topic viewer down for maintenance in ArcGIS Viewer for Flex Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/viewer-down-for-maintenance/m-p/292762#M8684 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>OK, this seems like it should be a simple fix:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I update the data on my various flex viewer applications once a month.&nbsp;&nbsp; That means turning off numerous map services for a short period of time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Even though it's only 1/2 hour or so, at the most, I regularly get emails &amp; phone calls (usually from the same group) complaining that the site is "broken".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I'd like to do is redirect the site to a temporary "being updated" page.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I've gotten it to work - sort of.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have duplicate versions of both 'index.html' and 'default.htm' which show what I want, and&nbsp; I can substitute them for the original versions.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is that the viewer is so heavily dependent on cached data that the new "being updated" page won't load until the user does a page refresh/F5.&nbsp;&nbsp; And unless they think to do so (most don't), they will continue getting the "failed to load" error.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there any way to force the application to load a fresh version?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 May 2014 19:38:55 GMT LonSharp 2014-05-05T19:38:55Z viewer down for maintenance https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/viewer-down-for-maintenance/m-p/292762#M8684 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>OK, this seems like it should be a simple fix:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I update the data on my various flex viewer applications once a month.&nbsp;&nbsp; That means turning off numerous map services for a short period of time.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Even though it's only 1/2 hour or so, at the most, I regularly get emails &amp; phone calls (usually from the same group) complaining that the site is "broken".</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>What I'd like to do is redirect the site to a temporary "being updated" page.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I've gotten it to work - sort of.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have duplicate versions of both 'index.html' and 'default.htm' which show what I want, and&nbsp; I can substitute them for the original versions.&nbsp;&nbsp; The problem is that the viewer is so heavily dependent on cached data that the new "being updated" page won't load until the user does a page refresh/F5.&nbsp;&nbsp; And unless they think to do so (most don't), they will continue getting the "failed to load" error.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is there any way to force the application to load a fresh version?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 May 2014 19:38:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-viewer-for-flex-questions/viewer-down-for-maintenance/m-p/292762#M8684 LonSharp 2014-05-05T19:38:55Z