# Elements export missing rw/styles folder, Julian Hart page unstyled

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-export-missing-rw-styles-folder-julian-hart-page-unstyled/53330>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [December 22, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-export-missing-rw-styles-folder-julian-hart-page-unstyled/53330 "2025-12-22T02:25:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![TVosbein](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tvosbein/32/859_2.png) [@TVosbein](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/TVosbein)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-export-missing-rw-styles-folder-julian-hart-page-unstyled/53330/1 "2025-12-22T02:25:46Z")

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I am using the current release of RapidWeaver Elements and I am seeing a persistent styling problem in one of my projects.

The site is [ronniesaintclair.com](http://ronniesaintclair.com). All pages used to export and publish correctly, but now the “Julian Hart – Turning Toward Love” page appears completely unstyled in the browser. It shows as plain HTML with default fonts and no layout. The URL is:

> **[Turning Toward Love](https://ronniesaintclair.com/julian-hart/turning-toward-love/)**

At first I thought this was a hosting or path issue, but I have now traced it back to the Elements export itself.

Here is what I am seeing:

I use **File → Export Site…** and export to a **brand new empty folder** on my local drive.

- In that exported folder there is **no rw/styles folder at all**.

- As a result, there is **no consolidated.css file** in the export.

- The HTML for the problem page still includes a link to:

```auto
../../rw/styles/consolidated.css?rwcache=…

```

but that file simply does not exist in the exported site.

- Since the stylesheet is missing, the page (and any new pages I add in that section) appear completely unstyled after publishing.

- Other Elements projects export a normal rw/styles folder with consolidated.css, so this seems to be specific to this project.

- I have already tried:

In every case, this project exports **without** an rw/styles folder, so the CSS that the HTML expects is never written.

It feels like the CSS build step for this project has stopped running or has lost its configuration.

My questions:

Is there a known way for a project to end up exporting without rw/styles in Elements?

Is there any way to force Elements to rebuild the project-wide styles or reset whatever controls the consolidated CSS output for a project?

I am happy to send the .elements project file to Realmac if that would help diagnose it.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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**Author:** ![logrunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@logrunner](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/logrunner)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-export-missing-rw-styles-folder-julian-hart-page-unstyled/53330/2 "2025-12-22T11:19:06Z")

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Have you tried using Publish / Publish All Files to a local folder and see if that works?

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**Author:** ![TVosbein](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tvosbein/32/859_2.png) [@TVosbein](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/TVosbein)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/elements-export-missing-rw-styles-folder-julian-hart-page-unstyled/53330/3 "2025-12-22T13:01:43Z")

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Yes. That’s how I have been doing it for a while. No dice.