Expanded bleed preflighting

Another upcoming feature being tested now: better preflighting of adherence to your bleed specifications.

Previously, SendMyAd was always warning if an ad did not contain bleed according to the ad specification used.

We now allow you to set this check just like other preflight checks - ignore, warn or error.

See the video for further details.

Note that this feature is retroactive for any ads that were preflighted with the profile you adjust to use this feature.

The default setting is to warn, so if you do nothing the behavior you see will be the same.

Custom publication information field in upload form

We're testing a new feature that will allow you to create a custom message for each publication. This message will appear on the upload form once an advertiser selects a publication.

See the video for a demonstration.

Note that if you do not add anything in the custom message field for a publication, this section will not appear.

New feature: re-deliver an ad

You may at some point want to resend a finished ad to your delivery locations. Or, it occasionally happens that an ad fails to deliver for a variety of reasons. (A temporarily unreachable FTP or MassTransit server, for example). This will result in the "Ad Received by Publisher" status, and the download buttons don't appear.

Up to now, you've had to contact SMA support to re-deliver the file for you.

We've just enabled this feature for publisher users now. Watch the video for a demonstration.

This option will not appear for every ad. To be available, the following conditions must be met:

• You must be a publisher user with the "Can Manage Ads" permission.


• The ad must have been approved by the uploader (advertiser, usually).


• If you are using publisher approval cycles, these must have all been completed.


• The ad must have been either delivered or at least delivery was attempted.

We hope you find this new feature helpful.

New Feature: Manage proofing options

There is a new feature that was just released which allows publishers to manage the proofing options that show up the upload and pickup forms.

See the video here
http://screencast.com/t/kBXL0577o

More new features

A few more new features of note included in last night's upgrade:

1. Delivered PDF files now support the Ghent Workgroup and AdsML namespaces for metadata.

2. Better support for PDF files that have been rotated and/or have positive / negative media boxes.

3. Numerous improvements in PDF file processing.

August 2009 Update

We've just rolled out a new update for SendMyAd. Among the new features and improvements:

1. Added a new right so that it is now possible to manage publications but not be able to edit or add issues. You may need to adjust your administrative groups to add the new rights "Can manage issues" and "Can manage domain level issues." Note that for a group to manage issues they must also have the right to manage publications.

2. New publisher preference in General Settings that lets you turn off public registration for advertisers. If you use this feature, advertisers must be invited - there won't be any links to register on your landing page.

3. If you have enabled the notification for when new ads are uploaded, you will now also receive an email when an advertiser submits a file for a revision.

4. Improved history messages for ad pickups: the source ad will reference the new ad, and the new ad references the old one.

5. Advertisers should be redirected to the proper URL if they enter an incorrect address in their browser or if they come to the generic SMA landing page.

6. Advanced Search is now available for Publications, Users, and Customers in addition to Ads.

7. Many other small improvements and fixes.

If you have any questions about this update, please email us.

Browser notes

There have been some recent major updates in the standard browsers: Safari 4 and Firefox 3.5. Both of these browsers had significant overhauls of their internal JavaScript engines.

To be sure you have the best possible experience with SendMyAd, please be sure that if you're using these new versions, you apply the latest patch updates for both. Safari's current version is 4.0.2 and is available in the Apple Software Update program. Firefox's current version is 3.5.1 and can be accessed from within the Firefox program itself.