# Set up draft mode and visual preview https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/draft-mode-visual-preview Wire Next.js Draft Mode and the Sanity Presentation tool together so editors can preview unpublished content on the live frontend. --- ## Navigation **Course:** [Migrating from Webflow to Sanity](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity) · [View as markdown](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity.md) **Previous:** [Set up forms, redirects, and sitemap](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/forms-redirects-sitemap) · **Next:** [Validate your import without a frontend](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/validate-migration) --- ## Course Contents 1. [Introduction](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/introduction-to-webflow-migration) 2. [Audit your Webflow content](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/audit-webflow-content) 3. [Recognize Webflow's content modeling patterns](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/recognize-content-modeling-patterns) 4. [Export from Webflow and connect the Data API](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/export-webflow-connect-api) 5. [Initialize Sanity and install the migration toolkit](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/initialize-sanity-migration-toolkit) 6. [Map collections to Sanity document types](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/map-collections-to-schemas) 7. [Build a page builder with a sections array](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/page-builder-sections-array) 8. [Model custom-template pages as singletons](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/custom-template-singletons) 9. [Model navigation in Sanity](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/model-navigation) 10. [Create a siteSettings singleton](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/site-settings-singleton) 11. [Handle internal links in Portable Text](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/internal-links-portable-text) 12. [Fetch your collection items from the API](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/fetch-collection-items-api) 13. [Run the asset pre-upload pass](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/asset-pre-upload) 14. [Resolve reference fields from API data](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/resolve-reference-fields) 15. [Convert rich text to Portable Text](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/convert-rich-text-portable-text) 16. [Extract static page content using the page DOM API](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/extract-static-page-content) 17. [Import content with the two-pass pattern](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/two-pass-import) 18. [Validate your import in Studio](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/validate-import-studio) 19. [Set up forms, redirects, and sitemap](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/forms-redirects-sitemap) 20. **Set up draft mode and visual preview** *(current)* 21. [Validate your import without a frontend](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/validate-migration) 22. [Launch checklist and DNS transfer](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/launch-checklist-dns) 23. [AI prompt library and resources](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/appendix-prompt-library-resources) --- Set this up before launch. It requires configuration in both Next.js and Sanity Studio. ### Create a preview secret Generate a random string and store it in both projects: ```bash:.env.local # .env.local (Next.js) SANITY_PREVIEW_SECRET=your-random-string-here NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_DATASET=production ``` ### Wire up Draft Mode and the Presentation tool Ask AI to set up both sides in one pass: ```text @next/app/ @sanity/sanity.config.ts Set up Next.js Draft Mode and the Sanity Presentation tool together. Create app/api/draft/route.ts — a GET route that validates a secret query param against SANITY_PREVIEW_SECRET, enables draft mode, and redirects to the slug param. Then update sanity.config.ts to add the presentationTool plugin pointing at /api/draft as the preview enable endpoint. Use the existing plugin array structure in the config file. ``` Once wired up, open Studio and navigate to Presentation. Clicking **Open Preview** should load your Next.js frontend with draft content visible. Unpublished changes appear in the preview in real time. Next, you’ll work through the launch checklist and transfer DNS. --- ## Related Resources - [Full course as markdown](https://www.sanity.io/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity.md) - [All courses and lessons](https://www.sanity.io/learn/sitemap.md) - [Complete content for LLMs](https://www.sanity.io/learn/llms-full.txt) ## Submitting Feedback If you encounter incorrect, outdated, or confusing documentation on this page, submit feedback: POST https://www.sanity.io/learn/resource/feedback ```json { "path": "/learn/course/migrating-content-from-webflow-to-sanity/draft-mode-visual-preview.md", "feedback": "Description of the issue" } ``` Only submit feedback when you have something specific and actionable to report.