Hi @Rubin, I do support for Joe, and have NOT seen a ticket about Cycler and @import page. Are you importing Cycler into a page or having issues with cycler when you import content to a page with it? What version of the Cycler stack do you have?
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Donât wish to sound rude Rubin but if youâre starting threads on here stating âDONâT UPDATEâ in the title and havenât actually contacted the developer(s) regarding whatever issue(s) you are having then it comes across as attention seeking.
I find it astonishing that you expect everything to work seamlessly when you havenât updated for more than 5 years.
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I had this happen as well but I think it was die to the theme. I was on RW5 with a great theme called Qube but when I changed to RW7 I lost the theme and nothing worked. I think the fault lies with the theme not RapidweaverâŚ
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I think you are failing to read properly . Everything, RW, every Stacks, has been updated to the last versions. And BTW I am dealing with what you call modern technology since 1990 starting with Opcode Studio Vision so I guess I am quite experienced about being very careful when it comes to updating, saving, restoring etcâŚ
Same as for SteveB⌠everything RW, Stacks and every stacks has been updated and it didnât work. I trashed all the updated stacks rebuilt the website with RW 5.4 using âoldâ stacks. Now it works.
Ok. As I said I have no time to restart an investigation on something which already costed me too much to my taste. But next time I will have to work on it I will keep your suggestion in mind thank you.
I feel your words 
âpainful, several days, debugging stuff weeks laterâ is exactly what I could escape from if Iâd never updated (in my case I should add âuselessâ as I didnât need more than what I got before but ended with less). Now I am back in stone age and I am ok with it from the moment it just works.
Exactly! Thatâs what I said to me dozen of times when the nightmare began 
Everything became obsolete. Mostly the software.
Some web sites made with RW4 did not work well on RW5 because some addons were not compatible.
Some web sites made with RW5 did not work well on RW6 because some addonsâŚ
Some web sites made with RW6 did not work well on RW7 becauseâŚ
It happened also with other software, even very expensive like Cinema4D.
If some web sites are very important and the addons are not compatible, keep the RW version you need.
And use RW7 and new addons for new projects, because it is much better.
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I think you are completely right. In fact I didnât update during all these year because everything was fine and I already experimented difficult transitions with Logic, Mac Os and audio plugins⌠but I was attracted by the new stuff and finally tried to taste it hahaha. I am not pointing RW here. Just saying, if you donât NEED to update and donât want to take the risk of facing new problems, donât move.
@Sparkoids Normally the migration assistant will bring all your addons over from an older version of RW, so you should never be in a position whereby addons are lost. If you ever need to manually install addons into specific versions of RW, you can easily do so by dragging and dropping them onto your desired RW dock icon. RW will tell you if something is not compatible or canât be located and offer a solution.
Qube has been frequently updated throughout its entire life and those updates have been provided for free. It is a very solid theme used by hundreds of people in thousands of websites. The newer versions definitely are RW7 compatible. This theme even supports RW7 dragged-and-dropped banner images. So any suggestions that Qube is not RW7 compatible is just fairy fantasyâŚ
The advice remains that if you encounter difficulties with an addon after doing an update, you should politely ask the developer for assistance. When you buy an addon, part of what youâre paying for is the support. Donât suffer in silence or start ranting on these forums! Most developers will listen and try to help you. But you have to initiate the conversation yourself. We cannot see what is happening on your screen.
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Excuse we Will I never said anything bad about the Qube theme - I love the thing. I cannot find my subscription details and lost the data on the computer it was on and couldnât recover it from the web was all. All I was saying was it may be the theme not RapidweaverâŚ
I donât understand what all the fuss is about.
All software applications have a âBest before dateâ. Just like Rob Zeeb, I have RW 5, 6, and 7 on my machine, because I know full well that RW has changed [read âimprovedâ] so much over the years that itâs unlikely that a site I built 5 years ago will convert well to RW7.
Thankfully RW 5â7 can coexist on the same machine without causing problems.
However, thereâs another aspect to consider â not only do apps change, but also design tastes. I wouldnât dream of republishing a site from years ago without giving it a design overhaul.
In this case RW7 is a godsend. I recently rebuilt a website, retaining much of its original design, but with less than half the number of stacks that it originally had, reducing its footprint significantly.
DO UPDATE, but keep your old version [If you can afford the space on your machine]
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The guy made a very valid point⌠Donât upgrade if you donât have to.
I read all the posts of this thread. There were many great points and suggestions. Something that is said in a round about way but not directly⌠A BIG PROBLEM WITH RAPIDWEAVER UPDATES is that one upgrade can potentially mean dealing with literally dozens of developers updates. Having things so open to third party devs is a double edged sword. It cuts both ways.
I love and have supported many 3rd party devs. When you talk about upgrading Rapidweaver you are taking on a hell of a project if you want everything to work. The last 3 RW upgrades have felt rushed to market to me. When you read about all kinds of publishing issues months after a release it is a put off because it seems never ending.
The punchline is that Iâm sure soon they will be talking about releasing 8.
Peace to all.
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I disagree with that. IF you keep up, the steps and problems are much smaller. Sure, if youâre jumping several major updates, you will see more things that have to be fixed. RW and developers also need to keep up with technology⌠Google, OS etc.
What happens when your version of RW no longer works on a computer or OS? Having nothing to do with RW⌠just based on new systems and processors? As mentioned before⌠when Photoshop and other programs went 64 bit, older processors could no longer run it.
I applaud the developers at RW and 3rd parties I use, for constantly keeping up with cutting edge technology and updates. On a DAILY basis sometimes. There are better and better ways to do things, so, like all other apps out there⌠it makes sense to me to keep up if you want to not be stuck one day and nothing works.
I am not a programmer, and the only website I build is my own. But as a business person, my website is the most important thing in todayâs market.
Iâve never had any major issues with updating. I know lots of people have. But, that is probably because I keep up and also maintain relationships with those developers whose products I use. First thing: Use developers that are constantly updating, offering new products and responding here in the forum. Second: Reach out to them. They are very helpful. Think about it. They WANT their products to work for you.
So before you complain⌠reach out. And, donât assume everyone else is having the same problems you are. There is such a thing as âuser errorâ. Believe me, I am great at that
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As has been pointed out upgrading to the next release of RW does not have to be âThrow the Switchâ kind of upgrade. I still have RW6 and 7; others have 5, 6 and 7. Upgrading RW isnât like upgrading your OS, the program names arenât even the same. You shouldnât delete your old releases until you are sure everything is working the way you need it to on the new version.
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@Rubin still have not heard anything from you when it comes to my response here two days ago:
We have no ticket from you and we can not help you unless you give us information to find the issueâŚ
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Update regularly and the problems become negligible. This applies not only to Rapidweaver but to software in general.
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Thank you, sorry I have very few time these days to step in RW again but I will send a ticket again.
As far as I (tried to) rebuilt my website from scratch using only updated RW7 and updated stacks I donât think this was the problem.