3.4 Release Notes

Below is an exhaustive list of new features in version 3.4 of the Active Media Manager.

Asset Management

• New interface for managing assets including the ability to preview images, video and audio.
• Faster asset publishing.
• Assets automatically sorted alphabetically.
• "Where Used" feature now detects assets used in Rich Text components.
• Drag and drop:
  • Assets into folders to arrange and organize them. Assets that are moved remain accessible on all webpages. (No broken links!)
  • Folders into new folders.
• Asset search by name or tags.
• Renaming of assets changes asset names without breaking existing links to the asset.
• Assets have custom privacy settings:
  • Public (Anyone can access the asset)
  • Members Only (A logged in member of the website can see or download the asset)
  • Member with List (Only logged in members belonging to a specific list can see or download the asset)
  • Private (Asset remains hidden from everyone)

Page Links

• Rich text editor updated to include page link and asset link selection.
• Rich text editor updated to embed images via asset picker.
• Moving or renaming pages will update paths used in rich text components to the new page path. (No broken links!)

Mailings Updates

• Domain dropdown on newsletters allows you to choose which domain will be used for links when sending a mailing:
  • Improved exposure to the domain (customers see www.yourdomain.com instead of client.amm.clockwork.net)
  • Improved deliverability due to consistent domain paths and links.
• Caching added to mailings improving rendering speed of e-mails; results in much faster mailing speed for large mailing lists.

Lightbox Gallery

• Create a gallery and using the gallery index component add a lightbox gallery of images to any site.

AMM Interface Updates

• General interface/screen cleanup:
  
  • Copy and help text revised on a number of screens.
  • Pagination added or updated.
  • Consistent button and icon usage updated for interface pages.
• Browser support updated, the AMM now fully supports:
  • Firefox 3.6
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Internet Explorer 8
  • Safari 4
• Full markup redesign on all templates used for forms, e-commerce, and blogs.
  • Improved accessibility.
  • Corrected markup errors in templates.
  • Removed table based layouts which improves flexibility and reliability of rendered site pages.

ACE Updates

• Clients using database shipping (standard price based, weight based or quantity based shipping) with special shipping options can manage those on the edit product page for each product.

We've also created a brief demo video if you want to see these features in action.