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Collect visual feedback on a website built with Craft CMS. Create a BugSmash Website project with a public URL or a site protected by Basic Auth, then share its review link for contextual comments. Other application logins, SSO, CAPTCHA, VPN and network restrictions may require the Feedback Widget or HTML workflow. This is not a native Craft CMS integration: BugSmash reviews the resulting browser page and does not connect to Craft CMS itself. Use the deployed frontend or a valid tokenized preview URL. Craft control-panel access, preview-token lifetime and frontend authentication remain separate. https://staging.your-craft-site.com Platform clarification: this is a generic BugSmash Website project workflow, not a native Craft CMS integration. Public URLs and supported Basic Auth sites can use the Website project workflow.
Get client feedback on your Craft CMS frontend
Paste the deployed frontend or, with Craft Team or Pro, a valid tokenized Preview Target URL, send one review link, and collect contextual comments on the rendered experience.
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Craft previews drafts. BugSmash organizes review on the rendered frontend.
Craft drafts power Live Preview, while Craft Team and Pro support tokenized URLs through Preview Targets. Deployment remains part of the project’s hosting workflow.
Four documented boundaries matter before client review:
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Live Preview is an editorial interface.
Craft splits the screen between a simplified editor and the frontend preview, refreshing it when the provisional draft is auto-saved.
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Shared preview URLs contain temporary tokens.
In Craft Team and Pro, a tokenized Preview Target URL can be opened by someone without a Craft account, but it reflects the draft state when accessed and does not auto-refresh like Live Preview.
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Shared-preview token lifetime is configurable.
Craft says shared preview tokens expire after one day by default. The defaultTokenDuration setting controls that duration.
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Decoupled previews require frontend support.
A decoupled frontend must detect the token parameter and pass the same token with the content request so Craft can return the previewed content.
BugSmash keeps feedback on the browser result:
share the deployed frontend or a valid preview URL, preserve the page context, and leave Craft drafts, permissions and deployment controls unchanged.
How it works
Three steps to a reviewed Craft CMS site
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Prepare the frontend URL
Deploy the Craft frontend to an accessible environment, or use Craft Team or Pro to create a tokenized URL for the entry and Preview Target under review.
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Send one BugSmash link
Paste the deployed or preview URL into BugSmash and share the generated link with the client or QA team.
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Apply and deploy approved work
Update the Craft draft or project, publish the content, complete the deployment, and verify the resulting browser URL.
Review the deployed Craft frontend, not only the control panel
Comment on the rendered frontend
Attach feedback to the page location rather than describing an entry or template in a separate message.
Review tokenized draft previews
With Craft Team or Pro, use a valid Preview Target URL when a stakeholder needs to see unpublished entry content.
Cover decoupled applications
Review the deployed Vue, React or other frontend after it has been configured to request the correct Craft content.
Check responsive layouts
Review desktop, tablet and mobile presentation and retain the viewport with every comment.
Capture technical context
Keep the page URL, browser, operating system, viewport and screenshot with each website comment.
Keep control-panel access private
External reviewers can use an accessible frontend or, with Craft Team or Pro, a tokenized Preview Target URL without receiving a Craft control-panel account.
Which Craft CMS URL should I review?
Use the rendered frontend or, with Craft Team or Pro, a valid Preview Target URL. Craft control-panel permissions, token lifetime and frontend access rules continue to apply.
Your URL
Review by URL
What to do
Public Craft CMS frontend
Works
Paste the public page URL and start the review.
Accessible staging frontend
Works
Use the staging URL after confirming every reviewer can open it.
Tokenized Craft Preview Target URL (Team or Pro)
Works until expiry
Share the URL while its temporary preview token remains valid.
Decoupled frontend preview
Configuration-dependent
Confirm the frontend forwards Craft’s token when it requests preview content.
Craft Live Preview in the control panel
Editor access required
For Craft Team or Pro, use a tokenized Preview Target URL for external review instead of sharing the control-panel interface.
Protected or authenticated frontend
Access-dependent
Authenticate in the review session or use the Feedback Widget. A pasted URL does not bypass the frontend gate.
Using the Feedback Widget on a Craft CMS frontend
Add the BugSmash Feedback Widget to the rendered frontend when review must remain inside an authenticated or stateful experience. Install it in the frontend visitors actually open, including a decoupled application.
The feedback workflow for teams using Craft CMS
Keep Drafts and Live Preview with editors while clients, designers and QA review the browser output produced by the project.
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Send the deployed frontend URL. With Craft Team or Pro, you can use a Preview Target URL containing Craft’s temporary preview token for unpublished entry content.
How is a shared preview different from Live Preview?
Live Preview refreshes when the draft auto-saves inside the editing interface. A shared tokenized URL shows the draft state when accessed but does not auto-refresh in the same way.
Does a client need a Craft account for a tokenized preview?
No. For Preview Targets available in Craft Team and Pro, Craft says tokenized preview URLs can be shared with anyone, including people without an account, while the token remains valid.
How long does a shared Craft preview URL work?
Craft says the shared preview token expires after one day by default. The defaultTokenDuration setting controls that duration.
Can I preview a decoupled Craft frontend?
Yes, after the frontend detects the token query parameter and forwards that token with the request that loads content from Craft.
Why can Craft Live Preview fail across domains?
The frontend must allow the control-panel origin to frame it. Craft documents configuring the Content-Security-Policy frame-ancestors directive when the domains differ.
What happens during a Craft Cloud deployment?
Craft Cloud runs build, migrate, and release/deploy stages. If migration fails, the last deployed version continues serving requests.
Does BugSmash change Craft drafts or permissions?
No. Craft continues to control drafts, revisions, preview tokens and accounts. BugSmash records contextual feedback on the browser surface.
Ship Craft CMS sites without chasing feedback
Paste an accessible Craft frontend or valid preview URL and send a focused review link.
BugSmash keeps feedback on the browser result:
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