The Blanchard Systems Software Blog: October 13, 2013 Release Notes

New Features:

Interface improvements across the site.
Publication codes are now required to be unique within the publisher's set of titles.
New option to use a 3-digit unique issue ID for materials ID generation. You must enable "one issue per ad" to use this.
Web ads now allow multiple run dates.
New uploader deployed in more areas in the site, now including print ad revisions.
Web text ads can now check word count instead of character count. Determined per ad unit.
"Designed for Tablet" ads now allow device sizes to be marked as optional.
Revision Number added to list of delivery path variables.

Issues list variable in email notifications now shows materials due date instead of run date.
Duplicating a print ad size will also copy its associated InDesign template file.
Links to web ads from email notifications now work properly.
Added paging for digital ads in the table and thumbnail views.
Better performance when submitting the Ad Creator form.
Ad reservation merging bugs resolved.
Launching of trim tool when using custom message is fixed.
Interface improvements when managing tablet ad sizes.
Advertisers are shown materials due date now, not run date, on materials requests.
Preflighting for the "Separation All" (registration) now works properly after a file is trimmed.
Advanced search supports apostrophes.
Various fixes for duplicating publications.
Revising a HTML web ad is now working properly.
Web ad tag file upload improvements.

New image management module allows publishers to manage and softproof their images. Please contact sales@blansys.com for more information.
Users can now see coordinate based notes on the plan view and the magazine viewer.
Some enhancements to speed concerning drag and drop
Removal of the multi-select drag system. After some analysis we found this feature was not being used and was causing minor conflicts with drag, so we turned it off. Please let us know if you would like it back.
Hid change round system. Can be turned back on in your publisher profile setup.
Moved Editorial view out one level. Editorials can now be managed without specific plan data.
Editorial details view now shows all content in plan from start to finish of story.
New compact look
More information in footer areas
Redesigned dashboard area with more information and better layout.
Import plan data screen made more consistent and updated sample files to reflect all features.
Adding issue or plan now allows previous issues to be used as new plan sources
Removed ability to have multiple plans per issue. Just add more issues as needed.
Materials ID field available in ad reservation form if not using automated materials ID system.

Thumbnail now shown in revisions bar for original version of a file after uploading a new revision.
Added back link to SendMyAd in top bar.
Quick search entry field now works properly.
JPEG images with very large physical dimensions are rejected automatically to save processing resources.
Many improvements for new image management module.