September 2012 Features & Fixes

SendMyAd

• New "Force Approve" feature, found in the Actions menu when viewing an ad. Publisher only. User must accept a warning, and this action is logged in the file history. Use at your own risk!
• Soft-proofing available as a required action for a publisher approval.
• Bulk issues management area enabled for all publishers.
• Added %MaterialsId% variable for use in delivery path.
• Improved separation of email notifications based on the type of ad. See the appropriate areas in the publisher settings.
• Ad Sizes view now shows web and tablet information in addition to print.
• New "can manage ad sizes" right available.
• Improved CSS file editing for portal customization and branding. 
• More flexible XMP metadata insertion method.

Print ads:

• New preflight profile option for SendMyAd to automatically remove hidden layers during file processing. 
• Print ad preflight report printable view added.
• Enhancements to ad category management system
• Easily duplicate ad specifications

Tablet ads:

• "Allow only one issue" option for tablet ads. 
• New "Product URL" field option on upload and validation for tablet ads.
• More meta details added to the tablet profile forms

Web ads:

• Added "boost revision limit" feature for digital ads.

Ad Creator:

• New "Download Ad Bundle" feature from actions menu when viewing a completed ad. Downloads all placed images and other files associated with Ad Creator ads.

Virtual Publisher:

• New soft-proofing application.

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• New Approvals list view
• New Plan Items view
• New paper size options and other formatting options on "Print Plan View"
• More notifications for Virtual Publisher events.
• Many new rights added to customize the user experience. This can be seen by adding a group with specific rights. 
• Re-organized book plans view
• New plan selection and management view
• Improved story flow

Fixes:

• A newly added ad size now enters edit mode automatically.

• Ad size re-ordering no longer requires a manual refresh to show changes.

• Ad size editing with unequal bleeds fixed.

• .html extenstion added for Ad Creator HTML export deliveries.

• Ad Categories now show publisher-added items or the default ones provided by SendMyAd 

• Improved handling of special characters in Ad Creator templates
• Improved handling of special characters in SMA form fields, including auto conversion of curly quotes to straight quotes.

• Preflight suggested fixes speed improvement

• Dashboard report fixes

• Ad Spec "extra information" returned to print ad upload form.

• Better handling of special characters in filenames when generating zipped ad bundles for download.

• Various fixes when displaying newly uploaded files.

• Several improvements and additions in the email notifications metadata.

• Fixed SWF/JPG view toggle for Flash ads.

• Various fixes for the password reset interface.

• Filename variable is now used correctly during manual delivery. 

• Approve all button in campaign view now visible only when appropriate.

• Many miscellaneous fixes throughout the site.