An issue preventing the Bible tester from working has been resolved in the latest release. This release is only available as a patch. This issue resulted in the tester giving a false negative for every test, even when the Bibles are installed properly and the Bible search is working. Download Patch 2.0.71 if this is an issue for you. (If the Bible search is working properly, you don’t need to apply this patch.)
A new version of Bible SuperSearch has been released. 2.0.70 includes a completely new, much faster proximity search algorithm. Also added as an extension of the proximity search is the capability to search for all words, within a chapter. (All words must be in the same chapter, but not necessarily in the same verse.) Also in this release are many bug fixes, especially in the passage lookup syntax, and a revised user guide.
Bible SuperSearch website has been updated to a simpler, cleaner format. More changes are coming in the future. Please let me know what you think of the new format.
Bible SuperSearch 2.0 is the latest major release of Bible SuperSearch. New Features include: Parallel Bible – look up and search in up to 4 different Bible versions User-friendly, improved interface More interfaces to choose from Advanced search interface Text size/font options Proximity search – find words within 5 verses, or N verses Easy to use HTML help Easy configuration of interfaces and other options in Installation Manager Remote Module Installation – allows installing Bibles without having to upload them to your server (Please note, this feature is experimental). For the full list of Bible SuperSearch’s features, click here: New Bible Modules: Textus Receptus Greek NT Bible Kralicka (Czech) * Finnish 1776 * Lithuanian Bible * Maori Bible * * Due to space considerations, these modules must be downloaded separately.
The beta version of the upcoming Bible SuperSearch 2.0 has been released. Although this is a beta release, I recommend this release above all previous ones. The software is 99% complete, and full of new features. When 2.0 is released, a patch will also be released allowing quick upgrade from this beta version to eliminate any bugs that may remain. New features in this release include: – Parallel Bible – look up and search in up to 4 different versions – User-frendly, improved interface – More interfaces to choose from – Advanced search interface – Text size/font options – Proximity search – find words within 5 verses, or N verses – HTML help (replacing the PDF help) – Easy configuration in Installation Manager – Remote Installation – allows installing Bibles without having to upload them to your server (experimental) If you find any errors or bugs in the program, please report them to bible@biblesupersearch.com
The tentative release schedule for Bible SuperSearch 2.0 is given below. Earliest Latest 2.0 beta release May 12 June 1 2.0 final release June 14 July 1 Between the beta and final releases there will be at least one month for community testing. The software will be running on the Bible SuperSearch website, http://www.BibleSuperSearch.com at the time of the beta release. New features in this upcoming major release include: Parallel Bible – look up and search in up to 4 different versions User-frendly, improved interface More interfaces to choose from Advanced search interface Text size/font options Proximity search – find words within 5 verses, or N verses HTML help (replacing the PDF help) Easy configuration in Installation Manager Remote Modual Installation – allows installing Bibles without having to upload them to your server (experimental)
Many of you have had trouble installing Bible SuperSearch with the installer, and trying to find the non-existent “PHPMyAdmin” Installation instructions. Since Bible SuperSearch 1.5, the PHPMyAdmin instructions have been omitted because it was felt that they were no longer needed. However, several emails have proven this decision wrong. Below is the PHPMyAdmin instructions, modified for Bible SuperSearch 1.5+. A more polished up copy will be included in the next release. Bible SuperSearch Installation Using PHPMyAdmin Recommended for advanced users only, or if using the installer fails. *Installing Bible SuperSearch from CD-ROM* Copy all files from the “bible” folder on the Bible SuperSearch CD-ROM to a folder of your choice on your hard drive, preferably where you keep your other website files. Skip down to the “Entering MySQL Login Information” section below. *Downloading Bible SuperSearch From Website* Go to the download page at www.BibleSuperSearch.com. Chose the download file that is best suitable for download to the computer that you are CURRENTLY using (not for the web server you will be using). If you are using Windows or Macintosh, chose the ZIP file. If you are using UNIX, Linux, GNU, or anything similar, you should download the tarball (.tar.gz) file. Right-click on the link provided and click “Save File As…” or “Save Link As..” Select a location on your hard drive easy that is easy to find. Extracting Double-click on the compressed install file to open it in WinZip or whatever compressed file
Bible SuperSearch 1.6.30 has been released. Many more Bible modules available. While this is only a minor update to the program itself, it includes support for the new Bible modules. Bible modules include: Authorized King James Version Reina Valera 1602 (Spanish) Reina Valera 1909 (Spanish) Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (Spanish) Luther 1545 (German) Martin 1744 (French) La Bible de l’Épée (2005) (French) Diodati 1649 (Italian) Synodal 1876 (Russian) Cornilescu (Romanian) Smith Van Dyke (Arabic) Karoli (Hungarian) Staten Vertaling (Dutch) Most of these do NOT require upgrading to this release, except for the Arabic and Russian translations. However, it is highly recommended, since even the four old modules have been improved, and the KJV module was completely recompiled from a better source. Other changes to the software include: New Module creator tool that allows you to easily make modules from your own SQL database Bibles Bible list organizer tool lets you easily determine the order Bible versions appear in the selection menu. Several other tweaks on the manager and bug fixes.
Additional Bible modules are under development, and will be released soon. These Bibles have been verified to agree with the KJV in MOST of these verses: 1 John 5:7, Isaiah 14:12, Mark 1:2, and Acts 8:37. Bibles in the following languages will be offered: Greek (Textus Receptus) French Italian Dutch Finnish Russian Arabic Romanian Czech Afrikaans Thai German (1 additional) Spanish (2 additional)
Bible SuperSearch 1.6.00 has been released. In the spirit of “release early, release often,” this new mini-release is the next step towards Bible SuperSearch 2.0 (planned release date: Late Summer 2007). This release introduces paginated search results. Previously, all results were displayed on the same page. Now, only 20 per page are displayed. The option of showing all results at once is maintained, however. Also, better text formatting was also introduced. Users can toggle between this formatting, and “EZ-Copy,” which formats the text in a way that is easy to copy and paste into word processor documents, for example. A future release will have additional text formatting options, such as text size and font style, and parallel Bible version searches. Stay tuned…