Welcome to the latest Activator version! This update brings bug fixes, new features, and improvements all around the system. Some changes are not visible to the end-user.
Let's explore what's new!

See the following explanations for enablement options:

• AUTO-ON: Automatically activated and no configuration is required before using the feature; in some cases, a new feature is dependent on another feature that must be enabled or configured.

• CONFIGURATION: Anthill must turn on or configure the feature before it is available to use or is active; for example, an Admin must add document templates before users can create documents from templates.

What’s new in 3.0.0-beta.2

eDetailer Improvements

Breadcrumb Navigation for Collections

The Breadcrumb Navigation feature enhances your experience by providing accurate breadcrumb trails while navigating through collection content. This feature streamlines your ability to return to the binder and interact with other documents seamlessly, ensuring a more intuitive navigation experience.

Leveraging event-based triggers, the system retrieves relationships between documents and collections, dynamically updating the top bar with relevant collection names. Additionally, design improvements enable breadcrumb setup enhancements, now including an option to switch between different collections through a simple dropdown within the breadcrumb trail. AUTO-ON

Persist Preview Mode Across Slide Navigation

You can now keep the preview mode active while you move between slides using action or menu navigation. Previously, switching slides would exit the preview mode, requiring manual reactivation for each new slide. With this enhancement, once preview mode is selected, it remains active as you navigate through your slides.

This improvement ensures a more seamless review process by maintaining consistent slide views without needing to repeatedly switch back to preview mode. Whether you're navigating through slides using keyboard shortcuts, action buttons, or menu options, the preview mode stays engaged across transitions. AUTO-ON

Activator Source Content and Design System Relationship Checks

The latest update enhances Activator's ability to handle records imported from Digital Asset Management (DAM), particularly concerning the use of Source Content in MJML format and associated Design System (DS) relationships.

When both Activator Source Content (MJML) and a DS relationship exist, Activator seamlessly imports the record from DAM without requiring the user to go through the DS selection wizard or choose a template, preserving the original content.

In scenarios where Activator Source Content (MJML) exists, but no DS relationship is established, users will be prompted to associate a DS upon import. Activator will not prompt to select a template, preventing any unintended content overrides.

If only a DS relationship exists without accompanying Activator Source Content, the system will ask users to choose a template. The DS selection is pre-populated with the existing DS, facilitating a quick and efficient process. AUTO-ON

Improved Subject Line Formatting in MLR Report

When multiple Subject Lines are entered in the DAM document, they are typically separated by line breaks. However, the MLR Report used to combine these into a single paragraph, complicating the review process. This improvement ensures Subject Lines in the MLR Report align with the original DAM formatting, maintaining line breaks for clarity and consistency.

This change includes several important updates: Subject Lines entered with line breaks in DAM will retain this formatting when presented in the MLR Report. Additionally, the PDF output will visually separate Subject Lines using hard line breaks instead of wrapping them inline. This update maintains backward compatibility, so existing documents remain unaffected and display as anticipated. AUTO-ON

Design System Duplication Enhancement

When duplicating design systems in our platform, relationships can now be set within the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, providing more consistency and clarity.

The implementation involves necessary code modifications to support the establishment of these relationships, ensuring that duplicated systems maintain their linkages and associations seamlessly across different parts of the platform. CONFIGURATION

Removal of Pre-header Field in Email Fragments

The pre-header field has been removed from the editor panel specifically for Email Fragments. This change reflects the fact that pre-header fields are not applicable in the context of Email Fragments. By eliminating this option, the editor panel is now more streamlined and focused on relevant functionalities. AUTO-ON

Document Import Enhancements from DAM

When a document is imported from Digital Asset Management (DAM) and it has a higher version, a corresponding version of the existing source code is created in Activator. AUTO-ON

Bugfixes

• Layout Display Update Newly created layouts only appear in the "Layouts" tab after reloading the document page.

• Multi-Select Visibility in Email Fragment Creation The "Restrict Visibility To" field now supports multi-select options, aligning UI with backend configuration.

• Droppable Zones in Slides Droppable zones now maintain expected behavior when dragging and dropping layouts into slides.

• Document Library Enhancements The Document Library now correctly displays "All" labels and fixes pagination for fewer than 20 documents.

• Layout Thumbnail Replacement After saving a layout, its thumbnail replaces the document thumbnail in the dashboard and settings view.

• Resolved Navigation Issue in Document Collections Forwards and backwards navigation in collections now correctly maintains document search filters without error.

• Publish Button Consistency After publishing a collection, the publish button now remains disabled until new changes occur.

• Copy-Paste Behavior Update This update ensures a duplicated component appears directly below the original component following a copy action, rather than at the bottom of the layout.

• Update to Layout not working When updating existing layout thumbnails, contents remain unchanged upon document insertion.

• Filename Preservation on MLR Report Publishing Publishing MLR reports now retains the original filename, preventing unwanted overwrites during updates.

• Production Package Generation Fix Fixed an issue where the Production Package would occasionally fail to generate or update.

• Design System Publish Button Activated The publish button for design systems is now permanently activated, allowing immediate updates.

• Preview Button Behavior Post-MLR When MLR preview is exited after report generation, the Preview button now remains active.

• Persistent Preview Button in Editor Mode The Preview button now remains enabled in Editor mode, indicating ongoing preview readiness.

• Optimized URL Generation for Email Previews The update generates preview URLs only upon opening the preview popup, reducing unnecessary requests.

• Slide MLR Report Layout Correction The MLR report layout issue on the slide document's left side overview is now resolved.

• Get MLR Report Button Accessibility The "Get MLR Report" button is now only visible on the "MLR" tab and stays enabled after a page reload.

• Improved Pixel Value Input Handling Pixel value input fields now accurately handle backspace key deletion without lag or errors.