Framer · You keep what you built
You made a real Sites project in Framer. Layouts look right. CMS collections hold content. Now you want that build on a host you name — export or rebuild in a repo, secrets outside the project panel, a publish path that does not need the editor open. We help you move what you built so Framer hosting is no longer the only way it ships.
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Leaving Framer hosting means this: the site lives on ground you own, CMS content has a home outside the editor, form and Auth secrets sit in a vault you rotate, and someone else can publish without opening the project. You are done when the next change ships from your host — not from Publish in the editor.
Where people get stuck
You do not always need every unpublished draft. You do need an export or rebuild of record, CMS content you can restore, and secrets that are not stuck in the project panel.
A teammate on a clean machine still fails. Export, CMS dumps, and form secrets each need a line — not a memory of your last Publish.
Collections, locales, and overrides that only live in the editor break after export. Map them before you cut DNS.
Anything only stored in site settings is not a safe home. Fresh values on the destination host; rotate what touched the panel.
Also try mobile widths, CMS-driven pages, form submit, and a cold build with the editor closed.
The calm order
We do not ban the canvas mid-campaign. We make your host the place real publishes come from — after a practiced build and a written way back.
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Proven frames stay. Canvas shortcuts that only work inside the editor get replaced. Scratch drafts do not become the architecture story.
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Repo of record. Secrets outside the panel. Someone else can build and release.
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No leftover editor context. CMS content and form endpoints move as one set.
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Name sample pages and the primary journey. Time-box how long editor-only Publish is still allowed.
How to
Move Sites, CMS, and secrets onto an owned host. Success is a practiced publish plus a written way back.
Step 01
Frames, CMS collections, custom code, form endpoints, and anything that only exists in site settings.
Step 02
Export or rebuild mapped. Secret names sealed. Start or publish command written down.
Step 03
CMS-driven page, mobile breakpoint, form submit, cold build.
Step 04
Compare what people see. Freeze the working tree at switch time.
Step 05
Support knows panel-era gaps. Time-box going back so two publish paths do not invent content at once.
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Take the thing you built — layouts, CMS content, custom code, and a note of how forms and Auth run. Leave editor caches, unpublished junk, and panel-only drafts behind. Save CMS dumps on their own so nothing invents that shape later.
Write down the export or rebuild steps the editor hid. Lock Node or static tooling so a new machine gets the same setup. Put the publish command somewhere clear. The check should fail if the site only builds with the editor open.
Export collection schemas and content. Copy secret names from integrations into a shared vault. Make fresh values — never commit a panel paste. Rotate anything that touched site settings after the switch.
Their machine is missing assets the preview hid. CMS bindings assume the old runtime. Custom code expects a different script order. Fix install, content model, and secrets first — then lean on your host. Green Publish is not portable.
Bring your Sites list, CMS collections, and a few form test paths. We put owned publish last — and we name the Framer Publish path you can roll back to.
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