Hi Dan,
Pretty sure I registered when I purchased RapidWeaver 9 aroud 9 or so months ago.
Tried logging in and it would not recognise my email, so re registering.
I have an old (20yrs?) site that for various reasons - mostly software related I need to update and modernise a bit. I’ve also purchased Foundry, so after much procrastination I’m about ready to get into it. Wish me luck, I’m not overly tech savy.
flypaul.
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Welcome @flypaul, it’s great to have you here!
If you hit any problems or need help, just post a question here on the forum 
Happy Weaving!
I recently was made aware of Elements. I was stirred to do some research. I found it intriguing. I have watch a dozen videos and was impressed. Congratulations, @dan on your accomplishments. I hope the very best.
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Had used RapidWeaver for ages to design websites and then moved to some of the sites like Wix and Squarespace, but have now come back to using RapidWeaver as I find I can do so much more than what I can do elsewhere and am extremely interested in using Elements.
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Hey there, fellow humans +'bots; Shawn King here. I call myself Information Management software enthusiast now… (formerly software engineer in primarily data conversion but a traumatic brain injury ended that).
I manage a number of informational websites for friends now, and we’d like to add online shopping and public posting &c to some. I’ve done many websites by hand for the last 30+ years… quite tired of that! Bought RW 8; dug it, but would’ve req’d many plug-ins to do what I needed. Read about Elements then, so I decided to wait for it. Ended up using EverWeb to do simple informational pieces… but I’m certainly ready for more.
Let me know if I can get the beta and I’ll plan some time to get a site or two published in Elements. I’m excited, as I was upon reading about it 2 years ago!
thank you and nice to be here…
‐‐shawn
I’m Eric Gutierrez, and I’ve been building websites with RapidWeaver for the past 15 years. Looking forward to connecting with others here, learning more, and hopefully sharing some of my own insights along the way. Happy to be part of the community!
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Welcome Shawn, glad to have you back! Reach out to @dan if you did not get onto the Elements beta yet. It’s going to be awesome!
Welcome Eric, reach out to @dan if you want to be a part of the beta program. They open the enrollment in spurts, so if not right away, very soon I’m sure.
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Hi everyone,
I am Nicolas. Been using Rapidweaver classic like 10 years ago? Not sure anymore, but was long time anyway. Mostly I am working with react and develop enterprise applications that are react based. But since I found my company 3 years ago, I was thinking about how easy it was to just run Rapidweaver add anything and upload a static page. Which is in alot of case absolutly enough even today. After reading about Elements I signed up on the forum. And I am just waiting for the release.
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Welcome back!
Hi guys, I used to be a regular user of Rapidweaver and a happy customer of Realmacsoftware a couple of years ago.
Then, other projects popped up and I stopped creating websites for a while.
Now, I have a new website project and wanted to reuse RapidWeaver. But the old version doesn’t work anymore on my new Mac. 
That’s why I hope to get a beta invite soon.
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I’m possibly a little different to most people here. I’ve been looking for the most suitable webpage creation software for years, testing a few here and there, without satisfaction.
This isn’t helped by me not really having a strong sense of what I’m after.
I’m not a designer, and my visual abilities could best be described as “uncoordinated”. I am an amateur programmer (specialising in Swift).
My interest is building dynamic sites using Swift on the Server as a backend, but I struggle with the front end interface.
To date, I’ve been using HTML editors along with templating languages (such as Mustache) or sometimes using the Swift backend to generate the complete HTML on demand.
In short, I figure I need some software which has a balance between WYSIWYG and the ability to customise output. This has been really hard to find.
I find myself a little biased towards Elements for several non-productivity reasons:
- I prefer non-US software (too much cultural dominance already – and a culture I find less and less pleasant by the day
). - I like the concept of Mac orientated software (rather than ported).
- I like that Elements is in early stages with the developers not subject to corporate inertia.
I also choose to use Serif’s Affinity suite for similar reasons.
Despite finding Elements pricing a little strange (for what is essentially a perpetual licence with a maintenance fee, the latter should be a small proportion of the former, not equal to it) I find myself at the precipice of going ahead with an initial purchase.
Before I take the leap, I am curious whether anyone else might be using the software in a way similar to what I’ve described, and whether Elements is the way to go?
Many thanks, and hello to all.
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Hi everyone! I’ve been a long-time fan of RapidWeaver and Stacks collector, using the app for years to create fun websites that showcase my personal projects, like photo albums from trips, weddings and photo blogs, as well as for work where I’ve created websites for theatre productions I’m involved in. As a dramaturg and a teacher of dramaturgy, I’ve found that building websites is an incredible way to share research and ideas with the team. It’s a game-changer for collaboration!
It’s okay if you’ve never heard or seen the word dramaturg (not dramaturge). Most people I know, even theatre professionals, have no idea what dramaturgy is. The running joke among dramaturgs is that if you ask 5 dramaturgs to define what dramaturgy is, you’ll get 10 different answers.
Most dramaturgs I know still rely on the classic “Production Book”—not the stage manager’s prompt book, but a hefty three-ring binder filled with research and notes, often tucked away in the theatre’s literary office. However, I’ve found that moving this process online through a dedicated website revolutionizes accessibility and collaboration. A website allows the creative team, actors, and even the audience to engage with the material easily from anywhere. I love being able to tailor access for different groups—directors, playwrights, or producers—and share public pages with audience notes and backstage glimpses.
While RapidWeaver is fantastic for building these websites without coding, a website’s folder structure has always been a challenge for me when uploading to host servers. That’s why I appreciate tools that simplify the process and let me focus on creativity and content rather than the technical stuff.
I purchased Elements Beta today and am excited to dive in. I was one of the original beta testers, but there was just too much new information coming out that I couldn’t keep up. What I really wish for is more downloadable free Elements projects to see how they’re built. The free RapidWeaver themes and projects were incredibly helpful in getting me started with website design. I know there are videos and manuals instructions for Elements, I’m not a fan of watching videos and I’ve started reading the manuals. What would really help me and I’d really like to see is the “skeleton” of various different finished websites right in Elements on my computer.
Does anyone have a completed website made with Elements that they’d be willing to share? I promise not to copy it and slap my name on it—I just want to explore what it looks like in the app.
Thanks in advance! 
Take alook at the Markerplace, there’s some free projects on there (and more coming soon), just click the Open in Elements 
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Thank you! I’ve looked there. I just want more, I guess.
I found this thread that has some more free examples.
I just downloaded them and will check them out in Elements.
I’ll let you know if I have any issues or suggestions!
Oh, those examples are very old and use the V1 components, stick with the marketplace examples for now (or more recent one’s posted on the forum).
There’s also this Project I’m working on to show off all the components, it might help you better understand how things are put togther. Open Project in Elements.
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Thanks!
If it helps, here’s what I am working on with the "baguettes template:
https://www.destinations2see.online
Still having some problems with the footer, but I’ll hopefully figure out.
What do you need fixing in the footer? If you share your project via Elements Cloud, we can fix it for you (and show you how to fix it).
Can’t send you the link to my project in Elements Cloud. System says:
