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Deploying Voie.io Blueprints to Vercel

Updated 1/9/2026
Version v1.0
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Deploying Voie.io Blueprints to Vercel

Most Voie.io blueprints end with the same milestone:

A real, shareable production URL.

This guide walks you through deploying a Voie blueprint project to Vercel, with special attention to Payload CMS, Supabase, and common production pitfalls.

What This Guide Covers

  • Preparing your repo for deployment
  • Creating a Vercel project
  • Setting environment variables correctly
  • Verifying Payload Admin + public pages
  • Avoiding common deployment mistakes

This guide assumes:

  • You already followed a Voie blueprint
  • Your app runs locally without errors

Mental Model (Important)

Deployment is not a new feature — it’s moving your existing app to a new environment.

If something breaks in production, it’s usually because:

  • an environment variable is missing
  • a secret value is wrong
  • storage behaves differently than local dev

Approach deployment methodically.

Step 1 — Push Your Project to GitHub

Vercel works best when connected to a Git repo.

Checklist

  • Initialize Git (if not already)
  • Commit your current working state
  • Push to GitHub (public or private)

You should be able to clone this repo and run it locally.

Step 2 — Create a New Vercel Project

  1. Go to https://vercel.com
  2. Click “New Project”
  3. Import your GitHub repository
  4. Accept defaults unless you have a reason not to

Framework detection

  • Vercel should auto-detect Next.js
  • App Router is supported out of the box

Do not deploy yet — set environment variables first.

Step 3 — Configure Environment Variables (Critical)

Most deployment issues happen here.

Minimum required variables (example)

Your exact list depends on the blueprint, but commonly includes:

  • PAYLOAD_SECRET
  • DATABASE_URL (Supabase Postgres)
  • any auth/session secrets used by the template

⚠️ Do not reuse local .env secrets blindly.
Generate new secrets for production.

Supabase Database

Use the production Supabase project connection string.

Confirm:

  • SSL enabled if required
  • credentials are correct
  • no extra quotes or whitespace

Supabase Storage (If Used)

If your blueprint supports Supabase Storage via S3-compatible APIs:

You must set all or none of these:

  • SUPABASE_STORAGE_ENDPOINT
  • SUPABASE_STORAGE_BUCKET
  • SUPABASE_STORAGE_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  • SUPABASE_STORAGE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  • SUPABASE_STORAGE_REGION (optional)

If any are missing, your app should fail fast.

If S3-compatible storage is not available:

  • local filesystem uploads may work
  • but are not recommended for multi-instance production

Step 4 — Set the Production URL

After Vercel creates the project, you’ll get a URL like: https://your-project.vercel.app

Use this value to:

  • configure Payload Admin URLs if required
  • validate public pages
  • share the deployed app

Custom domains can be added later.

Step 5 — Deploy

Once env vars are set:

  1. Trigger a deploy in Vercel
  2. Watch build logs carefully
  3. If it fails:
    • read the first error
    • fix one issue at a time
    • redeploy

Avoid changing multiple variables at once — isolate variables.

Step 6 — Production Verification Checklist

After a successful deploy, verify everything that matters:

Core checks

  • Site loads at the Vercel URL
  • No runtime errors in Vercel logs

Payload CMS

  • Payload Admin loads
  • You can log in
  • Collections load correctly

Public pages

  • /blog (or equivalent) renders
  • /blog/[slug] renders a post
  • Draft content is not publicly visible

Media uploads

  • Image upload works
  • Uploaded media renders publicly
  • Storage behaves as expected in production

Common Pitfalls (Read This If You’re Stuck)

❌ Missing env vars

Most common issue. Double-check names and values.

❌ Local-only storage

Vercel instances are ephemeral. Filesystem uploads may disappear or desync.

❌ Debugging blindly

Change one variable at a time, redeploy, re-check logs.

❌ Assuming local success = prod success

Production environments behave differently by design.

Rollbacks and Safety

One advantage of Vercel:

  • every deploy is atomic
  • you can roll back instantly to a previous version

If a deploy breaks:

  • roll back
  • fix locally
  • redeploy cleanly

Final Step — Close the Loop

Once deployed:

  • Add the live URL to your Voie blueprint
  • Share the blueprint link on X / LinkedIn
  • Capture 1–2 learnings to improve the next version

Deployment isn’t the end — it’s the handoff from building to learning.

Changelog

  • v1.0 — Initial public deployment guide for Voie.io blueprints