The Blanchard Systems Software Blog

October 27 2014 Upgrade

Virtual Publisher

• Official Editorial Page Manager Plugin Release 1.0
• Redesigned clipboard to make more visual space.
• New highly customizable clipboard tables, including custom field widths and sticky field headers.
• New option to default to "All Pages" in book plan view user preferences.  
• "Inserts in wrong position" message improved to simplify the process of finding problematic inserts.
• Revision number can now be seen in the editorial thumb list view.
• When last publisher approval is done to the last page of an editorial file, the parent editorial will automatically be set to complete.
• When dragging editorials which are less than one page on top of one another, the option to swap editorials will now appear.
• Added option to bulk lock and unlock multiple editorials coverage at one time. This can be seen in the editorials list action menu.
• Better color pickers in many areas of the site. New color picker makes use of a smaller specific set of colors. This makes colors easier to assign and remember.
• New footer in book plan view make information easier to read.
• Book plan pagination system moved into new footer at bottom for better screen use.
• New pdf/jpg icon on page revisions helps users see if their revision is a jpg or pdf.
• New book plan filters added to see Editorials Only or Ads Only.
• Position tag placement rules can now be setup to warn the user instead of rejecting. Previously only rejecting the move was an option.
• Ladder view now supports adding plan comments for manual tracking of plan changes.
• New option in publisher settings added to auto highlight swapped ads. This can be useful for seeing which ads have been recently swapped.

SendMyAd

• New Ad creator feature. Added ability for publisher to control frame stroke width and background color of uploaded ad creator templates.
• New option allows publishers to change the default recommended action for files which failed trim. Previously the only suggested action for advertisers was to trim the file using the online trim tool. It is now possible to set the recommendation to "Auto Center", "Trim" or "Make No Suggestion".

BUG FIXES

• Snapshot plan now accounts for inserts and gatefolds, this was causing some snapshots to be clipped off at the bottom.
• Fixed Virtual Publisher display bug when section runs to left page of signature split in plan view.
• An ad's running issues can no longer be edited after an ad is complete.
• Fixed plan snapshot bugs.