Quick Links webpart bug?

Hi John_Sanders is it possible to get an update on this bug in the Communications sites, was hoping the 100% roll-out to fr completion was going to resolve it, but obviously you're still dealing with a few gremlins around the place...

Hi John,

Thnx for taking the time to reply.

The issue i'm having is that in scenario/step 3, the end users who are not in the first release group, are able to see the image selected for the link, but are redirected to a blank page.

They also don't see the link in the new formatting/style (compact/filmstrip) even if I configure it like that.

Basically, i'm configuring it for myself in this scenario.

When I don't add an image like in scenario/step 4, I see the globe and the endusers see the globe and are also able to navigate to the intended link.

What happens in all scenarios is that the quicklink renders in the latest formatting/style for me,  but in the old style for non-preview users.

I experience this also...

Non-First Release Users (who have full access to the site)
- When clicking on a Quick Link tile they are redirected to the URL of the image (if no image a blank page)
- Quick links are always shown in FilmStrip view (even when settings are Compact)

First Release Users
- Works as expected, URL of link and Compact view displays fine also


My Feedback :)
The way Comms site are being preview'd/rolled-out is a poor user experience, it should either be First Release users only get access to the site, to avoid all these embarrassing "(me)here is a demo take a look > (client) umm the page looks horrible when I view it" conversations with clients.

OR even if First Release users are the only ones able to create comms sites, enable all users to access the web resources to allow the pages to render correctly.

I figure this is a little different to other activations as it's deploying within an existing service, hopefully the pain will only be short lived.