# Accessing files from Rapidweaver

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879 "2019-07-17T05:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![tbond75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@tbond75](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tbond75)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/1 "2019-07-17T05:00:45Z")

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Is there a way to FTP site files through a different FTP client? I am having serious issues trying to get my site to publish. My hosting company believes it has something to do with the native file transfer in Rapidweaver.

Pretty weird, I have another Rapidweaver site hosted by the same company but it is easily updated.

I would appreciate any help… I need to get this site up as soon as possible.

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**Author:** ![thang](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thang/32/303_2.png) [@thang](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thang)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/2 "2019-07-17T06:37:54Z")

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Always worth a search first on the forum. Most questions have answers here already:

[http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/search?q=ftp%20client](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/search?q=ftp%20client)

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**Author:** ![tbond75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@tbond75](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/tbond75)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/3 "2019-07-17T13:06:41Z")

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I already did. I didn’t find a solution.

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/4 "2019-07-17T15:38:32Z")

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Change your publishing method settings to a local folder (from FTP or SFTP) and choose a folder (empty).  
The use a standalone ftp like transmit or FileZilla to publish the files from the local folder to the host

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**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/5 "2019-07-17T16:29:57Z")

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You can simply “File \> Export Site” the project to a local folder, upload to your server using an FTP client of your choice (Transmit seems to be the most popular these days but there are plenty)

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**Author:** ![thang](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thang/32/303_2.png) [@thang](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thang)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/6 "2019-07-17T16:53:39Z")

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> [@Problems publishing/signing into ftp server](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/problems-publishing-signing-into-ftp-server/27877/2):
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> You could publish your files to a local folder and then try to publish using FileZilla. I’m not sure exactly what you mean here. You said you would “restarted RW and it would publish a few times“, did those changes not show up? You should probably go through the steps outlined here: [https://help.realmacsoftware.com/en/articles/1905457-how-to-fix-ftp-publishing-issues](https://help.realmacsoftware.com/en/articles/1905457-how-to-fix-ftp-publishing-issues)

[https://help.realmacsoftware.com/en/articles/1905457-how-to-fix-ftp-publishing-issues](https://help.realmacsoftware.com/en/articles/1905457-how-to-fix-ftp-publishing-issues)

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/accessing-files-from-rapidweaver/27879/7 "2019-08-17T02:53:46Z")

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