diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e336fb0..e1e3651 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ deploy:
     paths:
       - public
 
+# Branch preview deployment (for testing)
+preview:
+  stage: deploy
+  script:
+    - echo "Deploying branch preview..."
+    - echo "Preview available at: ${CI_ENVIRONMENT_URL}"
+  needs:
+    - deploy
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - public
+  environment:
+    name: preview/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG
+    url: https://${CI_PROJECT_PATH_SLUG}-${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}.gitlab.io
+  rules:
+    - if: "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH"
+
 # GitLab Pages deployment (only on main branch)
 pages:
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/test-local-deployment.sh b/test-local-deployment.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..80b4a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-local-deployment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "🧪 Testing local deployment simulation..."
+
+# Create test directories
+mkdir -p test-output/main
+mkdir -p test-output/ghost-content
+
+echo "📁 Simulating dual-output build..."
+
+# Test 1: Check if ghost profile exists
+if grep -q "ghost:" _quarto.yml; then
+    echo "✅ Ghost profile configuration found"
+else
+    echo "❌ Ghost profile not found"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Test 2: Simulate content extraction
+echo "🔍 Testing content extraction logic..."
+cd ghost-upload
+
+# Test with sample URL (without actually hitting network)
+echo "📝 Testing Rust compilation and basic logic..."
+if cargo check --quiet; then
+    echo "✅ Rust code compiles successfully"
+else
+    echo "❌ Rust compilation failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd ..
+
+# Test 3: Check if CI would work
+echo "🔧 Validating CI configuration..."
+if ./validate-ghost-extraction.sh > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "✅ CI validation passed"
+else
+    echo "❌ CI validation failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "🎉 Local testing complete!"
+echo ""
+echo "📋 What happens in CI:"
+echo "   1. Builds main site → public/"
+echo "   2. Builds ghost content → public/ghost-content/"  
+echo "   3. Rust extracts from ghost-content URLs"
+echo "   4. Posts to Ghost blog with clean HTML"
+echo ""
+echo "🚀 Ready for branch testing in GitLab CI!"
+echo "   • Download artifacts to see both outputs"
+echo "   • Use manual trigger to test force-update"
+echo "   • Check ghost-content/ folder structure"
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