adsupplier.com blog

User Permissions Update

adsupplier — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:05:25 +0000

We have recently implemented User Permissions for access to AdSupplier functions and menu choices. These User Permissions have been created in order to limit access to specific areas of the site for specific Users and protect the Publisher from unauthorized changes to critical areas by his or her staff.

In Summary the current permissions allow:

“Publisher” Full Access

“Art Director” Full Access

“Traffic Manager” Excluded from Publisher Account, Users and the eMail Centre for editing Notifications

“Sales Rep” & “Graphic Designer” Excluded from Publisher Account, Users, eMail Centre, Publications Titles & Issues, and Export.

If you have any questions or concerns about the functionality of these Permissions please email us at mike@adsupplier.com

Small Improvement – Big Boost to Productivity

adsupplier — Sun, 08 May 2011 21:36:01 +0000

Earlier this week we received a request from a user to provide Indexing capability to the Step Status column on the Ad Docket List page. Indexing allows Ad Dockets to be grouped together by Step Status in either ascending or descending order. Indexing on Customer name and other fields has been available on the Ad Docket List page for some time.

When implemented – indexing the Ad Docket List will allow Traffic Managers to quickly group and review the status of Ad Dockets by simply clicking on the Indexing link. This becomes useful, for example, when a Traffic Manager needs to know exactly how many ad proofs require approval and who those advertisers are.

This improvement has been scheduled for coding and we currently expect the improvement to be implemented by Friday May 13th, 2011

If you have any questions or comments about this improvement please leave a comment.

Thank you to Mary K of Montreal for the suggestion.

Email Notifications Suggested Improvement

adsupplier — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:56:39 +0000

A recent upgrade added a new URL extension to the login address included in eMail Notifications that are automatically generated.

The existing web address for log in has been changed from www.adsupplier.com to www.adsupplier.com/logon.cfm This small enhancement will direct your advertisers to land on the Logon page rather than on the main index page. This enhancement will allow advertisers to access their accounts faster with fewer clicks.

Next Upgrade to Include User Permissions

adsupplier — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:49:16 +0000

Work has started on an upgrade to enhance User permissions. This next release will include the ability to limit User types to specific menu choices. For example as a Publisher you may prefer to restrict your Sales Users from access to areas such as My Account or the Email Center.

In addition this release will also include enhancements to the Learning Center including Help lessons on the Advertiser pages. We are also developing a series of video tutorials which will be included in the Learning Center area.

Expected development time frame with testing is 7 days. A blog post with full infomraiton on the enhancement will be posted late next week .

Bug Fix>>Dockets>>Notes

adsupplier — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:52:51 +0000

A bug has been corrected that restricted Notes from being recorded if a follow up date was not selected. Notes can now be posted and saved without a follow up date.

High Res vs Low Res online proofs

adsupplier — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:50:04 +0000

We don’t recommend uploading high res files for proofing purposes. Low res pdf files should be sufficient for most online viewing and proof approvals. High res files will greatly slow performance of the online iBox viewers and will lead to a frustrating experience for users. The system does support large file transfers however best reuslts will be found in using low res proof files.

We also don’t recommend using AdSupplier as the repository of your high res publication files. In our opinion these are best kept locally in your Production Departmentfor placement on a magazine page.

Ad Docket Notes – Update

adsupplier — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:44:47 +0000

Ad Docket notes continue to grow in popularity. Colour coding of notes to indicate status (from “Active” to “Urgent” to “Complete”) If you are not using them yet you might want to give them a try.

Notes are used in two ways.

1. Within an Ad Docket to keep track of conversations or instructions regarding an Ad File. Notes appear in the Log History area of the Docket and are Time and User stamped

2. In a List Format so that all active notes can be displayed at once so an Ad Coordinator can review all their notes at once.

Access the List format via Dockets>Notes

Ad Docket charges eliminated

adsupplier — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:52:34 +0000

Ad Docket are now supplied at no cost. Actually the system never did charge for Ad Dockets it was a pricing strategy that seemed out of sync with the expectations of most cloud users.

Bug Fix >> Advertiser Side >> User Update

adsupplier — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:46:59 +0000

A bug has been fixed that affected Advertiser Users. When an Advertiser User attempted to update their User Profile the script crashed the page and the User was faced with an ugly crash message. this has been corrected. An invalid email parameter was being passed.

Search Ad Dockets and Notes

adsupplier — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:51:43 +0000

We are working on an upgrade to the search capabilities for Ad Dockets. Publisher Users will be able to build a Query request using a variety of key criteria such as Issue, Ad Materials Status, Ad Completion Steps. Expect this upgrade to the live site within 3-5 days.