Framer · CMS-plus-URL extract
Framer stores more than pixels. It stores CMS collections, localization, form fields, redirect maps, and a published tree that only reliably renders under Framer hosting. Migration is the mechanical extract: get those collections and slugs into a destination you can build, replace Publish-GUI assumptions with a conventional deploy, and remount forms off Framer’s collector. The page journeys stay; the Framer Publish GUI does not have to.
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CodeCross LLC calls migrate-from-framer a CMS-plus-URL extract: pull collections, localization, and the redirect map off Framer, pin them in a destination you can build from a named snapshot, and prove the same paths render without the canvas open. Success is pages, canonicals, and form posts working with Framer Publish unused for production.
Why a raw Framer export fails on a standard host
Destination hosts lack CMS bindings the canvas hid. Paths assume Framer’s slug rules. Forms arrive empty. Canonicals still expect framer.app hostnames.
Unpublished experiments, local plugin state, and design notes that never hit a collection need an include-or-drop pass. The extract is collections, locales, assets, and a written slug map.
Replace “available because Framer Publish” paths with destination routes and a redirect file. Fail the cutover if a CMS slug 404s.
Export names into a destination schema. Mint new webhook secrets. Rotate old Framer collector tokens after cutover.
Update sitemap and locale links before DNS moves. Point analytics at the destination hostname and verify on a clean render.
The extract sequence that actually boots
Page behavior stays. Framer’s Publish GUI and hosting assumptions leave. The destination is a conventional deploy of a named snapshot.
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Leave unpublished canvas experiments out. Capture Framer-tied embeds separately so the destination does not invent schema.
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CMS slugs, localization prefixes, and redirects become files. Fail if a path only resolves inside Framer’s router.
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Never treat the Framer inbox as the archive. Dual-write or restore items, then verify locales on a clean render.
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The destination serves from that snapshot alone. Framer Publish is no longer required for production.
How to
CMS-plus-URL extract. Success is pages, locales, and form posts with no open canvas and no Framer Publish for production.
Step 01
Take CMS collections, locales, public assets, the redirect map, and a written map of form field names. Leave unpublished canvas experiments and editor-only junk out.
Step 02
List slugs and locale prefixes Framer assumed. Replace Publish-only paths with destination routes and a redirect file.
Step 03
Export field names into a schema. Never keep production leads only in Framer. Update canonicals that still hardcode framer.app before DNS moves.
Step 04
Point the site at the destination hostname. Capture Framer-tied embeds separately so the deploy does not invent schema.
Step 05
Pages, form posts, and sitemap with the canvas closed. Rotate old Framer collector tokens after cutover. Framer Publish is then optional.
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Take CMS collections, locales, public assets, the redirect map, and a written map of form field names. Leave unpublished canvas experiments and editor-only junk out of the destination. Capture any Framer-tied embeds separately so the deploy does not invent schema. Design notes that never hit a collection need an explicit include-or-drop pass.
List slugs, locale prefixes, and redirects Framer assumed. Replace “available because Framer Publish” paths with destination routes and a redirect file. Fail the cutover if a CMS slug only resolves inside Framer’s router. Pin the snapshot so a second operator can rebuild without the canvas.
Export form field names into a destination schema; mint new webhook secrets; never keep production leads only in Framer. Point analytics at the destination hostname and verify locales on a clean render. Update canonicals and hreflang that still hardcode framer.app before DNS moves. Rotate old Framer collector tokens after cutover.
Destination routers lack Framer’s slug and locale rules, embeds assume Framer’s working directory, and form secrets arrive empty. Canonicals still expect framer.app hostnames. Normalize routes, locales, and form destinations first; then flip DNS. A green Framer Publish is not a portable site.
Bring the CMS export and the slug map Framer assumed. We will say whether this is a portable marketing site — or a publish that only renders inside Framer’s host.
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