Live preview never works. Not in 'live-preview' example, the 'website' template or your managed cloud

[drago1520]

Describe the Bug

It does not work on live-preview example, the website template, OR EVEN your managed deployment.
Seriously, start a new project on Payload Cloud, click on live-preview, and see the greeting.

Link to the code that reproduces this issue

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Reproduction Steps

Deploy a simple project with the website template from Payload Cloud

Which area(s) are affected? (Select all that apply)

area: core

Environment Info

Your managed cloud. I don't know

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[jacobsfletch]

@drago1520 can you elaborate on exactly what you're experiencing? That will help us get a fix out for you. I went ahead and queued up this PR which should fix the live preview example specifically.

[jacobsfletch]

Hey @drago1520, live preview has been fixed and improved in a number of pretty significant ways, including:

• feat(next): regenerate live preview url on save
• feat(ui): live preview conditions
• feat: slug field
• feat: mount live preview to document root
• feat(live-preview): client-side live preview: simplify population and support hooks

If you find any other issues with live preview, feel free to open a fresh ticket.