Tuesday, December 10, 2013

December 10 Update

Virtual Publisher Features

  • Url field added to ads list, VP Plan Items List, VP Ad List Report 
  • Every major list view in SMA and VP are now customizable and savable. Each list column set can be dragged and reordered and saved/edited as a custom name for later viewing. Watch video
  • Every major list view in SMA and VP are now downloadable as CSV files. The concept is that combining this will the new custom view system gives publishers a better reporting system. This means you can make custom views that are specifically designed to be exportable reports.  Watch video
  • Notes UI redesigned to load in right side panel.
  • New option to show VP issue selector as a plan selector instead. This helps when the publisher wants a special name for the plan and does not want to see the issue.
  • New VP delivery system added that allows delivery of completed pages when they are finalized.
  • New VP page position approval system added. Allows pages as a whole to be approved before completion. This can be coupled with the new delivery system to deliver each page as it completes.
  • New Image management system with softproofing is complete. (This has to be turned on for each publisher and is chargeable).
  • New image workitems system is in place which allows publishers to add specific tasks to uploaded images.
  • Story page uploader is now HTML5, no longer requires Flash.
  • New tablet plan builder system in place to fully deploy tablet plans to our customizable tablet app solution.
  • New option in company profile added to disable usage of previous issues as new plans. This means templates only.
  • Fixed some bugs in plan snapshot system.
  • Several new rights added which allows vp to be viewed in complete read only mode. 
  • Changed the 4 and 3 pad folio styles to 0 pad labels with alpha characters as well. Example: Before C1 now C0001
  • Change the Edition tag style to not show ROB in the final file name when delivering. Before: ABC_ROB_001.pdf now ABC_001.pdf.
  • New rights added: Can see clipboard, Can see plan snapshot, Can see plan history, Can see editorial details, Can see VP approvals, Can see VP run list, Can see images, Can snapshot plan, Can add issues, Can add plan, Can download editorial manager plugin, Can import plan data, Can remove editorials.
  • Ability to use a separate "virpublisher.com" email address for notifications, instead of "sendmyad.com".

SendMyAd Features

  • Removal of old view preferences per user and replaced with new customizable view system. Each list column set can be dragged and reordered and saved/edited as a custom name for later viewing.  Watch video
  • Every major list view in SMA and VP is now downloadable as CSV files. The concept is that combining this will the new custom view system gives publishers a better reporting system. This means you can make custom views that are specifically designed to be exportable reports.  Watch video
  • Ad Creator now supports custom phone format fields including dot and dash formats.
  • Ad Creator now supports a new custom field called mixed text, which allows the publisher to hard set a piece of text in front of advertiser entered text.
  • Ad Creator text fields now show how many characters are over the limit if one is defined. 
  • New variables available for file delivery: IssueNumber, IssueVolume, IssueExternalId.
  • Revision detection system will no longer offer to revise files that have been rejected and locked. 
  • New digital ad upload group system allows publishers to pre-configure the types and number of ads allowed in the upload form. Configured per web media profile. 
  • Fix for HTML characters in the digital ad upload form message.
  • Fix for bad characters in digital ad URL field.
  • Minimum and maximum resolution now both appear for "designed for tablet" ad uploader.
  • Improvements in preview quality and information extraction for image files. 
  • CSV reports now enclose fields in double-quotes, and escape quotes within the fields. 
  • Fix for issue import when CSV file has spaces in the filename. 
  • Adds support for digital video types of digital ads.
  • Rejection Reason chart in publisher statistics shows much more reliable information now.