BSF Support

This article will be updated periodically with notes related to recent updates to the https://www.bsfonline.org website. 

4/24/2025

• OT Only View Current OGL's Application
• Fix Welcome Page Field Alignment
• Fix Recommendation History
• Translation Corrections
• BSFO Invite a Friend new email preview in Outlook and Gmail
• Activate Maintenance Banner during BSFO Deployment
• Simplify "Language" Dropdown Options on "Find an Online Group"
• Simplify "Language" Dropdown Options on "Find an OLM"
• BSFO - UI Issue Leaderless Group warning pop-up on Users Management Profile page
• Fix BSFO Online View Only role can inactivate users
• Add restrictions to changing gender in the profile setup
  

3/20/2025

• Fix Leader Group Not in Alphabetic Order
• Fix OAPs missing 'Email Group' Button on My Area page
• Change "GROUP NAME" Column to "CLASS NAME" On "Find an OLM" for OGL
• Extra Weeks on Lesson 31 & 32 (Change "No Meeting")
• Prevent Leaderless Group when Demote OGL
• Fix ORD unable to promote/demote users
• Fix OGLs can select the opposite gender when switching OLMs
• Fix Invalid Email Errors in BCC line for Apple Mail and Outlook

2/20/2025

• BSF Online home page and "Find an Online Group" page readiness for PPER new study year
• Add "X" Button on top right corner when leader selects blue triangle next to leader/member avatar on My Group/My Area/My Training/My Region pages.
• "Invite a Friend" improvements: customized email and improved pop-up message to fit screen on Mobile
• Misc. improvement/fixes for BSF Online leaders
• ES/TC/SC translation corrections on "Edit Profile" Page 
• "Find an Online Group" page improvement: add "# IN GROUP" column to indicate number of members in the group

2/4/2025

• Fix for OGL/OGM invite, view, edit profiles on Firefox issue

11/7/2024 Fixes

• Fix for 504 Gateway Error Start/Join links       

10/10/2024 Fixes

• Fix for BSFO: Inaccurate date on My Lessons Page.

5/30/2024 Deployment

• Revelation Study Materials in Resource Library
• Revelation Zoom Meeting Links generated
• Revelation Calendar and Study Schedule
• BSF Online Home Landing Page reflects Revelation Study
• The "Find an Online Group" Page updated to reflect Revelation Study
• "My Lesson" page updated to reflect Revelation Study
• HQ Admin/ORD/OAP/OT/AOT able to view the list of active OLMs and # of people in OLMs
• When OGM joins ODG from the “host” intermediary link, OGM’s attendance is recorded 
• Church info in Edit Profile to align with MyBSF
• Church info in Leader’s Recommendation Form to sync with Edit Profile page 
• ORD/OAP pages update
• Prevent Leaderless Group: OGL role is only allowed to change if there’s another active OGL in the group
• Both OT and AOT are notified when an OGL is approved for OLM 
• User-friendly design of the “My Training” page is available for both portrait and landscape modes on a mobile device 
• Add back features for OT/AOT/OGL: 
  • Group Chat button for OT/AOT
  • Start Meeting button for AOT
  • ODG Join link for OGL 
• OT can edit Interview Notes even after BSF withdrawals 
• Leader Group Management page improvement 
• Click “Contact Us” to go to BSF Online Support page 
• Security Questions page improvement

4/11/2024 Deployment 

• Security improvement to hide Phone Number and Email Address 
• Class Staff receive email notification on OGL switching OLM 
• OT can edit Interview Notes after System Approval 
• Fix for Multi Factor Authentication “Remember this Device”
• Fix for OGL replacement issue for our Chinese users
• Fix for joining an online group confirmation email
• Fix for home/landing page copyright
• Fix for profile save confirmation
• Fix translation on multiple pages

3/22/2024 Fixes

• Fix for BSFO: HQ Admin/AOP/OT cannot change role.

2/29/2024 Fixes

• Fix for OAP view "Please wait ..."
• Fix for My Training age does not view OGLs
• Fix for My Group page view "Please wait..." and some OGMs are missing
• Fix for Group is not listed in Find a Group even though it has remaining capacity
• Fix for OGL do not receive email notifications of new members

2/22/2024 Deployment

• BSF Online New Home Page
• Find a Group mentions the current study
• Revelation Registration 
• "Your Account" to Sign in or Create an Account

1/18/2024 Fixes

• Fix for Email Class/Group
• Fix for Attendance is not recorded when logging in BSF Online website

12/7/2023 Deployment

• Multiple AOT functionality
• My Training Page reorganized
• Leader Group management updates
• Alert enhancement
• Email consent during account creation/ first login

7/13/2023 Deployment

• New meeting links for ODGs and OLMs for the John study
• John's materials are uploaded
• John's calendar is uploaded
• The website is ready for John's study

1/26/2023 Fixes

• Updates for website security and functionality
• Fix for Leader Zoom Poll filter
• Fix for Leader Zoom Poll copy option
• Fix for Password Update Issue: Account Settings > Password

11/17/2022 Fixes 

• Fix for Zoom Poll creation
• Fix for My Lessons page Lecture Podcast 'Quick Link' broken
• Fix for attendance being pre-recorded and/or un-editable
• Fix for attendance not saving

11/7/2022 Emergent Fix

• Fix for starting Online Leaders Meetings and Online Group Discussions on the BSF Online website

11/3/2022 Emergent Fix

• Fix for the BSF Online Helps & Resources' continual loading

11/3/2022 Fixes 

• Fix for a unique user login (500 Error)
• Fix for OAP searching and locating users under Apply & Recommend for Leadership
• Fix for BSF Online Alert Notifications visibility on mobile devices
• Fix for bulk download of files from the BSFO Helps & Resources (file names were gibberish)

10/30/2022 Emergent Fix

• Fix for downloading files from the BSF Online Helps & Resources

10/27/2022 Fixes 

• Fix for downloading Lectures on Apple iPhones
• Fix for Online Class Staff (OT/AOT) Online Leaders Meeting Notifications 
• Fix for website timeout logout