Upgrade planned for Tuesday, August 23

We have been working hard on a new release of SendMyAd. We're planning to upgrade early Tuesday morning, August 23. Just some of the features you'll notice in the new release:

New Features:

• Introducing support for IPAD/Ereader/Mobile ads


• Revamped Trim tool interface


• New Trim tool feature allows type additions to PDF files


• Publisher reports view shows more information and chart for incoming ads


• New Revision Tagging System allows customers to quickly categorize the reason for a revision


• Support for GWG ads coming into our system automatically. Supported by Certifyle and Adstream.


• New GWG Filter view


• GWG ads also support embedded preview now


• New Pickup ad filter view


• Quick search supports enter key. This will auto open the top result.


• Back button in light box popup supports hot key CTRL B


• Custom safety available on all sides


• SFTP delivery support added

Digital Ad Features

• Retrieve ads directly from DoubleClick or other digital ad servers for preflighting


• New view to manage your client's uploaders


• New snippet view allows for better result snippets


• Revision of digital ads available


• Easily convert your ad specs to IAB standards


• SWF ads now have several customizable click tag detections

Page Portal Features

• New Page portal allows publishers to upload pages to be preflighted


• Visually compare revisions

Bug Fixes

• Enter key no longer refreshes whole site randomly


• Warning added when selecting SFTP as delivery destination


• Digital uploader can now be configured to require and accept different file types


• Rich Media specifications can accept SWF or FLV instead of automatically accepting both


• When using "Send to other pubs", the "Is a pickup" flag is set to "No"


• When picking up an ad or sending it to another publication, the revision count is reset to zero


• Flash ad upload now supported in IE7


• Numerous small IE7 bug fixes


• Ad Notes are copied on pickups and copies


• Version check bug on Flash ads fixed


• Inviting multiple users bug fixed for IE7

Ads waiting for approval badge

We've introduced a new feature this morning for advertisers. There is a new graphic "badge" next to the Manage > Ads left menu item. The icon shows the number of ads waiting for a decision from the user - to be rejected or approved. We're hoping this extra visual will emphasize to users that they need to decide on the status of each ad they upload and cut down on unnecessary revisions.

Reports feature moved

You may have noticed that Reports is no longer found under the Manage menu on the left in SendMyAd. You can now find this feature in the Dashboard and in your company profile - just look for the Reports button in both locations.

New beta feature: SFTP file delivery

Today's upgrade contains a new beta feature - the ability to deliver files over secure FTP. Also known as SFTP, it can be configured in the add or edit delivery location screens. Please contact support if you would like to test this feature. We'd like your feedback on this new functionality.

SendMyAd June upgrade completed

Our upgrade this morning was successful. All the features noted yesterday are live, and any bug fixes you've been promised for the next upgrade are in place.

Upgrade time!

Tomorrow, bright and early, we'll be upgrading SendMyAd with a bunch of new features:

• Support for iPad, mobile and e-reader ads


• Preflighting of click tags in digital ads


• Specifying date ranges for digital ads


• Expanded multilingual support, including uploaders


• Users can now directly request help while viewing an ad


• Help requests launched from Dashboard allow selection of publication


• Applies extra validation to editing of materials code


• Materials ID is checked for uniqueness during edits


• Adds paging through results of advanced searches for ads


• FLV support for digital ads


• Advertiser admins receive an email when new users from their company register with SendMyAd


• New email template for notifying advertisers when a publisher rejects an ad


• Allowing publisher users to edit the materials ID manually is now a preference

Upgrade complete

We upgraded the site early this morning to bring you a range of fixes and enhancements to SendMyAd. If you've been waiting on a fix or new feature, and were told it was in the next upgrade - it's live now.

This release brings expanded translation support, with the vast majority of the site now supporting multiple languages. If you have a need for a version of the site in a language other than English, let us know so we can arrange the setup for you.

Publishers can now also upload their own logos and custom branding information for the front "landing" page. You can also tweak the CSS file for the site to customize the look and feel. These features are found in the Look and Feel section of your publisher settings.