# Main 'Publish' button fails **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [January 18, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869 "2021-01-18T16:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![expertsleepers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@expertsleepers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/expertsleepers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/1 "2021-01-18T16:53:43Z")
RW8.7. I can (usually) publish a page by right clicking the page and doing ‘Publish Page’. But clicking the main ‘Publish’ button (top right), after going through all the pages to gather their files etc., just vanishes without ever going into the ftp stage. Any suggestions? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/2 "2021-01-18T17:12:58Z")
When you say “vanish”, is the button gone, or is it disabled? The button should have a dropdown arrow that still works if it’s just disabled. ---
**Author:** ![expertsleepers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@expertsleepers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/expertsleepers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/3 "2021-01-18T17:27:26Z")
The button doesn’t vanish - the export dialog does. I grabbed a video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DbMriayY4CA/maxresdefault.jpg "RapidWeaver publishing issue") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbMriayY4CA) ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/4 "2021-01-18T17:40:03Z")
What does the publishing settings for “my server” look like? ---
**Author:** ![expertsleepers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@expertsleepers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/expertsleepers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/5 "2021-01-18T17:53:39Z")
Like this: ![Screenshot 2021-01-18 at 17.52.47](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/b/2/b2e357475de11d1fc9d69bed6d90d096bacf35cc.png) ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/6 "2021-01-18T19:19:37Z")
Okay, Are any pages showing changes(blue dot)? What happens when you publish all files? ---
**Author:** ![expertsleepers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/da6949/32.png) [@expertsleepers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/expertsleepers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/7 "2021-01-18T19:32:01Z")
Yes, all pages are showing the blue dot for changes. File -\> Re-Publish all files does the same as in my video above - no FTP. But right click-\>publish page successfully starts FTP’ing. ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/8 "2021-01-18T19:39:18Z")
Never seen this before. Unfortunately, I don’t think that we can get publishing logs with the current release. One for ReaMac. @dan @Aaron I’d send an email [support@realmacsoftware.com](mailto:support@realmacsoftware.com) ---
**Author:** ![TomM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tomm/32/265_2.png) [@TomM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/TomM)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/9 "2021-01-18T21:37:39Z")
I have seen this with 8.6. It usually only goes through some the pages to gather their files etc. then stops. My fix is to just click publish again. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/main-publish-button-fails/36869/10 "2021-02-18T07:37:44Z")
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