# RapidWeaver Elements

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## [Setting Up Forms - Can't Seem to get it working](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-up-forms-cant-seem-to-get-it-working/49092)

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**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-up-forms-cant-seem-to-get-it-working/49092 "2025-07-23T19:57:16Z")

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Setting Up Forms - Can’t Seem to get it working - Dan was absolutely amazing at setting up my site in the latest dev video - VERY MUCH APPRECIATED!! Thank you… Don’t want to bother him.. Tried the online manual for elem…

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## [1.0.9: Trying to embed a PDF with an iFrame with the HTML component](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/1-0-9-trying-to-embed-a-pdf-with-an-iframe-with-the-html-component/49115)

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**Author:** [@refsvik](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/refsvik)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/1-0-9-trying-to-embed-a-pdf-with-an-iframe-with-the-html-component/49115 "2025-07-23T18:36:01Z")

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Not knowing any better, I created a HTML-component, pasted this in: …and proceeded to drag a pdf file from my pdf folder in Resources to the src location in the code. This is what happened. Do not quite know how to pr…

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## [1.0.9. Letter spacing still does not work in the Menu component](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/1-0-9-letter-spacing-still-does-not-work-in-the-menu-component/49110)

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**Author:** [@refsvik](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/refsvik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/1-0-9-letter-spacing-still-does-not-work-in-the-menu-component/49110 "2025-07-23T18:07:34Z")

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A lot of lovely small fixes is noted in 1.0.9. The title can still not be letter spaced. I also keep hoping for the ability to be able to set the title in upper case :slight\_smile: Also - the “L” in the word Letter Spac…

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## [2 questions re early access and license](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/2-questions-re-early-access-and-license/49105)

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**Author:** [@NSPalmer](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NSPalmer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/2-questions-re-early-access-and-license/49105 "2025-07-23T17:33:15Z")

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Two questions. First, Realmac’s website says that Elements is “early access.” Does that mean it’s still in beta? Second, does the Elements 1-user license cover both my iMac and MacBook, or only one computer? Thanks for …

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## [Can You Put a sub grid into another grid?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/can-you-put-a-sub-grid-into-another-grid/49106)

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**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/can-you-put-a-sub-grid-into-another-grid/49106 "2025-07-23T17:23:27Z")

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Can You Put a sub grid into another grid? Doesnt work in preview in safari

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## [Drag Drop Problems in Page Layout](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/drag-drop-problems-in-page-layout/48727)

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**Author:** [@Ulrich](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Ulrich)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/drag-drop-problems-in-page-layout/48727 "2025-07-23T17:05:28Z")

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The drag and drop behavior is sometimes inconsistent. I made a video to demonstrate what I mean.

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## [Not all folders and files are published](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/not-all-folders-and-files-are-published/49034)

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**Author:** [@Bartje](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bartje)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/not-all-folders-and-files-are-published/49034 "2025-07-23T16:50:44Z")

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A large part of my pages are not being published to the server. I simply published and also used Re-Publish All Files. I have the impression that certain folders are not being published, without any clear reason. In the …

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## [Contact form only works for spammers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-only-works-for-spammers/48745)

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**Author:** [@leadtromba](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/leadtromba)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/contact-form-only-works-for-spammers/48745 "2025-07-23T15:06:24Z")

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I’ve been banging my head against the wall with this since I launched my website yesterday, but I’m stumped. My contact form (https://chrismageemusic.com/contact/) won’t work. My hosting company support confirmed that my…

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## [Galleries slow to load](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/galleries-slow-to-load/49096)

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**Author:** [@siamon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/siamon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/galleries-slow-to-load/49096 "2025-07-23T14:12:11Z")

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I’ve just uploaded my Elements site, replacing my Classic site. Everything works beautifully. But I have many photo galleries and they are slow to load even though I am on a fibre optic network. The image files are not l…

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## [Publishing To Sub-Domain - Missing Files](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-to-sub-domain-missing-files/49026)

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**Author:** [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-to-sub-domain-missing-files/49026 "2025-07-23T14:10:54Z")

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I am testing a sub-domain on my local ServBay setup. Accepting I could be doing something wrong, I have the following issue. I have added a folder ‘subdomain’ to the root of my website (website.com). I have configured …

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## [2 bugs in sitemap.xml?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/2-bugs-in-sitemap-xml/49094)

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**Author:** [@PLM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PLM)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/2-bugs-in-sitemap-xml/49094 "2025-07-23T14:04:45Z")

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When a page is changed, shouldn’t the date change too? “lastmod 2025-07-10 lastmod”. When adding a new page or a subpage, there is no date at all.

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## [Password protected page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/password-protected-page/49074)

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**Author:** [@joskenuk](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joskenuk)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/password-protected-page/49074 "2025-07-23T13:01:32Z")

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Dear all, a password protected page in elements, e.g. by means of a component would be great in the coming time. Please let uw know if possible. Thanks very much, Jos

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## [Missing resources. Start/Stop fixes it](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/missing-resources-start-stop-fixes-it/49093)

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**Author:** [@RussOggi255](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RussOggi255)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/missing-resources-start-stop-fixes-it/49093 "2025-07-23T12:48:02Z")

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Almost every time I start RE some of my resources are missing (or rather unlinked). Stopping and starting RE and they appear

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## [Top Pages component and page title](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-component-and-page-title/49090)

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**Author:** [@numericcitizen](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/numericcitizen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/top-pages-component-and-page-title/49090 "2025-07-23T12:29:46Z")

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I use Top Pages component quite a lot and I noticed that even though the “Page Title” switch is turned on, whatever link I add to a folder, the Top Pages component will display the URL, not the Page Title… Here is an ex…

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## [Getting YouTube to Play](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/getting-youtube-to-play/49038)

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**Author:** [@graham-sm1th](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/graham-sm1th)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/getting-youtube-to-play/49038 "2025-07-23T09:53:21Z")

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I have a site that provides a lot of videos I have a short video that plays fine but I am unable to get the videos to play on YouTube as I am unable to add the link. I have added it to the advanced area and YouTube plays…

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## [Anchor Setting on a Background](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/anchor-setting-on-a-background/49069)

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**Author:** [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/anchor-setting-on-a-background/49069 "2025-07-23T06:10:24Z")

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@dan I noticed today that setting an anchor ID on a Background component doesn’t appear to work. You can never access the anchor value from the anchor popup in the Link dialog. Switching to a container worked fine, but i…

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## [Bug in Transforms Settings](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bug-in-transforms-settings/48819)

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**Author:** [@WeaverPixel](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WeaverPixel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bug-in-transforms-settings/48819 "2025-07-22T19:46:17Z")

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Hi guys, I am just working on some hover effects in Elements. I am using very often the Transforms settings. Now I came along the second time in what I would guess a bug. In the below video you can see what I mean. Whe…

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## [Setting SVG Fill Color in a Component?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-svg-fill-color-in-a-component/49017)

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**Author:** [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-svg-fill-color-in-a-component/49017 "2025-07-22T19:04:35Z")

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I have been building a cookie consent pop-up that includes an embedded SVG. Currently, the fill color for this SVG is the only part of the pop-up that is hard-coded, and I’d like to be able to set the color from a proper…

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## [All kinds of questions](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-kinds-of-questions/49057)

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**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/all-kinds-of-questions/49057 "2025-07-22T15:53:15Z")

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Before I go further… Best Practices for mobile usage.. Multiple Grids? Or Grids with Rows? When I look at mobile the three columns are super small and unreadable Stupid question: No Html box to add page code? How do I…

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## [How to design desktop and mobile items individually](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-design-desktop-and-mobile-items-individually/49053)

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**Author:** [@Printdevil](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Printdevil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-to-design-desktop-and-mobile-items-individually/49053 "2025-07-22T15:08:20Z")

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I am building my first Elements site here… https://kent-landscaping.co.uk/new/ One thing I am trying to create is how the site looks on desktop and also on mobile devices. How can I control each platform independently? …

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## [Undesired Link in the Menu](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/undesired-link-in-the-menu/49054)

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**Author:** [@Ulrich](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Ulrich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/undesired-link-in-the-menu/49054 "2025-07-22T14:47:16Z")

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I would like to return to my previous point regarding the link in the logo of the menu: When using the “Menu” element, there is a link placed on the logo SVG. This link points to “/” with the target “\_blank”, which caus…

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## [Two links in the navigation logo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/two-links-in-the-navigation-logo/48807)

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**Author:** [@pumpkin](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pumpkin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/two-links-in-the-navigation-logo/48807 "2025-07-22T13:41:46Z")

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I just discovered that there are two anchor tags in the div that is the logo, which is why google lighthouse gave me an accessibility error because the first one is too small to be touched on mobile phones.

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## [Can't really test Elements properly from the demo](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-really-test-elements-properly-from-the-demo/48991)

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**Author:** [@WOS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WOS)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-really-test-elements-properly-from-the-demo/48991 "2025-07-22T11:56:49Z")

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From Try the Demo: “While export and publishing are disabled in the trial, everything else is fully functional, so you can see exactly how Elements works before committing.” Won’t really be able to see exactly how eleme…

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## [Visitor Comments in Elements CMS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/visitor-comments-in-elements-cms/49033)

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**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/visitor-comments-in-elements-cms/49033 "2025-07-22T07:40:43Z")

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@dan @ben , Is there a plan for a built-in or homegrown commenting system within the CMS? Probably not unless RM has created a very slick flat-file capability. Last I read there was no current plan to add a database to E…

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## [Dev Diary 87: All the new things - Resource packs revealed!](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-87-all-the-new-things-resource-packs-revealed/48117)

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**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-87-all-the-new-things-resource-packs-revealed/48117 "2025-07-22T06:46:57Z")

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Hey All, We’re back to our regular schedule, and in this week’s Dev Diary, we cover a bunch of exciting new features and updates in Elements… including the Marketplace API, the Elements Forum Bot, Templates, and a brand…

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## [Devpack broke after update](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/devpack-broke-after-update/49043)

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**Author:** [@Beblebroks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Beblebroks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/devpack-broke-after-update/49043 "2025-07-22T06:41:49Z")

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After updating to the latest version I got this: Any idea what I need to change to get those devpack back to work? It worked in the previous version I had. I guess it was pre 1.0.

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## [Page copy oddness](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/page-copy-oddness/49005)

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**Author:** [@troyweb](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/troyweb)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/page-copy-oddness/49005 "2025-07-21T22:30:47Z")

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Hello, I use a page header global which has a container and text. When I copy the page to make a new blog entry the custom name of the container is gone. The new container has a weirdness in that you can’t close is in t…

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## [Always Startpage changed after opening](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/always-startpage-changed-after-opening/49020)

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**Author:** [@Ulrich](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Ulrich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/always-startpage-changed-after-opening/49020 "2025-07-21T21:03:16Z")

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Whenever I open my project, the home page appears as changed. I export the project (Shift-CMD-K), close it, and reopen it. And again, the home page appears as changed.

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## [Weird ftp upload issue](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/weird-ftp-upload-issue/49009)

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**Author:** [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/weird-ftp-upload-issue/49009 "2025-07-21T21:03:04Z")

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I am seeing a weird thing. I can update the home page of my site and it uploads ok, but child pages do not update! I have republished all files and it appears to work. This is to Chillidoghosting so should be straightfor…

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## [Losing scrollbar in main web view window](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/losing-scrollbar-in-main-web-view-window/48876)

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**Author:** [@refsvik](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/refsvik)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/losing-scrollbar-in-main-web-view-window/48876 "2025-07-21T16:04:54Z")

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I keep losing the scrollbar in my main web view window and have to rescale one of the panes to bring it back. Slightly annoying. Also, the preview in the browser is VERY slow when rescaling or scrolling.

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