December 2011 Features & Fixes

Features

SendMyAd

• Ad Creator: New ability to fit an image to frame by most appropriate dimension.
• Ad Creator: New ability to change the size of images by entering width and height parameters. All apect ratios are kept the same.
• Tablet Ads may now be delivered when they are completed.
• "Invite Advertisers" button moved to the publisher dashboard.
• Separate file uploads for spread-sized ad specs are now possible. Ad sizes where page coverage is larger than a single page will have a new setting to allow separate file uploads. The user will then have a choice to upload separate files or to upload a single page spread as they have done in the past. Watch the screencast for details.

VirtualPublisher

• Page merge tool: Ability to bring items forward and backwards on layers in the merge tool.
• Page merge tool: Now when clicking on images the frame outline is more similar to indesign. The bleed becomes visible and is grayed out of the frame. 
• Page merge tool: Better guide dragging and guides stay placed while zooming. (This will come to the trim tool soon)
• Color profiles can be managed separate from SendMyAd now, the same way preflight profiles can.
• Color profiles are now validated and required on both the ads and publication level.

        

Bug Fixes

SendMyAd

• All issue times default to 00:00:00 instead of the current hour minute and second.
• Ad Creator: Please note all templates will need to be regenerated. There are several ad creator fixes, the most critical is the bug which would create duplicate text boxes is now corrected.
• Various interface fixes and performance improvements system-wide.

New Feature: Publisher approvals for tablet ads

We've now enabled publisher approvals for tablet ads. When configuring an approval cycle, there is now a select menu that associates the approval with print or tablet ads, pages (if using Virtual Publisher) or all file types. Otherwise, publisher approvals work just as before.

Features & Fixes October 2011

Enhancements



Print Ads

• New Ad Category selection option. Allows publishers and advertisers to add a category to the ad. When placing ads in a layout, this can be helpful to know ads which are similar brands. Ad categories can be found in your publication setup under "Manage Ad Categories"
• New Ad position tag system. Allows publishers to define tags which can be used to propose positional based placement in the book.
• New interface for paper stock manager and manage stocks

Tablet Ads

• Tablet ads can now be allowed or disallowed per issue.
• Tablet device profiles.
• Publisher have a new option to turn on multi-publication upload form for tablet ads. This will allow advertisers to upload to more than one publication at a time.

General Interface Improvements

• Improved publication details view
• Improved issue details view
• Toggle new bleed and safety size display in ad upload form
• Publisher dashboard improvements

Ad Creator

• Ad Creator ads now appear in Your Approvals view
• Better "updating text" user feedback
• "Return ad to advertiser for approval" implemented

Notifications

• Revamped interface for managing email notifications. (Now found in Publisher Settings in the section for each type of ad, i.e. print ads, digital ads, etc.)
• Total separation of emails by file types (print, digital, tablet, page)
• Proof requested notifications

Virtual Publisher

• Auto Approve Pages if no preflight errors/warnings are found.
• ProseXML import from Publisher's Studio complete.
• Region management on ads, editorial and inserts.
• Better version management.
• Better insert management.

Delivery

• Active mode support for FTP delivery locations
• New "approval type" in job ticket section of digital receipt
• New Publisher setting for default units is used in XMP metadata when finalizing ads
  

Bug Fixes

• Billable items report has a new format for Unique ID column. This prevents incorrect unique IDs.
• Edit Issues button was not working for "one issue per ad."
• 5 digit precision for points to inches conversion
• Ad Creator: user created "line break" fields will not be required by form validation
• Fix for styles site-wide for lines floating left instead of centering
• Ad advanced search now shows ad size info in results
• Pick-up ads must be re-uploaded, not revised, in case of errors
• Better performance for report generation

Features & Fixes August 31, 2011

Enhancements

Ad Upload Form

• After selecting the ad size, the bleed & safety sizes are shown for easy reference.

Trim History Viewer

• A new button in the History tab of the ad details view allows viewing of ad's trim history.

Ad Creator

• New custom text templates for publishers to configure.
• Publisher and advertiser communication included in ad history.
  
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a problem with files being delivered multiple times when assigned to more than one issue.
• Missing materials Dashboard notification formatting fixed, and clicking the note displays the materials request.
• Ad Creator: various fixes including improved handling of newly-created lines, and removal of empty text blocks.
• When an ad is reprocessed, the approval states are reset and the ad sender receives a notification to review & approve the new version.

New features included in our August 2011 upgrade:

Enhancements


New browser support

• Firefox 5 / Firefox 6 (beta)
  
• Safari 5.1
• Internet Explorer 9
• Chrome 13

Notification Enhancements

• Separate email templates now available based on material type: print ad, digital ads, Ad Creator ads. (E-reader ads and print pages to come in a following update).
• Advertiser help requests sent directly from the ad details view will now be sent exclusively to the materials receiver contact at the publisher. If the help request requires input from SendMyAd technical support, it will need to be forwarded by the publisher.

Issue Management

• A new checkbox in the issues list (when viewing a publication) allows viewing of older, expired issues.

New Ad Upload Features

• New hide zip upload setting allows publishers to accept ZIP print ads more discretely in order to promote instead the use of PDF files with advertisers.
• New styling for input validation of required form fields eliminates form field "shifting."
• Custom metadata fields now appear on print ad upload form. Watch screencast.

Advanced Search

• Advanced search now available for digital ad campaigns.
• E-Reader advanced search results improvements.

Ad Creator

• Image editor now shows four decimal places for image & frame resolution.
• Better user feedback when editing ad images.

Dashboard

• New separation of group rights so users can access reports from Dashboard but not view charts and statistics. Look for new right "Can see Dashboard charts," used in combination with the existing rights "Can see Dashboard" and "Can Manage Reports."
• New users with no rights to view Dashboard will be taken to manage print ads by default.

Other Minor Enhancements

• Improved downloading of attached assets.
• API expanded to allow direct viewing of ad using material ID string.
• Faster site loading time and better performance.
• Customer report shows invitee info.

Bug Fixes

• Updated 3rd-party JavaScript libraries for latest security fixes.
• Fix for Manage Print Ads view not showing the issues for inactive publications.
• Newly placed text on the advanced editing text tool gets proper position.
• Fixes for proper email address validation for new user registration.
• Ensures that downloaded files are not cached in the browser.
• Run & materials dates are properly checked before editing issue.
• 100% black text added using our advanced editing text tool is set to overprint.
• Various improvements in publication and issues ad filters behavior.
• Users with "can manage publications" right are able to edit publication level approval group users.
• The materials ID is now validated to be unique only at the same publication level, not globally as before.

June 2011 SendMyAd update

Enhancements

• New PDF/X-1a output level flag at the top of each preflight profile.
• Auto-renewal of ad credits. A new publisher setting allows companies using the ad credits system to select a threshold when their ad credits will be automatically renewed by an amount you specify.
• Zoom by 200% option when viewing ads.

Bug Fixes

• Improved how Ad Creator handles line returns; standardizes line return behavior between adding a new template and editing an existing one.
• Fixed error with password reset process in Internet Explorer 8.
• Resolved problems with new single issue per ad feature.
• Improved behavior of back button throughout application.
• Many improvements in multilingual support.

Features & Fixes May 1, 2011

New features included in our May 1st upgrade:

Enhancements

• Introduces SendMyAd Standard, our new low cost, scalable ad portal solution specifically designed for small to medium sized publishers.
• Materials requests can now be merged with existing ads.
• Bleed information can be entered for the publication.
• Improved downloading of large files.

Bug Fixes

• Improved color fidelity between all ad previews and thumbnails.
• Better handling of new materials ID generation when sending an ad to another publication.