NWS and everyone could submit their answer through NWP?

 

This feature seems like it could be useful, though rarely utilized. Aside from the scenario previously mentioned, one other situation comes to mind where it could be beneficial: in the past, brothers were polled regarding how much they could potentially contribute toward specific projects or expenses. However, this practice has not been implemented in our congregation for many years.

[Sooner Guy 89]

On 5/26/2025 at 9:27 PM, Tortuga said:

Our congregation may be voting soon about switching our MWM to a different day. It made me wonder how useful a polling feature might be in NWS/NWP. 

 

Do you think it would be useful if a poll could be created in NWS and everyone could submit their answer through NWP?

 I love that idea. But I am not finding any info on using a polling feature. Where did you find that option?

[Tortuga]

3 hours ago, Sooner Guy 89 said:

 I love that idea. But I am not finding any info on using a polling feature. Where did you find that option?

Brother, I think you misunderstood my question. NWS/NWP does not have a polling feature.

I think a polling feature would be handy and I  was asking if anyone else thought it was a good idea.

[Sooner Guy 89]

Aha I see. We have used one on WhatsApp a few times for things. I was just wondering if it was something new in NWP that I missed.

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

On 5/27/2025 at 2:27 PM, Tortuga said:

Our congregation may be voting soon about switching our MWM to a different day. It made me wonder how useful a polling feature might be in NWS/NWP. 

 

Do you think it would be useful if a poll could be created in NWS and everyone could submit their answer through NWP?

I don't think so.

The NWP/NWS has enough to do without adding more complications (and potential bugs) to the program.

As the 'Poll' feature currently works simply and effectively in our Cong/group for other matters - WhatsApp would be the logical place for another 'Poll' to be added (in our Cong). imho

[Van den Berg]

Let me explain what the problem is:

Corfu has many streets and sandy paths, making it difficult to capture the entire island in territories.

I first created the maps using Google Maps.

Then I entered them into the NWS.

Due to the lack of a logical street plan, I had to make many adjustments in NWS after entering them.

Everything was going well until NWS stopped accepting adjustments.

I think the problem is that the program thinks I have entered 1000 territories????? I am not soure ca maby another problem(We have a GOLD card and have 147 territories maps.)

 

Just to add.

When I open a Google Maps file in Google Earth, there are no issues.

When I input the file from Google Maps (KML) into NWS, the program says it was successful.

 

But NWS does not implement the change in the territory.

 

Is there a solution for this problem?

 

Thanks foor your effort

greetings Michael

[foghorn]

On 5/29/2025 at 8:44 AM, Van den Berg said:

I had to make many adjustments in NWS after entering them.

Question: are these adjustments in territory boundaries? Or are you referring to adjustments in individual addresses?

[Paul s]

Does anyone know if there's a way to change the order of the carts on the publisher app? We have them in the right order on the scheduler program but for some reason they appear in random orders on the app

[BigMAC]

Anyone else has problem installing the latest update 1402?
First attempt failed, nothing happened so I tried several times and then after a while it worked.

I know others have the same problem.

[Marky]

I just updated with no issues.

[foghorn]

2 hours ago, Marky said:

just updated with no issues.

No problems here - 9:00 this morning.

[jwhess]

Installed and launched OK.

[Landon1285]

Anyone know how to flip the territory map for the users walking orientation?