# Connecting by ftp to server **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [August 24, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/connecting-by-ftp-to-server/50147 "2025-08-24T16:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![traut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@traut](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/traut)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/connecting-by-ftp-to-server/50147/1 "2025-08-24T16:12:34Z")
I have updated from RW 8.5 to RW 9.5, but new classic requires an ftp path in a popup window. My host, [StartLogic.com](http://StartLogic.com), gave me the following info: - **Host** : [ftp.yourdomainname.com](http://ftp.yourdomainname.com) - **Username** : FTP username (Same as your hosting account username or the [FTP account you created](https://ipage.com/help/article/ftp-how-to-create-multiple-ftp-user-logins)) - **Password** : FTP password (Your FTP account password) But the test function in RW classic can not connect. ---
**Author:** ![Heroic\_Nonsense](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/heroic_nonsense/32/20666_2.png) [@Heroic\_Nonsense](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Heroic_Nonsense)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/connecting-by-ftp-to-server/50147/2 "2025-08-26T12:00:47Z")
Hi @traut, First of all, make sure that your host actually uses FTP, and not FTPS or SFTP. If it uses one of those, make sure you set the connection type in RapidWeaver to the right one. RapidWeaver, like all clients, also needs a path (and not just a server). This usually something like [ftp.yourdomain.com/public\_html/](http://ftp.yourdomain.com/public_html/) - make sure you know this too, and enter it. If you’re unsure, open your old project file from RW 8 into RW 9 (RW 9 will ask you to convert it, no worries, it’s safe as it makes a backup first) and check the publishing settings in that file. It should all be there. Cheers, Erwin ---
**Author:** ![traut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@traut](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/traut)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/connecting-by-ftp-to-server/50147/3 "2025-08-26T15:05:42Z")
Thanks for helping with this. My domain host (StartLogic) says that the server is [ftp.startlogic.com](http://ftp.startlogic.com) and that my ftp path is. /public\_html I have entered the above server i.d. + /public\_html as well as [ftp.perihelionproductions.org](http://ftp.perihelionproductions.org) or home/periheli/public\_html or [ftp.perihelionproductions.org/public\_html/](http://ftp.perihelionproductions.org/public_html/) or home/periheli/public\_html But RW 9.5 does not connect with any of the above. The StartLogic support will only give me the info in lines 2 and 3 above, and no further help. Unfortunately, after getting RW9.5, I deleted older versions of RW. The oldest that I still have is RW8.10, but that identifies itself as classic. So I have no older versions to update as you suggest. Does the fact that [ftp.perihelionproductions.org](http://ftp.perihelionproductions.org) turns blue in the lines above have any significance? ---
**Author:** ![Heroic\_Nonsense](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/heroic_nonsense/32/20666_2.png) [@Heroic\_Nonsense](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Heroic_Nonsense)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/connecting-by-ftp-to-server/50147/4 "2025-08-26T16:17:27Z")
Hi @traut, You don’t need an older version of **RapidWeaver** , just an older version of your **project file** (made in RW 8). If you open that file in the new RW Classic, the app will ask you if you’d like to convert it to the new format. If you agree, RWClassic will make a copy of the file (so you’ll still have the old file) and open it for you. It will have retained the publishing settings, including the path. For more general info: You’ll need the full path from your host. For example, my clients get a path like /domains/[clients\_domain\_name]/public\_html. It could be that you’ll need to add something to put in front of “/public\_html“. No one besides your host can tell you what that is. That the ftp address starts with “ftp.”, doesn;t mean that the protocol is FTP. It could very well be SFTP or FTPS. Try plahing around with those and see if one works. That it turns blue in your comment on this forum has no significance I’m afraid. Cheers, Erwin