App Administrator Guide

Choose branches

Switch the audience to Branches and select at least one destination. This example selects Kofu and Tokyo. Pasadena (Headquarters) is fixed and remains available regardless of Blogger synchronization.

Review the message and branch names

The final confirmation shows the message and exact audience. Read every branch name before tapping Publish and Send.

Check the recorded audience

Open a sent announcement to inspect its saved branch audience.

Your branches and everyone appear first

Matching and all-member announcements are highlighted above other branches. This Japanese-screen example uses the affiliations saved in Settings.

Find and select media

1. Open Settings → Account and sign in with an administrator account.
2. Open Church Photos & Videos → Manage. Filter by photo/video, event tag, or capture-date range when needed.
3. Tap a thumbnail to select it. A checkmark appears. Use Select All only after checking the active filter.

The pictured screen is an actual app screen. Labels may move slightly in newer releases, but the selection flow is the same.

Select at least one branch and save

1. Open the three-line menu → Settings, then scroll down to Notifications.
2. Open My branches and turn on each branch you belong to. At least one is required; multiple selections are supported.
3. Review the full list and tap Save at the upper right. To save, select at least one available branch and deselect any unavailable branches.
4. Return to Notifications and check both the selected names and synchronization status.

Internal TestFlight iOS 1.20 (build 240), shown in English with Dark appearance and large text. Tap an image to enlarge it.

Check whether your selection has synchronized

• Branch choice synchronized: the server has saved your selection.
• Saved on this device; waiting to synchronize.: the choice remains on this iPhone but has not yet changed notification delivery. Wait for device registration or connectivity.
• If synchronization fails, check the connection and tap Retry branch sync. The last server-confirmed selection remains effective until synchronization succeeds.
• If the branch list cannot load, tap Retry. A temporarily missing entry does not cause a saved affiliation to be replaced. Retired branches remain saved and are marked unavailable. To change your affiliation, deselect them, choose an available branch, and save.

English example from internal TestFlight iOS 1.20 (build 240). Saving on the phone and confirming synchronization are separate states.

Start from the Order settings list

1. Sign in as Administrator under Settings → Account.
2. Scroll down to Notifications and open Order settings.
3. Tap + (New) at the upper right to create a setup. For an existing setup, tap its name-and-status row.

Japanese sample order list, captured for the September 12, 2026 candidate. This administration list is separate from the member Orders screen.

Set Default audience for new orders

1. On the main Order settings screen, open Default audience for new orders.
2. Under Default audience, choose All members or Branches. Select at least one branch in branch mode.
3. Tap Save default on this device. Future orders created with + (New) on this device begin with this choice.
4. You can change the audience while filling in an individual new order. Copies keep the source order's audience. Editing an order or changing one delivery never overwrites this device default.

Japanese example from internal TestFlight iOS 1.20 (build 240). This setting is saved on this device; it does not change another administrator's or another device's default.

1. Enter the content

1. Enter the customer-facing Order title. At least Japanese or English is required.
2. Use Description and instructions for product details and pickup instructions.
3. Enter product names under Items. Tap Add item for another product. Each item also needs at least Japanese or English.

Japanese example. Continue scrolling to recipients, dates, and audience before saving.

2. Enter recipients and order dates

1. Enter at least one Supplier email address to receive submitted orders. Use Add email address for additional recipients.
2. Add Supplier CC email address entries only when needed. These email recipients are separate from the Push audience.
3. Enable Set opening time and Set closing time as needed, and enter dates in Los Angeles time. Opening must precede closing when both are set. Members also see their device-local time.

Japanese example. The acceptance window is separate from the Push delivery time configured later.

Choose this order's default notification audience

• All members: notify eligible users who enabled Administrator announcements, regardless of their affiliations.
• Branches: select at least one target branch. Multiple selections are supported. Review every checked name.
• You cannot save a branch audience with no selection, an unavailable list, or an unavailable selected branch. Retry and review the audience.

A new order begins with the saved Default audience for new orders on this device. Change 4. Default notification audience to suit this order. Your own affiliations do not automatically become its audience.

Japanese branch-targeting example from internal TestFlight iOS 1.20 (build 240). Branch names come from the server list.

4. Review translations and audience, then save

1. Use Fill empty translations if needed. It fills blank title, description, and item fields without replacing existing translations.
2. Scroll to 5. Review and save. Read Default notification audience: All members or every selected branch name. Also check supplier emails, dates, and both languages.
3. Tap Save, then open the saved setup from the list. New and copied setups are saved as drafts. Saving does not open ordering, publish an announcement, or send Push.

Japanese example. The audience summary appears immediately above Save; scroll to the bottom to review it.

Decide whether to change this setup or create another

1. Open the setup from the list and tap Edit order setting. Change content, recipients, dates, or audience, then scroll down and Save. Editing retains its current acceptance state.
2. Use Copy as new to preserve the original. Content and audience carry into the draft; received orders and Push reservations do not. Recheck the new title, dates, recipients, and audience before saving.
3. Open Revision history to inspect each saved version and its recorded audience.
4. If another administrator has updated the setup, review your preserved edits and the refreshed fields before saving again.

Japanese example. Edit and Copy as new are under Order setting in the detail screen.

Open ordering and publish separately

1. On the draft detail screen, tap Start accepting orders. A future opening time leaves it awaiting that start time.
2. Under Announcement and Push, tap Publish in announcements. Publication alone does not send Push.
3. Check the member Announcements → Orders screen. Publishing an announcement while the setup remains a draft does not make the order form visible.

Japanese example. Review Current task, Order setting, and Announcement and Push in that order.

Check the order state after publication

Check the state on the detail screen, then continue down to Announcement and Push for scheduling and the current-device test.

Japanese example of the upper part of the same detail screen. The testing and delivery controls continue below.

Send a test to this device only

1. Allow notifications on the current iPhone and check This device is registered under Settings → Notifications.
2. Tap Send test to this device only (audience ignored) once. It does not send to the selected branches or other users.
3. On the physical device, check receipt and the destination reached from the announcement and its order link. Even after a successful provider response, Focus or banner settings may suppress a visible alert.

Japanese example. Testing always targets the current administrator device, independent of branch selection.

1. Open the delivery-time screen

1. Open Set Push delivery time for the published order.
2. Set Notification time in Los Angeles time, then scroll down.

This announcement Push time is separate from the order opening and closing dates.

2. Choose Audience for this delivery

1. Audience for this delivery initially selects the default saved with this order.
2. For a different audience this time, choose All members or Branches. Branch mode requires at least one selection and supports several.
3. This change affects only this delivery. The saved order default and the main screen's Default audience for new orders remain unchanged.
4. At the bottom, check every name under Confirmed audience, then tap Schedule Push notification once.
5. Back in the detail screen, check the reserved time and Scheduled audience. Later changes to either default do not change this reservation.

Japanese example from internal TestFlight iOS 1.20 (build 240). Choose a different audience for this notification without editing the order setup.

See order audiences in the list

Orders for your branches or everyone appear first; other branches appear gray below.

See branches in order settings

The same priority applies within each status section. If an individual delivery overrides the order audience, its announcement shows that recorded delivery audience.