Auto-publish
On paid plans, KnotCMS can call Framer’s publish API after a successful sync — either deploy to live or preview only.
Enable auto-publish
Section titled “Enable auto-publish”Open your project page and scroll to Sync behavior → After each sync. Turn on Auto-publish Framer site.
You can also enable auto-publish during setup on the Mapping step (paid plans). Choose Publish mode:
- Deploy to live site — pushes CMS changes to your published Framer site
- Preview only — publishes a preview without deploying live
When you turn auto-publish on from the project page, KnotCMS runs a sync immediately so your site can publish without waiting for the next Notion edit.
After a sync
Section titled “After a sync”When publish succeeds, KnotCMS shows a green banner under After each sync — for example Synced 7 items — published to live site.
Publish cooldown
Section titled “Publish cooldown”Framer limits how often you can publish. If a sync finishes during cooldown, KnotCMS still updates Framer CMS but skips live publish. You will see:
Live publish on cooldown (Xm Ys remaining). CMS still syncs — publish manually in the Framer dashboard, or wait for the next sync to auto-publish.
Wait for the timer, then use Sync now or let the next auto-sync trigger publish.
If publish fails for another reason, KnotCMS shows an info banner with the skip reason — try Sync now again after a moment.