Hey all,
I am trying to rebuild my website from scratch due to a data loss. Since the original build Elixir has closed and all of the support forum pages are gone, so hoping someone can help me.
I already have credentials and can log into my editor page, but not sure how to link up Alloy’s editor section in RW. It only asks for User Name and Hashed Pass (which I didn’t keep record of). Any insight would be great.
Thanks,
The Alloy Docs are still here Alloy Documentation
Perhaps what you are looking for can be found in there?
Let us know if not.
Unfortunately it does not provide that level of information. At this point since there is no support available for that product or foundry I’ll probably have to move away from using Rapidweaver for the new build.
I don’t know, this page Alloy Editor Settings seems to mention User Name and Hashed Pass.
You sure you’ve reviewed everything on that page? It says on that page to watch the video.
Look at the Quick Start: Editor video on this page: Quick Start | Alloy
It shows you how to setup the credentials (from about 1:30 in the video), so you could set them up again. I have had this happen to me in the past and recovered it this way.
Hi @fundingninja ,
You can’t recover your existing password from the hash, but you can set up a new one by following the steps in the video that’s embedded in the documentation.
It deploys a built-in feature that you switch on and republish the page, in which you then enter your desired password and it returns the hash. You then copy that hash, and paste it in the Editor properties in RapidWeaver. Upload the page and the password has been changed. Switch the feature back off im RapidWeaver to display the actual editor again.
Let me know if I can help - I’m a professional Foundry and Alloy user and have build quite a few websites based on both.
Cheers,
Erwin
I hope you can give me the hint. I did some blogs on my website but as all docu is gone I have one question. I pulish the editor with “setup password” marked. Yet I can’t remember what page I have to go to copy the code to set in the editor hashed pass.
thanks for any help
peter
Hi @legi1,
The page you need to visit is just your editor page. With the checkbox marked, the page will change from a logon page to a page where you can generate a hash. You then republish the page with the check disabled to remove this feature, which replaces it with login page.
I know what a mess Alloy and Foundry users are currently in. Not only has the creator of both products left the business and taken down the support sites and documentation, but he also found it necessary to mark the videos used on the doc pages as “private” on Youtube, so that the archived documentation is incomplete (the videos form a big part of the documentation).
I’ve tried to convince the creator of Alloy and Foundry to put the videos back up on Youtube, but he doesn’t respond.
For users reading this in the future and have no idea what I’m on about:
Add a new page, and give it a recognisable URL (like /editor or /logon)
Set the page’s theme to “Foundry”
Drag the Foundry base stack (or Control Center, depending on your version of Foundry) to the page
Drag the Alloy Editor stack to the page
In the Alloy Editor stack’s settings, expand the “Credentials” category, and enter your desired user name
Also in the Alloy Editor stack’s settings, expand the “Password Setup” category, and check the “Setup password” option
Publish the page
Visit the published page, and generate a password hash by entering your desired password and copy the hash to your Mac’s clipboard
Go back to RapidWeaver, and uncheck “Setup Password” (which you previously checked in step 6)
In the Alloy Editor stack’s settings, under “Credentials”, paste the hash from step 8 in the “Hashed Pass” field
Republish the page again
Visit the republished page, and there should now be a login screen where the hash generator was in step 6. Enter your username, and the password you used to create a hash in step 6
The Alloy Editor should now load
Cheers,
Erwin
