Preview site offline for a while

alex_w

Hi all,

A slightly belated heads up for those of you who keep an eye on the Preview site (preview.community.giffgaff.com) for any new developments we're working on.

We're temporarily disabling access to Preview. Don't worry - it will be back. At the moment, however, we're busily working through a host of development priorities that we won't be testing in Preview until they are complete. Keeping Preview open carries a cost (both in terms of £, as well as using a limited resource that other teams occasionally need), so we'll be letting it sit idle for a while.

We'll let you know as soon as we plan to bring it back up.

endorphin

alex_w I was wondering why it was offline but I suppose if needs must. 🙂

bill48er

Hi alex_w
Could we not have a 404 redirect to a holding page rather than the "Try Again" page?
When I come across these my first thought is that there is a problem with my kit/connection 😉

Thanks
Bill.

richybhoy36

alex_w Thanks Alex :-)

alexmccarthy1212

alex_w

that is understandable thanks

mrjeeves

I got really excited thinking you were premiering the site as a PWA with cached offline support then... 😅😅😅

It's sad to see the preview site go, but I'm sure we can all understand why.

persco

Thanks Alex 👍🏽

alex_w

bill48er The site isn't available at all - that means we can't serve a 404 for it. Instead, your browser is handling it with whatever message it feels is appropriate. In my case, I'm getting a "This site can't be reached" error.

anth006

Any news on this please alex_w There was some great developments over there and it's a shame to lose them.

jesi23

alex_w

I understand the cost reasons ~ but I miss having the preview site available! Are the old posts archived? _{_🤡}

bill48er

Hi jesi23
It could be your system.
Have you tried a different bowser or device?
You will see in my two replies to your post on the Preview site that I have both added and changed my profile picture.
Cheers
Bill

alex_w

Hi all,

We'll be bringing Preview back soon, and when we do it will likely be 'clean' (none of the old posts). It's intentionally being treated as a temporary site and is likely to be reset from time to time even when it is available.

Having said that, though, when we do bring it back we'll probably have a few things for you all to take a look at. More on that when the time comes.

jesi23

alex_w

Hi, Alex! Clicked on my bookmark for preview site and found myself back on; my profile ‘statement’ has carried over from main site. I can’t seem to change the profile picture though, however I try, using my iPad Air Cellular (circa. 2014) with up-to-date iOS.

Is this a known fault? Apparently, there is meant to be facility for cropping profile pic, as well. Zilch when I try to upload. Just as if I had never clicked. It goes black with an editing pen; then goes back to annoying funny icon. _{_🤡}