# "Preview profile" not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [February 18, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667 "2021-02-18T09:40:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![severo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/severo/32/786_2.png) [@severo](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/severo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/1 "2021-02-18T09:40:33Z")
It seems that the “preview profile” has been disabled ![Capture d’écran de 2021-02-18 10-35-46](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/observablehq/original/2X/2/2a2c4a089d8e3b3efeabe41976c5fc6381fcb524.png) I can’t see any difference between the three following links: ```auto https://observablehq.com/@severo https://observablehq.com/@severo?preview=true https://observablehq.com/@severo?preview=false ``` ---
**Author:** ![dunstan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/dunstan/32/5230_2.png) [@dunstan](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/dunstan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/2 "2021-02-18T17:53:44Z")
Hi severo, We introduced a new profile page on Wednesday, and at the same time removed the “preview” feature. Perhaps you were seeing a cached view of the site? [🌟 Release Notes: What’s New on Observable? 🌟 / Observable / Observable](https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/observable-release-notes) Your new profile page looks the same to you as it does to everyone else, and your notebooks can be filtered by their published state: . ![Screen Shot 2021-02-18 at 9.48.01 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/observablehq/original/2X/3/3cb27b1a25c930d7abfceaf5693aba89e97d5502.png) I nope that helps. [Edit: apparently we just forgot to remove that preview button after launching the new profile, and only did so this morning! So, that’s why you saw it last night, and that’s why it didn’t work. Sorry about that.] ---
**Author:** ![bgchen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/bgchen/32/784_2.png) [@bgchen](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/bgchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/3 "2021-02-18T17:57:42Z")
This is offtopic, but would the team consider posting such updates in posts to [talk.observablehq.com](http://talk.observablehq.com)? I’m not sure what channels are currently used, but I pretty much only check this forum (and the d3js Zulip). ---
**Author:** ![severo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/severo/32/786_2.png) [@severo](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/severo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/4 "2021-02-18T18:16:44Z")
OK, thanks for the explanations! It was a good idea to separate the profile page from the home page, much clearer now! ---
**Author:** ![deepti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@deepti](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/deepti)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/5 "2021-02-18T18:23:16Z")
Sure. We do usually post a message to forum when we release new features, but we can absolutely link to the Release Notes with those updates. Thanks for asking! ---
**Author:** ![bgchen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/bgchen/32/784_2.png) [@bgchen](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/bgchen)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/6 "2021-02-18T18:32:55Z")
Thanks for the quick response! I must have missed the announcement message for the new profile page linked above; is that still forthcoming or am I searching for the wrong thing? ---
**Author:** ![mcmcclur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mcmcclur/32/2364_2.png) [@mcmcclur](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mcmcclur)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/7 "2021-02-18T19:34:03Z")
> [@dunstan](#): > > Your new profile page looks the same to you as it does to everyone else, and your notebooks can be filtered by their published state: It would be nice to display the notebooks by votes, as opposed to displaying the most recently published. The stuff that I’ve published most recently is most often the result of a bit of tinkering and not necessarily representative of the quality of my work. I suspect that many others could say the same. Also, I’d love a groovy graphic banner, but I’d rather generate my own. It’s a little odd that a site that allows so many people to create stunning graphics doesn’t allow that. ---
**Author:** ![mootari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mootari/32/581_2.png) [@mootari](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mootari)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/8 "2021-02-18T19:42:22Z")
> [@mcmcclur](#): > > It would be nice to display the notebooks by votes, as opposed to displaying the most recently published The downside being that you have even less control over what gets displayed, and that your profile might forever display the same notebooks. Ideally we’d be able to fill the six slots manually, either by “pinning” them to our profile, or by assigning them to a slot. Any remaining spaces could then be filled up by the most recently published notebooks. ---
**Author:** ![severo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/severo/32/786_2.png) [@severo](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/severo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/9 "2021-02-18T19:44:21Z")
Do you mean: just copy GitHub? 😄 ---
**Author:** ![mcmcclur](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mcmcclur/32/2364_2.png) [@mcmcclur](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mcmcclur)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/10 "2021-02-18T19:55:40Z")
> [@mootari](#): > > Ideally we’d be able to fill the six slots manually, either by “pinning” them to our profile, or by assigning them to a slot. Yes, I agree. I had thought of that but figured it might be a bit too much to ask for. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dunstan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/dunstan/32/5230_2.png) [@dunstan](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/dunstan)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/11 "2021-02-18T20:51:04Z")
Thanks again for all these ideas. I’ve posted an announcement about the profile page, so we’ll also be looking in that thread for feedback: [New profile page](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/new-profile-page/4671) ---
**Author:** ![deepti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@deepti](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/deepti)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/preview-profile-not-working/4667/12 "2021-02-18T23:09:37Z")
No worries! Nope you didn’t miss it. I think it got posted after your question but here it is: [New profile page](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/new-profile-page/4671) Hope this helps! Thanks a lot for your feedback!