# RapidWeaver Elements **URL:** https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/c/rapidweaver-elements/43.md?page=96 [Latest](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/categories.md) **Page:** 97 --- ## [Fading Banner Component](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fading-banner-component/49517)
**Author:** [@Printdevil](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Printdevil)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fading-banner-component/49517 "2025-08-13T20:33:30Z")
I am in the process of rebuilding my old RW Classic website https://www.esquireprint.com/ in Elements and you will see I have created a very particular banner style that cycles through three subtly different images. I h… --- ## [Animations](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animations/49769)
**Author:** [@PMUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PMUK)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/animations/49769 "2025-08-13T16:59:17Z")
Attached is a file - not my code - where I have playing with animations of different types, please use and if you can make better please do and let me have improvements back. This sis apply for me to learn how to use HTM… --- ## [Previewing Forum Posts?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/previewing-forum-posts/49760)
**Author:** [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/previewing-forum-posts/49760 "2025-08-13T16:47:56Z")
When posting on the Elements forum, I seem to have lost the ability to preview a post prior to posting it. I am using Safari 18.6 on macOS Sequoia 15.6. Before I start looking into things my end: is anybody else seeing … --- ## [Elements Can't connect to the server](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-cant-connect-to-the-server/49727)
**Author:** [@siamon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/siamon)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-cant-connect-to-the-server/49727 "2025-08-13T16:29:16Z")
What’s happening here? When I try to view a page, I get this error message.: Cannot connect to the server. Then Elements quits. I’ve tried rebooting computer and re-opeing Elements several times. --- ## [Tool for teaching](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tool-for-teaching/49768)
**Author:** [@WOS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WOS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tool-for-teaching/49768 "2025-08-13T16:02:38Z")
I just wanted to make a quick comment. Some people have no idea how a webpage/website works…. and I am finding elements does a great job due to its wysiwyg interface when you try to explain it to someone - people (kids)… --- ## [Updated 3rd Party Template](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/updated-3rd-party-template/49731)
**Author:** [@Sundogg](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Sundogg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/updated-3rd-party-template/49731 "2025-08-13T14:58:16Z")
I purchased a Templays template and built a project in Elements using it. Recently Templays updated the template and I downloaded it. How do I move my existing project to the newer Templays template? There is no import, … --- ## [Upgrade to commercial license path?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/upgrade-to-commercial-license-path/49762)
**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/upgrade-to-commercial-license-path/49762 "2025-08-13T14:36:12Z")
I’ve moved all my sites to Elements - very happy :smiley: I have one site I do for a local tax company - ElmTaxService.com still on RWC It would be nice to not have to deal with classic… Is there any upgrade path to th… --- ## [Conversion from classic to elements](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/conversion-from-classic-to-elements/49735)
**Author:** [@RichardLW](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/RichardLW)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/conversion-from-classic-to-elements/49735 "2025-08-13T14:21:16Z")
I have been using Classic for 16 years, and am not a programer, nor do I do new sites. I basically maintain a half dozen sites about my car restorations, which are finished, and the web site for the company I recently so… --- ## [Tabbed Content Work around](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabbed-content-work-around/49746)
**Author:** [@ajenks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ajenks)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/tabbed-content-work-around/49746 "2025-08-13T14:16:52Z")
I have quite a few pages on a website I’m rebuilding that has tabbed content. I know as of now Elements doesn’t have anything like that built in so I’m looking for ideas that would serve as an alternitive. I’m thinking p… --- ## [Bild in mein Blog Post einfügen CMS Blog](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bild-in-mein-blog-post-einfugen-cms-blog/49698)
**Author:** [@Blumik](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Blumik)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 9:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bild-in-mein-blog-post-einfugen-cms-blog/49698 "2025-08-13T09:35:08Z")
Hallo und Moin, wie mache ich es das ich ein Bild einfügen kann in meinem CMS Blog? irgendwie verstehe ich das noch nicht so. Oder geht es noch nicht !? Ich mache ein MD File und Habe dann meinen Text. Jetzt möchte ic… --- ## [Deleting projects](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740)
**Author:** [@macca](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/macca)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/deleting-projects/49740 "2025-08-13T08:58:29Z")
If I want to clean up and do a fresh start to elements, how do i delete the projects in my dashboard --- ## [Major Bug - Global Resets](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/major-bug-global-resets/49538)
**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/major-bug-global-resets/49538 "2025-08-13T08:56:36Z")
I had done 30 recordings of 70 I goto Audio Flex click unlink from global - then add the Apple Spotify YouTube and Amazon links Just downloaded Gary from Dropbox Audio Player - WOW amazing! Works great! … --- ## [POI Component](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/poi-component/49734)
**Author:** [@upssjw](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/upssjw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/poi-component/49734 "2025-08-12T21:44:03Z")
this is ridiculous, Elements is crazy, so easy, was on holiday in Cornwall last week four lines of code 2 in the image area and 2 in the POI, need a few more controls, took less than 10 mins --- ## [Html in elements has never worked for me](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-in-elements-has-never-worked-for-me/49700)
**Author:** [@graham-sm1th](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/graham-sm1th)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/html-in-elements-has-never-worked-for-me/49700 "2025-08-12T19:55:04Z")
I drag it in and does didlly squat double clicking does nothing and the edit area remains blank, the only place it works is in advanced and pasted into the css classes again where it does nothing but print out on the scr… --- ## [Video not showing up in browsers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/video-not-showing-up-in-browsers/49719)
**Author:** [@Tov](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Tov)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/video-not-showing-up-in-browsers/49719 "2025-08-12T17:32:41Z")
I have a container and in the background short looping video, no sound and a simple menu on top and a container with a grid. It seems to work okay in preview and online in Safari, even on iPad and iPhone but that’s it, a… --- ## [It would be really helpful to have the preview option for all devices as in Classic](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/it-would-be-really-helpful-to-have-the-preview-option-for-all-devices-as-in-classic/49723)
**Author:** [@graham-sm1th](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/graham-sm1th)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/it-would-be-really-helpful-to-have-the-preview-option-for-all-devices-as-in-classic/49723 "2025-08-12T16:23:20Z")
It would be really helpful to have the preview option for all devices as in Classic, rather than uploading and finding things do not display as you expect. For instance I uploaded my site to find that the accordion which… --- ## [Equal Heights Flex items Elements](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/equal-heights-flex-items-elements/49706)
**Author:** [@ajenks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ajenks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/equal-heights-flex-items-elements/49706 "2025-08-12T11:13:20Z")
I can’t get my colunms to equalize, look for some advice. --- ## [ELEMENTS Header sizing and line spacing issue](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-header-sizing-and-line-spacing-issue/49707)
**Author:** [@edfoskey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/edfoskey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-header-sizing-and-line-spacing-issue/49707 "2025-08-12T08:49:02Z")
Hello, I am not new to this forum but am very new to Elements. I have a few pages of a re-design of my website in RW Classic built using the Foundation stacks. I upgraded to elements and am having a problem before I ge… --- ## [Publishing](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing/49709)
**Author:** [@BjoernSG](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BjoernSG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing/49709 "2025-08-12T08:39:34Z")
Hi I am Bjoern and new to this forum and website building in general . I built a site with elements and try to publish FTP Hostname:xxxx Username: xxxx Password: xxxxx Port: 21 now I tried to enter those details and… --- ## [Aspect Ratio Bug](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/aspect-ratio-bug/49649)
**Author:** [@Cablecar69](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Cablecar69)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/aspect-ratio-bug/49649 "2025-08-11T19:57:09Z")
Hi, I think i have found a bug. Im trying to align an image with the amount of text in a 2 column component. When i try to manually change the image aspect ratio at the different breakpoints it stop responding on the sc… --- ## [Visually Building Grids with Elements and Tailwind CSS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/visually-building-grids-with-elements-and-tailwind-css/49692)
**Author:** [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/visually-building-grids-with-elements-and-tailwind-css/49692 "2025-08-11T19:02:06Z")
In this video, @ben takes you through how to build grids in Elements step-by-step. While the main goal is to give potential new users a taste of what Elements can do, I think many of you who are already using it will al… --- ## [Can I build this in Elements?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/can-i-build-this-in-elements/49688)
**Author:** [@ktodhunter](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ktodhunter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/can-i-build-this-in-elements/49688 "2025-08-11T14:02:57Z")
I am probably asking a number of stupid questions here, but please bear with me. I want to build a site that is primarily focused on a few hundred articles (let’s call them posts) that are designed to be read sequential… --- ## [Non-google site traffic statistics solution?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/non-google-site-traffic-statistics-solution/49643)
**Author:** [@refsvik](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/refsvik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/non-google-site-traffic-statistics-solution/49643 "2025-08-11T13:16:29Z")
Not wanting to contribute to the surveillance industry and wanting to avoid a GDPR notification for my visitors, what are my options with regards to logging and displaying traffic data on an Elements site? Regards, Kje… --- ## [Stupid Question of the Day - Sub Pages](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/stupid-question-of-the-day-sub-pages/49481)
**Author:** [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/stupid-question-of-the-day-sub-pages/49481 "2025-08-11T12:52:54Z")
What do you do when you have a blank ‘title’ page and 20 subpages? Do you put content on your ‘title’ page or leave it blank? Like in the picture: books or free or about? Maybe I’m doing it wrong :slight\_smile: lol … --- ## [Dumping Markdown into a Typography Component](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dumping-markdown-into-a-typography-component/49553)
**Author:** [@handshaper](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/handshaper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dumping-markdown-into-a-typography-component/49553 "2025-08-11T10:50:52Z")
While it seems to work as expected, dumping Markdown text into a typography component has some serious limitations, the worst being that because there is no support for lists in the component, any lists in the markdown a… --- ## [New Menu for the project list](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-menu-for-the-project-list/49659)
**Author:** [@Gelbseidenraupe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Gelbseidenraupe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-menu-for-the-project-list/49659 "2025-08-11T09:19:13Z")
In RW classic, it was possible to reuse certain segments via ‘partials’. I wondered how one could create a menu, for example, and then add it to the integrated project list. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything about … --- ## [Where am I adding "Add Resources Folder" from?](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/where-am-i-adding-add-resources-folder-from/49669)
**Author:** [@WOS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WOS)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/where-am-i-adding-add-resources-folder-from/49669 "2025-08-11T08:58:31Z")
Where am i adding “Add Resources Folder” from? The two images that i want are in the resources folder of the left sidebar (highlighted with red “\>”). Or should it be saying “Add From Resources Folder”. But if I add the… --- ## [Elements trial](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-trial/49656)
**Author:** [@WOS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WOS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-trial/49656 "2025-08-11T08:57:26Z")
I’ve downloaded the elements trial. It has unzipped in my downloads folder, but I am unable to drag it into the applications folder. Does it not need to run from the applications folder? --- ## [BUGs: Resources Inspector](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bugs-resources-inspector/49674)
**Author:** [@Pegasus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Pegasus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bugs-resources-inspector/49674 "2025-08-11T07:56:27Z")
Hey RealMacTeam. There are quite a few bugs in the Resources Inspector. When I duplicate an existing .md file in the Resources Inspector, and then rename the duplicate and possibly change some frontmatter data, I run i… --- ## [Laptop and Desktop View Shortcuts Broken](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/laptop-and-desktop-view-shortcuts-broken/49667)
**Author:** [@Printdevil](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Printdevil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/laptop-and-desktop-view-shortcuts-broken/49667 "2025-08-11T01:44:18Z")
When I press Command 1 I can see the site layout for mobile devices. When I press Cmd 2, Cmd 3 and Cmd 4 the layout view increases but Cmd 5 and Cmd 6 no longer work. Is this a bug? [Previous page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/c/rapidweaver-elements/43.md?page=95) [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/c/rapidweaver-elements/43.md?page=97)