Series

A series groups messages in your Library, like a sermon series ("Anchored", eight weeks in Ephesians). Each series has its own page on your watch site that lists its messages in the order you set, with its own artwork.

Where to find it

Open Publish > Library > Series, or click Series at the top of Publish > Library. Series are shown as cards in the order they appear on your public archive. Click a card to open that series' own page. It works the same on the web app and in Tech Manager.

Create a series

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series and click + Add series.
2. Type the Name. Under it you see the public address the name will give the series.
3. Optional: add a Description (one or two sentences, shown under the name), pick an Accent hue, and under Artwork click Choose artwork to upload an image, pick a stock image, or make a background with AI. With no image, the series is painted from its accent hue.
4. Click Save.

You can also make a series without leaving what you are doing: in the Series dropdown on a message page or in the upload dialog, choose + Add series.

Put messages in a series and set their order

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series and click the series' card.
2. Click + Add messages, search if needed, and tick the messages you want. Click Add message (or "Add 3 messages" when you picked several). They go to the end of the series. A message already in another series moves to this one, and the dialog says so before you add it.
3. To change the order, drag a message by its handle, or use Move up and Move down on its row. This is the order your public series page shows.
4. To take a message out, click Remove from the series on its row. It stays in the Library; nothing is deleted.
5. To upload a new video straight into the series, click Upload video. The series is already chosen in the dialog.

Until you change the order, a series lists its messages newest first. After your first change, new messages go to the end.

Edit a series' name, description or artwork

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series.
2. Open the card's menu (the three dots) and choose Edit series, or open the series and click Edit details.
3. Change what you need. Use Change artwork for a new picture, or Use an image address to point at an image already on the web.
4. Click Save.

Renaming keeps the same public address.

Change a series' public address

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series, open the card's menu and choose Edit series.
2. Click Change address…, type the new Address (lower-case letters, numbers and hyphens only), and click Save.

The old address stops working and is not redirected, so anyone with it in a bulletin, a post or a bookmark will find nothing there. Click Keep the current address to back out.

Copy or open a series' public page

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series and open the card's menu.
2. Click Copy address to copy the link, or Open the series page to see it as a visitor does.

The same address, with copy and open buttons, is on the series' own page under its description.

Hide a series from the archive, or reorder series

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series and open the card's menu.
2. Click Show in the archive to turn it off or on. A hidden series wears a Hidden from the archive badge.
3. Use Move earlier and Move later to change where a series appears on your public archive.

A hidden series is not offered as a series on your public library, but its published messages still appear in the library's list.

Delete a series

1. Go to Publish > Library > Series and open the card's menu (or the More menu on the series' page).
2. Click Delete series. The dialog says exactly what happens.
3. Click Delete series again to confirm.

The series' address stops working. Its messages stay in the Library, published or not as they were, and simply become ungrouped. This cannot be undone.

Troubleshooting

"Another series already has that address"

Two series cannot share a public address. Change the name a little, for example add the year.

"Public address unavailable"

Your church's public web address could not be loaded, so no address is printed and there is nothing to copy. The series still works; try again later or check Publish > Watch Page.

"No messages in this series yet"

Click + Add messages to add messages already in your Library, or Upload video to upload one into the series.

A message's page says "Part 3 of 8" but the order is wrong

The order is set only on the series' page. Open the series and drag or use Move up and Move down.

Good to know

• A series' public page ends in /watch/ followed by the series' short name, on your church's watch address.
• The podcast can include every published message or only the series you choose, on Publish > Library > Podcast.
• A series groups messages, not services: whether a message was uploaded or streamed, the series it is in is up to you.