# Moving from Classic to Elements - 2 months in **URL:** \ **Category:** Elements\ **Created:** [July 28, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137 "2026-07-28T21:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jamie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Jamie1](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Jamie1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/1 "2026-07-28T21:28:53Z")
A quick post to share my experience of moving away from Classic/Stacks and completely rebuilding a 350 page website with Elements. My Classic site still works but was built with Source (no longer supported) and quite a few other ‘stacks’ that aren’t supported now either. It was time to move on. It’s been a very positive experience I started by watching YouTube videos and had a lot of very basic questions which were answered on here. The new site isn’t finished it will probably take me a few more weeks and then a lot of refining after that. Elements is fast and I love that I no longer have to keep switching between edit/preview. There is a learning curve but it’s worth it. It’s time to say goodbye to the Classic/Stacks setup was great at the time but feels out of date now and likely heading for a well earned retirement. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/2 "2026-07-28T22:04:40Z")
Very good…. 350 pages is a lot of work… hopefully some were CMS and made for an easy transition… Globals are your friend 🙂 Congratulations on your change! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/3 "2026-07-28T22:14:28Z")
Btw… after completely transitioning all my sites to elements - I had wanted to delete classic and all my files - DON’T Hard drive space is cheap… and a couple of months later I needed some graphics from the classic site… So - Save for now… ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/4 "2026-07-29T08:48:09Z")
That’s awesome to hear the move is going so well for you! Do let us know if you get stuck or need any help, we’re always around ☺ ---
**Author:** ![ajenks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ajenks/32/34693_2.png) [@ajenks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ajenks)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/5 "2026-07-29T17:14:23Z")
350 pages 🤯 oh my.. That hurts just to think about. Congrats on taking the leap. ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/6 "2026-07-29T17:16:53Z")
> [@ajenks](#): > > That hurts just to think about. It only hurts the first time. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![ajenks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ajenks/32/34693_2.png) [@ajenks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ajenks)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/moving-from-classic-to-elements-2-months-in/57137/7 "2026-07-29T17:19:36Z")
True! and I can attest to that…lol