Tuesday, August 13, 2013

August 13, 2013 Release Notes

SendMyAd

New Features:

  • Custom metadata fields available as delivery path variables
  • Tracking of agency information associated with ads
  • Moved the "Custom Trim Message" template editor button next to its corresponding preference, found in Company Profile > Print Ad Settings > Trimming Ads. 
  • New "Can see billing reports" right, assigned by default only to the System Administrator Publisher Group
  • Booking number now available in advanced search for ads
  • Ad reservations & materials requests now show the ad shape instead of a generic icon in the ads thumbnail list
  • Added Materials Code as a variable for report names
  • New ability to choose the materials contact or technical contact for support emails. Found in Company Profile > General Settings. 
  • New color profile preflighting option available for detection objects set to ALL (registration) color inside the trimbox. It is set to warn by default. (Please note, there is a known issue with this where the crop marks may incorrectly be flagged by this rule after trimming. It will be addressed by a future update to our preflight engine). 
  • FTPS is now available as a delivery location server type
  • Ad Per Issue (By Month / Year) report renamed to Ad Counts by Publication Issue (by Month / Year)
  • New report Ad Details Per Issue (By Month or Year) includes publication and issue information along with other ad data
  • Expanded the concept of pre-planned ads. Ad Reservations are for pre-planned ads that have not yet been assigned to a particular user. When a user is assigned to supply the ad materials, it becomes a Materials Request. 
  • Added Un-Archive to the digital ads list view
  • Ad reservations or materials requests are only assigned a materials ID when the files are uploaded
  • Improved Ad Creator image preflighting when an uploaded image is resized manually or by using fit-to-frame
  • Ad Creator form now detects and warns if a user has not uploaded an image to replace the default placeholder images from the template
  • Added bullet text support for Ad Creator templates. Send a tech support request for assistance in properly setting up your templates to use bullet lists. 

Fixes:

  • Space in company name allowed in final file's naming template
  • Maximum number of revisions allowed setting is saving properly now
  • Various rendering improvements for Internet Explorer 8
  • Improvements in archiving performance and interface
  • "Disable print ad reception" for an issue will no longer also make it unavailable for tablet ad uploads
  • Many interface improvements


Virtual Publisher

New Features:

  • Clipboard, dashboard and run list now show more ad and editorial count and coverage details.
  • Advanced search added to Plan Items view.
  • Better labeling for archived ad reservations.
  • Added ability to easily restore missing and archived ads from plan view.
  • Added instructions field to the values available for CSV story data import.
  • Added sample CSV files available to download for Ad and Editorial data import.
  • Display clipboard ad information on the Dashboard.
  • New "Large Insert Labels" preference in Virtual Publisher settings allows plans to show very large insert thumbs.
  • Tablet plans can be created from an existing print plan.
  • New ad type system added, allows publishers to set ad as PSA, In house or Supplied. Information now available in reports and dashboard.
  • Better system for layout of dragged editorial which are less than a full page.
  • New tablet deployment features allow print plan to be deployed to iPad and Android devices.

Fixes:

  • Improved information displayed in footer of plan items view
  • Fixed batch pickups from Plan Items list
  • Disable unnecessary buttons when an ad reservation is archived
  • Better display of thumbnails in soft-proofing approval viewer
  • Fix for rare cases where split ads would not appear in SendMyAd