Software factory: Share a preview link
Send a client a link to an app you are still building. The link stays on until you turn it off.
You can send anyone a link to an app you are still building. They click through the draft in their browser. They do not need a Chipp account, and opening the link publishes nothing and costs you nothing.
A link stays on until you turn it off
A preview link has no end date. Send it once and it still works days or weeks later. You do not need to make a new link or send it again.
You end a link yourself with Turn off. It stops working on the person’s next page load.
Make a link
- Open the draft in the Builder.
- Choose Share on the preview, then Create link.
- The link is copied. Paste it into an email or a message.
The first choice, Until I turn it off, is the default. If you want a link that ends by itself, pick a time instead: 1 hour, 24 hours, 3 days, 7 days or 14 days. The list shows each link’s end time.
Copy a link again
Every link that is on has a Copy link button in the list. Use it any time you need the same link again. It copies the same address each time.
Open in new tab on the preview uses the same link, so opening the preview twice does not make two links.
Turn off or replace a link
- To end a link, choose Turn off next to it.
- To replace a link, choose Create link for a new one, then Turn off the old one. Each client can have a link of their own, so turning one off does not affect the others.
Anyone who has a link can open it, so send it only to people you want to see the draft.
When the draft is asleep
A link opens the draft’s preview. A draft goes to sleep when nobody is working in it, to save cost. When it is asleep, the person who opens your link sees a page that says the preview is asleep. They cannot wake it. Open the project in the Builder to wake it, and their next page load works.
A draft also ends after seven days. After that the link shows a not-found page. To share a finished app for longer, publish it. The published address works without the draft.