The Blanchard Systems Software Blog: June 2014

Monday, June 16, 2014

Ads which are placed in inserts now show as "placed in insert", in the clipboard parent plan's clipboard.
Multiple plan speed ups, dragging and dropping should be more responsive.
Fixed bug where items that were shifted off end of big disappeared.
New filter drop down added in VP plan history view allows users to see better historical information.
Added more information to plans which are locked due to missing info.
Fixed bug where inserts were locked when promoting plan to production.
Added warning about signatures which reference color profiles that have been removed.
Description field added to edit insert forms.
Can now download previous image revisions.
Can now see all historical work items when toggling image revisions.
Added ability to remove previous image revision

Monday, June 2, 2014

Features

CSV import defaults added. Users can now save their csv settings as the default for all subsequent imports. This saves the user time in not having to remap import settings each time.
CSV data imports now limited to 250 rows for better memory management. This prevents memory timeouts.
New option on ad specification form to set as a default for ad reservation creation and csv import.
Signature report have been enhanced and now shows more information and document format saves as excel file format.
Signature details can now have ship dates assigned to them. This information can also be seen in the signature report download.
Addition of the ability to set dynamic ad types and count them as ads and or chargeable ads. This is also useful for reporting information.
New iPad viewer signin screen for better user experience and better overall memory management.
Enhanced shift book system to support shifting a range of pages. Makes moving bulk pages easier.
Image portal retention system created to allow publishers to manage image disk space and to be notified when image disk is getting too large.
Better error messages, when a file has low level issues like corruption, it is now easier to know what went wrong.
Issue code can now be entered on the add issue form.

Ad Creator now has several new field management options.
- Option to show ad category selector and require it on upload.
- Option to show the sales rep selector and require it on upload.
- Option to hide the advertiser field
New brand field available on ad forms
Printers can now access an affiliate report and see a list of publisher accounts.
New "Can edit print ad" right added to allows publishers to prevent users from editing ads.
New "Can see pricing data" right added to allow publishers to prevent users from seeing financial data.

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