April 2013 Release Notes

Virtual Publisher

• New ability to customize exactly what is displayed on each ad and editorial page.

• New folio label types:
• Signature Based: Applies labels only to selected signature
• Auto Fill: Easily auto fill labels till the label system hits a new label type.
• Normal Flow: Preexisting default labeling system

• Ability to un-split spreads when not split automatically added.      

• New change marker system added, allows publishers to marks changes, save change sets as a "Change Round" and print plan with visual changes.

• New plugin released with more stability fixed.
• Please update your plugin as soon as possible as it is critical to take advantage of the bug fixes and new feature sets.

• Better spread splitting information from virtual publisher

• New ability to nest regions inside of other regions to create sub-regions. Adding a super region can save time in managing regions on pages.

• Dragging stories less than a single page in size will result in more accurate page positioning, similar to partial page ad drops.

• Better region and edition management.
• Missing regions much more visible via status
• New regionalized pages have region icon for easy viewing

• New system for managing reports added. We still do not have a way to configure these reports, but support can help you get a custom report faster now with out developer support and the interface for managing these custom reports will be released soon.

• Region management has been removed from Sendmyad due to complexities concerning the target issue. Now when in Virtual Publisher, and managing regions, the target issue is chosen automatically by the selected plan.

• New import fields added
• Ad import includes new fields "section" and "category"
• Editorial import includes new fields "section" and "flow type"

• New thumb browser in magazine viewer makes flipping through pages easier.

• Regions can now be added on the new ad reservation form and the add editorial form.

• Revise, reupload and several other actions now mark previous VP deliveries as invalid so that they will be delivered again when the user chooses.

• Better display of what will be delivered upon completion

• Warning popup added to inform user of potential charged related to delivering files repetitively.

• Ad Tags available on add new VP ad reservation form.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several bugs concerning inserts and insert templates
• Fixed bugs related to page approvals on merged ad and merged ad/edit pages.
• Fixed bug which allow zip uploads to VP
• Improvements in item placement on plan, preventing overlaps and edge problems. 

Send My Ad

• New gutter preview system on spread ads, configurable on spread ad specification manager
• Ad Creator Templates now feature several new items.
• Ability to hide certain items from ad creator completely.
• Ability to now have data selectors for custom information.
• Ad creator templates remember most information when a new re-upload of the template is done.

• Product URL added to ad reservation forms

• Product URL added to print ad forms
• Allows for revision of autosplit spread files.
• Autosplit spread works for ads uploaded to materials requests.
• When revising a spread ad that has been split, user is given the choice of replacing an individual page or the original spread file. 
• Custom text for Ad Sizes screen.
• Custom text for Edit / Upload Image screen.
• Interface improvements in ad revision system.
• Publication and Issues selectors for web ads view.
• New help system shows messages when hovering pointer over help icons.
• Delivery supplies "NA" (not available) for some missing metadata values. 
• Ad Creator ad history shows when an image is uploaded with warnings. 
• Advertiser signup form redesign.
• New code field available for a spread ad size's left and right components. Found in "Configure Spreads" window. This information is saved to the delivered files' XMP data and is available as metadata for the delivery location. 
• Better user feedback when testing a new delivery location connection while saving the configuration.
• Ability to cancel Designed for Tablet ad uploads. 
• Significant performance improvement for all advanced searches. 
• New ad size metadata field "Rate Code."
• Materials request emails sent to advertisers are now logged in the ad history.
• Digital ad upload form items can be customized.
• Tablet ad upload form items can be customized.
• Adding or editing issues, regions, sections from one page of a multipage or spread ad does the same for all related pages. 
• New color profile selector when duplicating an ad. Defaults to the existing color profile. 
• Simplified existing options for pickup materials ID treatment, added some new choices. 
• Added material and publication code to the ads per issue by issue (compact) report.
• Material Code added to XMP data, digital receipt and email templates.
• New custom metadata option for data sets - appears as a select menu on upload forms. 
• More mappable fields added in custom metadata editor. 
• Mirror value added to history message for split ads.
• Publication code available in email templates. 
• FTPS added as a delivery connection type.

   

Bug Fixes

• Duplicating an ad size will copy all delivery location and spread information.
• Uploader fixes for revising multipage ads.
• InDesign ad size templates are now only updated when necessary; performance improvement when editing ad size fields. 
• Ad Creator-only ad sizes will not create InDesign templates. 
• Print preflight report feature now works correctly.
• Removed inappropriate action to revise an Ad Creator ad. New button allows user to create a replacement ad instead.
• Improvements in tablet drag and drop uploader.