How to migrate from Carrd to a site with separate pages
Carrd is good at one thing: a single, tidy page. People migrate from Carrd when the page has grown into a long scroll of services, prices, a gallery and a form, or when they need something it wasn't built for, like a booking calendar or a list they update every week. The move is a rebuild, and it's mostly about deciding how to split one page into several.
Signs you've outgrown one page
- Visitors scroll past half the page to find the one thing they came for, usually prices or how to book.
- You want each service to be findable on its own in search, not as a paragraph on a long page.
- You're taking bookings by email and juggling times by hand.
- You update a list (events, menu, work) often enough that editing the page each time is a chore.
If none of those apply, a one-page site may still be right. Anticode builds single-page landing pages too, but moving just to change tools rarely pays for the effort.
Plan the split before you build
Print the Carrd page or take a full-length screenshot, and draw a line between each section. Each block of content goes in one of three places:
- Home
- Who you are, what you do in a sentence, one clear action, and short links into the other pages.
- Its own page
- Anything a visitor would arrive for directly: Services, Work, Pricing, About, FAQ, Book, Contact. Anticode's design engine can add each as a separate page.
- A CMS collection
- Anything that's really a list you add to: past projects, events, products, testimonials. Each entry gets its own address and you edit it in the dashboard.
The migration, step by step
- Save your content. Copy the text into a document and download your images. Note the form fields and where submissions go, and any links to payment or booking tools.
- Start the build from the Carrd link. Describe what's changing ("a hair stylist moving from a one-page site to separate pages for services, prices and booking") and paste the Carrd address. The Architect reads the page and summarises it into the brief.
- Check the plan against your split. It lists the sections and pages it will make. Add or remove pages so it matches what you drew.
- Add the booking calendar if you need it. It offers the coming days (Mondays skipped) at six fixed times, refuses past dates and dates more than 120 days out, and stops two people taking the same slot. You confirm each booking yourself; Anticode doesn't email the visitor. If your hours don't fit those slots, keep a separate booking tool and link to it.
- Create collections for your lists and add the entries.
- Rewrite as you go. One-page sites compress everything; a services page has room to explain what's included and who it's for.
- Publish to the anticode.dev address and test every page and form on a phone.
Move the domain last
If your Carrd site uses your own domain, the domain stays at your registrar; only the records change. On a paid Anticode plan, add the domain, add the CNAME or TXT record it asks for at your DNS host, and wait for the certificate. Before you switch, make sure the new site is complete; the moment the record changes, visitors see the new one. Connect whichever of www or the bare domain people actually use, since Anticode doesn't redirect between them. Keep the Carrd site until the new one is live on your domain and a test enquiry has arrived, then cancel.
What changes for visitors and for you
| One-page site | After the move | |
|---|---|---|
| Finding prices | Scroll | A Pricing page in the menu |
| Booking | Email or a link elsewhere | A booking calendar on its own page, if the fixed times suit you |
| Weekly updates | Edit the page | Add an entry to a collection |
| Search | One page competes for every term | Each service page can be found on its own |
Limits
There's no Carrd import; the Architect reads the page to start the brief, and you check everything it produced. Embeds don't work on published pages, so a video or map embedded on Carrd becomes a link. Bookings have no deposits, calendar sync or custom hours. Old addresses on Carrd are usually just the one page, so there's little to lose on links. See also Carrd alternatives, Anticode vs Carrd and multi-page sites.
Questions people ask
Can I import my Carrd site?
No. Give the Architect the Carrd link so the brief starts from your content, then check and edit what it builds.
Do I lose my domain when I migrate from Carrd?
No. The domain stays at your registrar. You change its DNS record to point at the new site, on a paid Anticode plan.
Can I keep a one-page layout?
Yes. Anticode builds single-page landing pages too. Move only if you need what separate pages, bookings or collections give you.