LDS account on LDScatalog

Those attempting to log in to ldscatalog today may have noticed a redirect to the church's new site: store.lds.org

The benefit of this new site is that it does away with the unit login/password needed for the old system. Instead, members log-in using their LDS account (same account used to access the stake and ward website). Using the calling information recorded in MLS, leaders are given access to administration materials. Items ordered through this section are automatically billed to the unit.

Currently only the bishop, his two counselors and the ward clerk have access (also stake president, his 2 counselors and the stake clerk). An option to enter the Administration Materials site appears on the bottom right of the page footer (it appears to be on every page). See the attached image: .

However, the site currently handles church-supplied materials (for example, the curriculum order). Items such as toner, paper, and other office supplies that were ordered through the eWay (Staples) site will still require the old log-in and password. I do not have access in the new system so cannot describe how to access the eWay store on this new site.

I assume it links to the old Units tab at ldscatalog. It is still possible to navigate directly to this page following this link or by calling in the order to 877-295-0003

After you sign in it has the following info about the Staples account.

The help page for the new site states:

To place an annual church materials order for your ward, branch, seminary, or institute, go to the Administrative Materials category. There you will find additional information under "Stake/Ward" or "Seminary and Institute Teacher and Administration", depending on your role. (If you have not yet signed in, you will be asked to do so.)

Has the order form for the annual materials order been placed online? When I have signed in, I don't find it on the site. I also don't see additional information regarding the materials order when I visit the Administrative Materials category. (I am a ward clerk.)

I suspect there is no online form. Instead, you probably have to navigate individually to each item you want to order and add it to your cart. Check out once you have added each item from your curriculum order.

I would have expected to find 2011 resource guides for the Aaronic Priesthood and the Young Women on the site. Are they not being issued?

crislapi wrote:Those attempting to log in to ldscatalog today may have noticed a redirect to the church's new site: store.lds.org

The benefit of this new site is that it does away with the unit login/password needed for the old system. Instead, members log-in using their LDS account (same account used to access the stake and ward website). Using the calling information recorded in MLS, leaders are given access to administration materials. Items ordered through this section are automatically billed to the unit.

This appears to be a very popular site this afternoon. It took almost 3-4 minutes to just logon followed by another minute before the page displayed.
Hopefully after the "newness" wears off a little it will be more responsive.

crislapi wrote:Currently only the bishop, his two counselors and the ward clerk have access

It would appear that the ward Executive Secretary can access this as well.

A page for the annual church materials order has been added to the store site. It includes an order form in PDF.

The page states:

About Ordering Annual Church Materials for 2011

All annual Church materials orders should be placed online. The printable form available on the right shows prices in US dollars for units in the United States but the form can be useful for units anywhere in the world as a worksheet for deciding what to order.

For delivery before the start of the new year, orders should be placed by October 30, 2010. (You can still place orders after that date, but they may not arrive before January 2011.)

You can submit more than one annual order. For example, if you need an item in an additional language, you can submit another order with the additional language selected for the products needed in that language.

At the stake level, stake clerks do not have access at this point to bill directly to the stake. Any idea on why this is not available to stake clerks?

jshawut wrote:At the stake level, stake clerks do not have access at this point to bill directly to the stake. Any idea on why this is not available to stake clerks?

I don't know. I sent feedback several weeks ago pointing this out, but have heard nothing back, and there has been no change. As an assistant stake clerk, I have done much of the ordering for our stake, and now I have no access to the administrative materials on the new store.lds.org. That's a big step backwards, in my opinion; we certainly don't want the stake presidency to be burdened with placing orders.

Alan_Brown wrote:I don't know. I sent feedback several weeks ago pointing this out, but have heard nothing back, and there has been no change. As an assistant stake clerk, I have done much of the ordering for our stake, and now I have no access to the administrative materials on the new store.lds.org. That's a big step backwards, in my opinion; we certainly don't want the stake presidency to be burdened with placing orders.

Assistant ward clerks have apparently been locked out as well. It was working for me on a previous version. Agreed as a big oversight.

As of a couple of days ago, as a Stake Clerk, I could order online for the stake and bill directly to the stake.

jshawut wrote:As of a couple of days ago, as a Stake Clerk, I could order online for the stake and bill directly to the stake.

Still no go for the assistant ward clerks.

Where is this? I can't find it anywhere. My bishop claims not to have received one in the mail. Is there a download? Thanks.

mechman02 wrote:Where is this? I can't find it anywhere. My bishop claims not to have received one in the mail. Is there a download? Thanks.

There is no download available (at least at this point). This has been discussed in the thread Annual Church Materials Order, which contains a link to the 2010 version. If your bishop does not have a printed copy, I would recommend that you contact Distribution Services' Global Service Center and request one to be mailed to him.

Alan_Brown wrote:I don't know. I sent feedback several weeks ago pointing this out, but have heard nothing back, and there has been no change. As an assistant stake clerk, I have done much of the ordering for our stake, and now I have no access to the administrative materials on the new store.lds.org. That's a big step backwards, in my opinion; we certainly don't want the stake presidency to be burdened with placing orders.

I agree. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to order office supplies. Through email correspondence with the address under the "contact us" page on the new site, I was told that the only way to order office supplies was by phone. Period. Are you kidding me? So thank you for posting the direct link above. It would have sure been helpful to put that link on the new web page instead of a blanket statement that "online ordering will be available soon." All we needed was the link!

oregonmatt wrote:Assistant ward clerks have apparently been locked out as well. It was working for me on a previous version. Agreed as a big oversight.

Yes. I am in the same situation. I have resorted to buying printer toner locally.

rolfejr wrote:I agree. I was pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to order office supplies. Through email correspondence with the address under the "contact us" page on the new site, I was told that the only way to order office supplies was by phone. Period. Are you kidding me? So thank you for posting the direct link above. It would have sure been helpful to put that link on the new web page instead of a blanket statement that "online ordering will be available soon." All we needed was the link!

The link does get you into the old site but the link to order office supplies is broken (although the Canadian link works???). This is a big frustration. Is there seriously absolutely no way to order office supplies online? Could this not have been worked out on the new system before this functionality was taken away? Honestly, who orders by phone anymore? Is there a catalog I can look at to know what is even available? I guess I will use the link above, log in with our old information, go to the Canadian site, find the product I want, then call the US number, wait on hold, and eventually get the order placed. Grrr. Either that or we're just going to buy locally and submit for reimbursement until this is figured out (hopefully soon).

rolfejr wrote:Is there a catalog I can look at to know what is even available?

Yes. My stake has a rather large 2010 catalog for Staples that was mailed to us. Alternatively, you can just go to staples.com, find the items you want, record the item number and, once you have everything, call in the order. The only difference will be the price you pay for each item - it will be much cheaper if you call it in.

rolfejr wrote: Is there seriously absolutely no way to order office supplies online?

As of 11-30-2010: The on-line link now seems to work, IF you are on the list of those with callings that allow them to buy...

Go to new.lds.org and chose "online store," click "administrative materials," (bottom right) then it will make you sign-in (apparent restrictions based on callings) and if allowed, eventually you get to the "administrative materials" page...find the middle "office supplies" box, click to order your office supplies online...and you arrive at Staples E-way. You can order, have it billed to your unit, and sent to your bishop, like before.

I just placed a toner order, and the price seemed very reasonable and in line with other companies. If it arrives, the online process is back.

kisaac wrote:...and you arrive at Staples E-way. You can order, have it billed to your unit, and sent to your bishop, like before.

Thanks for the reminder that we need toner too. Tithing settlement does it every year.

It took me a second to figure out the "username" at the E-way site. You have to log in with "LDSnnnnnnn", where the "n"s are your unit number (7 digits). I had to pad my 5-digit unit number with zeroes to get it to 7 digits.

I noticed today that the link to Staples EWay is now on the new store.lds.org (under Administrative Materials). I appreciate your responsiveness in getting that on there, it will make things much easier.

oregonmatt wrote:Thanks for the reminder that we need toner too. Tithing settlement does it every year.

Yes, my finance clerk asked me if I had ordered the "tithing settlement toner" a week ago...