Preview with Next.js build export?

[pete]

I serve up my site via S3 and am attempting to get preview to work. From the integration from Previews with Next.js - Prismic

It appears that is targeting SSR renderings of the page vs a static export. Can someone point me in the right direction of what I need to implement in order to get previews dialed in for work on a static exported site?

cheers!

[Pau]

Hey Pete!

Yes, Previews in Next do work somewhat differently than with other technologies. You need to add some functionality on top to bypass the static generation of the page. I've talked about this in the past in a similar thread, please refer to this response. Let me know if it's helpful to you:

Is the Next.JS preview supposed to update automatically?

Yes, it is normal when using a Static site generator such as Next.js. This happens because the Prismic Toolbar script, which is the window that connects your project to Prismic's built in support for hot reloads, is always expecting to detect new queries, but it stops listening when all pages are built and it only refreshes the page when, as you said, a new preview session is opened from the writing room. Now, if you've already done all the steps for configuring the preview in your project you …