# RapidWeaver Elements **URL:** https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/c/rapidweaver-elements/43.md?page=160 [Latest](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/categories.md) **Page:** 161 --- ## [No Dev Diary this week, but some news on the beta!](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/no-dev-diary-this-week-but-some-news-on-the-beta/43800)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/no-dev-diary-this-week-but-some-news-on-the-beta/43800 "2024-07-25T08:23:51Z")
Hey Weavers, Unfortunately, I’ve got Covid (and my voice is a little croaky), so they’ll be no Dev Diary video this week. However, I’m doing okay and we’re all still hard at work on Elements :sweat\_smile: There’s been … --- ## [Elements, Atoms, Components, and Globals, Oh my!](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-atoms-components-and-globals-oh-my/43556)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-atoms-components-and-globals-oh-my/43556 "2024-07-24T23:01:32Z")
Hey Weavers, If you’ve been paying attention you might notice we’ve not had a dev diary video these past two weeks, sorry about that. WWDC took our focus the first week, and this week I’ve been away in Wales. However, I… --- ## [Wish: customizing publishing transfer methods](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/wish-customizing-publishing-transfer-methods/43819)
**Author:** [@martijn](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/martijn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/wish-customizing-publishing-transfer-methods/43819 "2024-07-24T20:11:17Z")
Wish: add-on API support for customizing publishing destinations or transfer methods. Fallback: support for running a command (or applescript) after publishing to a local directory. Use cases for me were/are: correct a… --- ## [Store Options for Elements?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/store-options-for-elements/43787)
**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/store-options-for-elements/43787 "2024-07-23T11:32:45Z")
What option do you know of that will be available for stores in elements? --- ## [Will Elements support all the marketplace products and whats the release date?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/will-elements-support-all-the-marketplace-products-and-whats-the-release-date/42673)
**Author:** [@AdrianB](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/AdrianB)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/will-elements-support-all-the-marketplace-products-and-whats-the-release-date/42673 "2024-07-22T14:33:21Z")
Is the intent that the same plugins and stacks from Marketplace will run on Elements when its released? Thank you --- ## [Apologies for this question](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/apologies-for-this-question/43760)
**Author:** [@Skiddersmusic](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Skiddersmusic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/apologies-for-this-question/43760 "2024-07-19T10:34:31Z")
I don’t come to the Forum much at all, so apologies for this question that must have been already answered. I had a search and look through first. “Elements” - will that be a replacement for “Classic”? Is it intended to… --- ## [Developing Elements Addons?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/developing-elements-addons/43764)
**Author:** [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/developing-elements-addons/43764 "2024-07-19T10:30:42Z")
Q1: I am unclear as to what documentation is available if I for example wanted to develop an Elements Addon to do CRUD functionality on a MySQL database. I see reference to an API in various posts. Is the API available t… --- ## [Wish list: Site Search](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/wish-list-site-search/43741)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/wish-list-site-search/43741 "2024-07-18T15:10:11Z")
Would love to see a full website search implemented into Elements. Automated not manually curated. --- ## [Prime days tomorrow… why not an Elements day?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/prime-days-tomorrow-why-not-an-elements-day/43734)
**Author:** [@Bruno](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bruno)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/prime-days-tomorrow-why-not-an-elements-day/43734 "2024-07-15T19:06:08Z")
Everything’s in the title… so? :thinking: Do we need to do a poll to find out how many votes for? :yum: --- ## [A practical question on how globals differ from Partials](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/a-practical-question-on-how-globals-differ-from-partials/43665)
**Author:** [@KipV](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/KipV)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/a-practical-question-on-how-globals-differ-from-partials/43665 "2024-07-12T17:33:16Z")
The latest Developer Diaries have talked about globals and I had a question about how they may apply to one of my sites. When I made my very first site on RW and Foundry I had an idea of changing the color of the naviga… --- ## [Dev Dairy Ep23 - Back to Basics](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-dairy-ep23-back-to-basics/43581)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-dairy-ep23-back-to-basics/43581 "2024-07-11T07:06:52Z")
Hey Weavers, We’re back with another video (yes, already), this is in response to a few comments about Elements looking too complex after yesterday’s Custom Components video. Hopefully you’ll see that building a websit… --- ## [Elements - Web based or an App?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-web-based-or-an-app/43678)
**Author:** [@Stealth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Stealth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-web-based-or-an-app/43678 "2024-07-10T08:58:11Z")
Question, Will Elements be an app or is it web based? If web based will it work on any browser? --- ## [Exporting Question](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/exporting-question/43679)
**Author:** [@Stealth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Stealth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/exporting-question/43679 "2024-07-10T08:57:23Z")
When exporting the project will all assets (folders, files, scripts & media content) be in one root folder? --- ## [Elements: System fonts](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-system-fonts/43661)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-system-fonts/43661 "2024-07-08T11:17:34Z")
@dan @bon, will Elements be able to use the system fonts as a default? Such as this? font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe U… --- ## [Dev Diary Ep24 - Local Data Store](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep24-local-data-store/43623)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep24-local-data-store/43623 "2024-07-06T10:27:47Z")
Hello again, This week we’re finally taking the wraps off local data stores in RapidWeaver Elements. This is just the beginning of a feature that will power the future of building website in Elements! Elements will pr… --- ## [Dev Dairy Ep21 - RapidWeaver is 20 Years Old Today 🎉](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-dairy-ep21-rapidweaver-is-20-years-old-today/43402)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-dairy-ep21-rapidweaver-is-20-years-old-today/43402 "2024-06-06T21:01:54Z")
Hello Weavers, Today marks the 20 year anniversary since the first public beta of RapidWeaver launched way back in 2004 — Can you believe it? We were planning on releasing the first public beta of RapidWeaver Elements … --- ## [RapidWeaver Elements Pricing Poll](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-elements-pricing-poll/43466)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapidweaver-elements-pricing-poll/43466 "2024-07-02T21:04:15Z")
Hey All, As we get closer to launching Elements, we’re starting to work out the finer details, including pricing. So today we have a question for you all. If you look at the current experience of building a website, a … --- ## [Elements RSS feed](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-rss-feed/43618)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-rss-feed/43618 "2024-07-02T15:09:26Z")
Is there going to be a way to build an RSS feed in Elements that we can then upload automatically to our hosting service. Even if I have to manually build an XML file. My goal is to have most of the advantages of Wordpre… --- ## [Dev Diary Ep22 - Custom Tailwind Components with ChatGPT](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep22-custom-tailwind-components-with-chatgpt/43572)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep22-custom-tailwind-components-with-chatgpt/43572 "2024-06-27T07:19:02Z")
Hey Weavers, This weeks video is a little bit of a technical one… We use ChatGPT to generate some Tailwind code for us to paste into a Custom Component, we then go on to add some native controls and turn it into a Globa… --- ## [Elements and Total CMS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-and-total-cms/43583)
**Author:** [@jwDave](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jwDave)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-and-total-cms/43583 "2024-06-27T07:13:47Z")
I guess this has been asked a thousand times but I cannot see it. Will Elements support Total CMS or will my website users need to redo all their user pages if I remake the site using Elements? --- ## [Alpha version of Elements](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/alpha-version-of-elements/43578)
**Author:** [@ttang](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ttang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/alpha-version-of-elements/43578 "2024-06-26T14:35:42Z")
Hi Dan, may I know when will you roll out the alpha version of Elements? We’re eager to try. --- ## [Users Manual and navigation](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/users-manual-and-navigation/43576)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/users-manual-and-navigation/43576 "2024-06-25T21:07:15Z")
Just wanted to say I love how this is coming along! @dan This is the kind exact of navigation I would love to be able to do in Elements. Can this be done? I understand this documentation is in GitBook. --- ## [Generative Websites…inspiration for Elements](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/generative-websites-inspiration-for-elements/43574)
**Author:** [@jscotta](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jscotta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/generative-websites-inspiration-for-elements/43574 "2024-06-25T15:29:10Z")
Interesting thing here that touches on some of the things that I think Elements can bring to the table. Dan recently demoed using ChatGPT for putting custom code into a HTML component (excellent demo btw). If you go to W… --- ## [The power of Globals](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/the-power-of-globals/43560)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/the-power-of-globals/43560 "2024-06-22T14:34:51Z")
I know Elements hasn’t shipped yet, but I just wanted to express how excited I am about the power of Globals. As I have been putting together my most recent project (an information website), I have thought of so many wa… --- ## [Dev Diary updates](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-updates/43524)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-updates/43524 "2024-06-18T19:29:26Z")
@dan , amazing how I have enjoyed the stream of updates. Are there any additional updates planned or is the Alpha release soon? This is simply my way of saying that I’m interested in seeing the progress of what you all h… --- ## [Dev Diary Ep20 - Building a website with Elements](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep20-building-a-website-with-elements/43348)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep20-building-a-website-with-elements/43348 "2024-06-17T06:32:25Z")
Hey Weavers, This week we’re taking a bit of breather on showing new features, instead we take a look at how you might build up a webpage from scratch. This video is probably just for the hard-core Element fans that wa… --- ## [Elements 3rd party opportunities](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-3rd-party-opportunities/43431)
**Author:** [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-3rd-party-opportunities/43431 "2024-06-08T10:23:19Z")
The thread Dan has put together asking for 3rd part Add-on tag ideas is an excellent idea starter. While the main HTML and CSS is going to be tailwind, all the other functionality is up for grabs. Perhaps this will be a … --- ## [Dev Diary Ep18 - The power of using Globals](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep18-the-power-of-using-globals/43277)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep18-the-power-of-using-globals/43277 "2024-06-05T20:20:44Z")
Hey All, This weeks video is a big one, as we take a deep dive into the new Globals feature, and show why this is more advanced than anything else on the Mac. We think this is really going to change the way you build we… --- ## [Dev Diary Ep8 - Q&A / Building a Grid Layout](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep8-q-a-building-a-grid-layout/42696)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dev-diary-ep8-q-a-building-a-grid-layout/42696 "2024-06-02T14:58:55Z")
Hey Weavers, This week we start by answering some forum questions and follow up with copying a grid layout on the fly from a website selling expensive 3d lampshades! It’s a bit of a long one, but has lots of nuggets of … --- ## [Global naming poll](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-naming-poll/43354)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/global-naming-poll/43354 "2024-05-31T18:15:13Z")
Since we announced the new Globals feature a few users have politely suggested we call it something else. We’re pretty set on calling them Globals, however, if it’s a unanimous vote against it, we’ll look at changing the… [Previous page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/c/rapidweaver-elements/43.md?page=159) [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/c/rapidweaver-elements/43.md?page=161)