We’ve been exploring this internal and with the backend we created for the Form/CMS part of Elements we think this would be very doable. However, I have a few questions for you…
What do you currently use? and what are the essential features you need for a “private members page”? Do you just want to protect a page with a single password? or do you need more features?
Moving sites is the one thing stopping me from switching to Elements because of the time involved . I’d settle for structure as shown in the video, but if there’s some way of retaining at least some of the style settings, that would be a godsend.
Thanks!
KT
@dan I know you weren’t asking me but … 
I am using Sitelok from Vibralogix (which is Elements friendly as it has Elements Components) for my site which has private members pages where each member has their own id and password. This is a very comprehensive solution.
For a more basic function, I would think it would be useful to provide a similar function to the RW Classic Page Safe stack which is quite simple compared to what Sitelok offers.
I used Page Safe until I “upgraded” to Sitelok. 
Good news 
Elements 1.2 is now live, it includes a beta of the Classic Project Import feature.
Please take it for a spin, and let us know what you think!
Hi Dan, Good morning from Australia. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I use PageSafe and a simple 7 digit password to allow members to access the private page. The page contains things like members contact details, meeting minutes, newsletters etc. I don’t need anything complicated just something to keep these sort of things private.
Thanks,
Ken
PS I have attached the website address or one of my sites to give you an idea of what I need.
Ken Farrow
Secretary
Lions Club of Torquay
torquaylionsclub@icloud.com
Hi Dan, Good morning from Australia. Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I use PageSafe and a simple 7 digit password to allow members to access the private page. The page contains things like members contact details, meeting minutes, newsletters etc. I don’t need anything complicated just something to keep these sort of things private.
Thanks,
Ken
PS I have attached the website address or one of my sites to give you an idea of what I need.
Ken Farrow
Secretary
Lions Club of Torquay
torquaylionsclub.org.au
Dan the video is useful in terms of showing how the structure can be recreated but do think to import content would be really important as well?
The other thing I couldn’t figure out is to do with CMS. 99% of websites I have built use classic, stacks, f6 and total CMS. How could this work?
Elements can replace those 4 other separate systems for you (classic, stacks, Foundation, and total CMS), and working in one cohesive environment has many advantages 
I think the best way to get started is to build a test project in Elements, download the trial, play around see how you get on, then come back and ask any specific questions.
Regarding the CMS, the basics are usable, but it is still in development. We’re also working on writing the documentation, doing videos, and finishing the other CMS components.
Hope that helps.
Perfect, that’s good to know!
Just got in and updated and tried new importer. It crashed on 3 projects and I’ve sent crash reports. I can not get it to work on my own projects. Tried loading one of the sample projects it comes with and bobs your uncle it worked. So here’s my question, I converted most of my sites from RW8 to Classic when I got it so ids this the problem? They’re not pure native classic projects? TIA
@PMUK We may have already fixed the issues that are affecting your projects… Can you send them over so we can ensure the new build we’re preparing works with your projects - forumsupport@realmacsoftware.com
If you have fixed this as this is a major game changer. A lot of people on another forum moaned about Classics being a “subscription” set up and they were staying with RW8 and if you can get these into ELEMENTS as well then WOOOOOWWW!
It is a good start. What makes me hesitate is that we are a small nonprofit organization, but our website has hundreds of pages. Recreating the website in Elements and then moving all the content - typically Stacks with text and images - into Elements seems daunting. What’s worse that I am now retired and the new guy knows enough about Classic to duplicate a page and them add new content. I will give the import features a try, though.
I’m thinking especially of structured data here, plus some sort of SEO checklist or automated checker (incl. checking for duplicate pages - like index.html and index.php in the same folder, or duplicate SEO content) before publishing, that reminds of missing essential SEO data. And proper 404 handling, if that’s something that can be handled from within elements.
Basically we need the functionality of the SEO helper stack, which is used in RW&Stacks.
Hi Dan, Thanks for this feature. I think it is great.
I do just want to say that as up to now I have been building all Classic projects from scratch in Elements and here is what I have found:
Thanks for all the work
This will be a good addition in Elements. I am using Sentry.
Any tools for importing a Classic site into Elements will help, and the more extensive they are, the better.
Classic:
I started building websites about five years before I found RapidWeaver — yes, even before version 2 — when I was struggling to make WordPress work as something other than a blog site, i.e. to make it more static. Not to mention a website host that charged per page, which were more geared towards big corporations!
I held my breath when the four guys from southern Wales decided to stop developing RapidWeaver as an Apple application and develop their own platform. It worked seamlessly.
In other words, I have been faithful to RapidWeaver from the beginning. No coding required. No need to worry about Tailwind or Bootstrap… just build!
Among the thousands spent on themes, stacks, plug-ins and so on, I purchased Foundry, but found that my page designs rarely worked as I had anticipated. Then came Ulkit-3, with which I have built the most amazing sites that have garnered compliments about how professional they look.
When I recently wrote that I intend to stick with Classic, people wished me well but suggested that I move to Elements. It’s not that simple.
I am a book publisher. I publish books. I also build sites for one corporation (with dozens of sub-domains for each HTML book) as well as weekly blogs.
In other words, I don’t have time to worry about whether Elements or Classic works right now. The truth is that, with all my publishing workload, I have not yet had the time to look at Elements, much less take a closer look. The prospect of engaging with any form of coding is enough to cause me to experience a state of extreme anxiety.
I love Ulkit-3, which comes with demo sites from which I can simply copy and paste any design elements I like.
If and when Elements allows me to seamlessly transfer my numerous Ulkit-3 sites and spares me the word ‘coding’, I will stop holding my breath (well, I’m not) and make the leap.
I will stay with RapidWeaver, which is not free. We are told that Classic is not going anywhere. However, I have found that there is no support for Classic users. I sent in a question more than two weeks ago and have not received a reply. It seems that all support is directed towards Elements users. My two-user renewal is coming up soon, so there is much to think about.
So sorry you’ve not had a reply. this certainly shouldn’t be the case, we do our best to reply to all emails within hours, or days at most (if it’s over the weekend).
I’ve just checked our help desk, and can’t find any recent emails from you — the last emails we received from you were in August and September of 2023.
Perhaps the email got lost or blocked. Can you try sending your support request again? support@realmacsoftware.com (or we can help you here on the forum, if that’s easier).