Manually controlling when your content is published is sometimes critical in ensuring the consistency and integrity of your website.
ℹ️To activate Manual Publishing, you must have an upgraded Pro tier site with a connected custom domain. You can upgrade your site and get a free custom domain through the Super dashboard.
By default, Super automatically syncs your content from Notion to your live site. However, in some cases you may need more control over when updates go live.
Super’s Manual Publishing feature allows you to control when your content is published to your server, while still previewing the latest Notion updates inside the Dashboard. This allows you
What’s New: Publish Specific Pages (Page-Level Publishing)
Super now lets you publish individual pages rather than rebuilding your entire site every time you make a change. This feature gives you more control and flexibility, allowing you to update specific content quickly and efficiently without waiting for a full-site rebuild.
This means:
- You don’t need to publish the entire site just to update one page.
- Publishing is faster and more streamlined.
- Teams can work more efficiently, focusing on specific sections of a site.
- The scope of CDN clearing is reduced, minimizing potential delays for other pages.
Page-Level Publishing is especially helpful for:
- Blogs with frequent updates
- Large documentation sites
- Multi-page marketing websites
- Teams working on different sections of a site
When using Page-Level Publishing, only the selected page will be rebuilt and pushed live to your custom domain, saving time and resources while keeping your workflow flexible.
When we manually publish a site, every page is rebuilt to ensure the latest content and code it published to the live site. Small sites can be published in minutes, while sites with over 200 pages may take an hour. Larger sites might take overnight.
What Happens When Manual Publishing Is Turned On
When Manual Publishing is enabled, your Super Dashboard continues to work as usual and previews the latest Notion content and customizations. However, any changes in Notion or customizations (including code and SEO settings) will not be published to your live site until you manually push them.
What Happens When Manual Publishing Is Turned Off
If you turn Manual Publishing off, your live site will resume automatic syncing. Updates from Notion and any changes made in Super will be published to your connected domain automatically, just as before.
How to manually sync and publish content
1. Activate Manual Publishing
Manual Publishing is a paid feature of the Pro Tier and the site must be upgraded to this tier in order for it to be activated.
You also need to connect a custom domain in order for manual publish to work—manual publishing does not function on a super.site domain.
Upgrade to the Pro Tier
In the Super Dashboard, navigate to your site Dashboard and click on the Manual Publishing toggle.
You will be prompted to upgrade to the Pro Tier if you have not already done so. The Pro Tier works like the Personal paid tier in that it is on a site by site basis. Only the site you upgrade is charged at the Pro Tier rate.
2. Connect a custom domain
To add a domain to your site, head into your site editor (⚙️ icon) and click into the Domains page, then click the Add a custom domain button.
See How to connect a custom domain to your website for more details.
3. Work in the Dashboard normally
Notion content changes will flow through to the Super dashboard automatically as you view different pages in the dashboard. Changes to custom code will apply in real time to the dashboard preview.
When Manual publishing is enabled, none of the updates from Notion or the changes that you make in the Super Dashboard will be published to the site on the connected domain.
You can also manually refresh a page by pressing the Dashboard refresh button. This will send a request to see if there is new content in Notion and rebuild the page if required.
If you would like to see a non-dashboard preview of the site, use the default super.site domain for your site. Only the custom domain will not receive the updates.
4. Publish content to the live site
Once you’re ready to make updates live, Super gives you full control over how your content is published. You can either push all changes across your entire site or publish just a specific page. Choosing the right approach can save time and ensure your updates reach your audience efficiently.
Option A: Publish the Entire Site
To publish all updates at once, select your home page and publish it. This triggers a full-site rebuild and pushes all changes live.
Press Publish now to start the process. When you publish:
- Super queues the request to the server.
- The CDN cache is cleared to ensure visitors see the latest content.
- The site rebuild process begins, updating all pages.
- Publishing status will show as Sync In Progress.
- Once complete, the Last published time will be updated to reflect the new content.
This option is best for major updates or full-site redesigns where every page has been modified.
Option B: Publish a Specific Page (Recommended for Faster Updates)
For faster updates, you can choose to publish only a single page where you added changes.
To publish a specific page:
- Open the page in your Dashboard.
- Select the page you want to publish and click Publish.
- Only that page will be rebuilt and updated on your live site.
Publishing individual pages reduces waiting time and avoids unnecessary full-site rebuilds. If no changes were detected on the page, the Last published time will remain unchanged.
This option is ideal for small updates, blog posts, or documentation pages where only certain sections have changed.
What next?
For help on what to work on next, take a look at these guides:
- Learn how to organize your site using pages
- Connect a custom website domain
- Optimize your site for search engines to increase visibility
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