New Feature: Publisher approvals for tablet ads

We've now enabled publisher approvals for tablet ads. When configuring an approval cycle, there is now a select menu that associates the approval with print or tablet ads, pages (if using Virtual Publisher) or all file types. Otherwise, publisher approvals work just as before.

Features & Fixes October 2011

Enhancements



Print Ads

• New Ad Category selection option. Allows publishers and advertisers to add a category to the ad. When placing ads in a layout, this can be helpful to know ads which are similar brands. Ad categories can be found in your publication setup under "Manage Ad Categories"
• New Ad position tag system. Allows publishers to define tags which can be used to propose positional based placement in the book.
• New interface for paper stock manager and manage stocks

Tablet Ads

• Tablet ads can now be allowed or disallowed per issue.
• Tablet device profiles.
• Publisher have a new option to turn on multi-publication upload form for tablet ads. This will allow advertisers to upload to more than one publication at a time.

General Interface Improvements

• Improved publication details view
• Improved issue details view
• Toggle new bleed and safety size display in ad upload form
• Publisher dashboard improvements

Ad Creator

• Ad Creator ads now appear in Your Approvals view
• Better "updating text" user feedback
• "Return ad to advertiser for approval" implemented

Notifications

• Revamped interface for managing email notifications. (Now found in Publisher Settings in the section for each type of ad, i.e. print ads, digital ads, etc.)
• Total separation of emails by file types (print, digital, tablet, page)
• Proof requested notifications

Virtual Publisher

• Auto Approve Pages if no preflight errors/warnings are found.
• ProseXML import from Publisher's Studio complete.
• Region management on ads, editorial and inserts.
• Better version management.
• Better insert management.

Delivery

• Active mode support for FTP delivery locations
• New "approval type" in job ticket section of digital receipt
• New Publisher setting for default units is used in XMP metadata when finalizing ads
  

Bug Fixes

• Billable items report has a new format for Unique ID column. This prevents incorrect unique IDs.
• Edit Issues button was not working for "one issue per ad."
• 5 digit precision for points to inches conversion
• Ad Creator: user created "line break" fields will not be required by form validation
• Fix for styles site-wide for lines floating left instead of centering
• Ad advanced search now shows ad size info in results
• Pick-up ads must be re-uploaded, not revised, in case of errors
• Better performance for report generation