automatic was me using a github action to build and deploy (I think the action was made for 4.2) and manual was me clicking export in the godot editor and manually uploading files that way
here are my export settings for web
[preset.2]
name="Web"
platform="Web"
runnable=true
advanced_options=false
dedicated_server=false
custom_features=""
export_filter="all_resources"
include_filter="assets/*"
exclude_filter=""
export_path="export/web/index.html"
encryption_include_filters=""
encryption_exclude_filters=""
encrypt_pck=false
encrypt_directory=false
script_export_mode=2
[preset.2.options]
custom_template/debug=""
custom_template/release=""
variant/extensions_support=false
variant/thread_support=false
vram_texture_compression/for_desktop=true
vram_texture_compression/for_mobile=false
html/export_icon=true
html/custom_html_shell=""
html/head_include=""
html/canvas_resize_policy=2
html/focus_canvas_on_start=true
html/experimental_virtual_keyboard=false
progressive_web_app/enabled=true
progressive_web_app/ensure_cross_origin_isolation_headers=true
progressive_web_app/offline_page=""
progressive_web_app/display=3
progressive_web_app/orientation=0
progressive_web_app/icon_144x144=""
progressive_web_app/icon_180x180=""
progressive_web_app/icon_512x512=""
progressive_web_app/background_color=Color(0, 0, 0, 1)