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