# Publishing Possible, but No Backup **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [November 15, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116 "2016-11-15T08:22:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/1 "2016-11-15T08:22:35Z")
I have a problem with one of my projects: I can upload the site, but when the project starts to backup I get “Couldn’t upload to server”. When I export the project locally, there is no problem to upload the backup from a local directory. Is there any explanation for this? ---
**Author:** ![PaulRussam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/paulrussam/32/198_2.png) [@PaulRussam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PaulRussam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/2 "2016-11-15T15:19:09Z")
You’re probably hitting a limitation imposed by your host on individual file size uploads. Who is your host? ---
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/3 "2016-11-15T15:58:38Z")
> [@PaulRussam](#): > > You’re probably hitting a limitation imposed by your host on individual file size uploads. I don’t think so. If I upload manually there is no problem to upload the backup. The hoster is 1&1 and I have a lot of websites hosted by them. Never seen that before. ---
**Author:** ![swilliam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/swilliam/32/14799_2.png) [@swilliam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/swilliam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/4 "2016-11-15T16:31:09Z")
Just to be clear, you can upload the **RW Project File** manually via ftp? But RW back up won’t? How big is your project file? @PaulRussam may be correct, hosts put limits on file sizes allowed to protect themselves. I thought this was basically for php uploads but it may affect ftp also. I would ask the host if there is a single file size upload limit. Anyone know if the RW backup system uses ftp? ---
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/5 "2016-11-15T18:31:31Z")
[quote=“swilliam, post:4, topic:11116, full:true”] Just to be clear, you can upload the **RW Project File** manually via ftp? But RW back up won’t?[/quote] It’s only the backup file that won’t be upload by RapidWeaver. Uploading by FTP tool works well, so I think it cannot be caused by limited file sizes. And it’s a really small project file (5 MB) ---
**Author:** ![swilliam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/swilliam/32/14799_2.png) [@swilliam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/swilliam)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/6 "2016-11-15T19:06:38Z")
I would ask @dan to chime in on this one. …Guess I just did. ---
**Author:** ![thang](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/thang/32/303_2.png) [@thang](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/thang)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/7 "2016-11-15T23:52:54Z")
Could this recent post be relevant to your issue? > [@Backup option RW7 doesn't work for me](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/backup-option-rw7-doesnt-work-for-me/8744/5): > > It now works. I changed the address from [domain.com](http://domain.com) to [ftp.domain.com](http://ftp.domain.com). I don’t understand how I could upload the site but not the backup and now I can, but at least it works! ---
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-possible-but-no-backup/11116/8 "2016-11-16T06:14:52Z")
> [@thang](#): > > Could this recent post be relevant to your issue? Interesting. Works now.