Small Community Platform update this afternoon

alex_w

Hi all,

We've just completed a small release on the community platform to address a vulnerability that could have allowed for manipulation of payback metrics.

A few things of note:

We would advise that you refresh the community site if you've been using it in the last half an hour or so to ensure you have the latest code.
As part of the fix, we've had to make an update to the Private Discussions extension. There are now a few minor visual defects that you may notice in the interface when using private discussions, however the functionality is unaffected.

Please do let us know if you encounter any other oddities.

ijustcantdoit

alex_w
Cheers mate

a1antman

Hi alex_w,

so much for the update, it is very much appreciate it mate 🙂

I hope you are staying safe, take care. 🙂

Kind Regards

a1antman 🙂

barishna

alex_w great and thanks for sharing with us

dtuxcomp

alex_w & @ianmorland Thank you this has solved a mystery for me, I hadn't had any problems with the community but I did notice a change to the subject line for each email about receiving a PD, it's gone back to normal since but it did catch my eye at the time and it took me a minute to work out what I was picking up on. Can't remember exactly what the changed bit said, I think it was the bit in square brackets that normally says [Private DIscussion]

At least I know I wasn't losing it now 🙂

brulaw

alex_w

Hi Alex , thanks for the update / info , I'm sure the team will soon iron out those glitches and have things looking ship shape in due course .

ahmedsami

Cheers alex_w for the heads up

dorisokai

alex_w Thank you! 😀

charlixsparkles

Thank you Alex 🙂

davidevans0000

Cheers Alex.

formulaone

@alex_w

Cheers buddy! 🙂

persco

Not seeing any Glad this is picked up and fixed. Thanks 👍🏾

Not sure whether the that rectangular black box was there before but the text in there that am presuming is ‘sort’ is blacked out. iOS safari mobile browser. Through the giffgaff app is showing the same blackout as well

ray2

persco Not sure whether the that rectangular black box was there before but the text in there that am presuming is ‘sort’ is blacked out. iOS safari mobile browser. Through the giffgaff app is showing the same blackout as well

@alex_w i am also picking up the same rectangular box ,which i have never noticed before,i am on laptop,windows 10 using chrome.

ianmorland

persco

ray2

Yep, this is one of the visual glitches we are aware of as part of the Private Discussion update.

Thanks for that 🙂

the_bookie

Problems for me @alex_w and
@ianmorland on mobile .

Please see thread thankyou .

https://community.giffgaff.com/d/33126437-private-messages-not-working-properly

I been unable to do PM and only
just found out about updates .

Black bar I pressed though it isn't
working right for me & cannot PM
since this change was made .

ianmorland

the_bookie Black bar I pressed though it isn't
working right for me & cannot PM
since this change was made .

The black box is for private discussion sorting, the text is there, but unfortunately is currently black on black. Tap on it and from there the functionality is available. We have already fixed this internally, @alex_w will be able to advise further on when this can be rolled out, as there are a few other factors at play here.

As for starting a new Private Discussion on mobile, this is currently in the ... menu, top right:

This has very recently been improved in the open source world, so we will be able to benefit from that change in due course

the_bookie

Thanks ianmorland

I'm not getting the cheese grater on
the Left using mobile its missing .

Only cheese grater is find in page &
add to home screen chrome etc .

As illustrated below

Anybody else tried this on mobile

@dtuxcomp @ray2 @brulaw &
all thanks .

ahmedsami

ianmorland
Cheers Ian

i_am_sy

the_bookie

No that's the chrome menu, as I said before you need to press below that on the black bar, at the very right had edge, in the opposite location to the hamburger on the left hand side.

i_am_sy

the_bookie

Not the chrome menu...

i_am_sy you need to press below that on the black bar, at the very right had edge.

Not the black box, the black bar, the other side to the hamburger button.

Also exactly the location that Ian circled.

I've marked it again for you to save any doubt.

the_bookie

Afternoon @i_am_sy I know its the chrome thats the only hamburger
link I am getting

This is what I get when I hard press
the black box

Doing everything you good folks all
have pointed out .

i_am_sy

the_bookie

Once again:

i_am_sy the_bookie

Not the chrome menu, you need to press below that on the black bar, at the very right hand edge.

Not the black box, the black bar, the other side to the hamburger button.

Also exactly the location that Ian circled.

I've marked it again for you to save any doubt