# Publishing ProblemLocally

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [August 30, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527 "2019-08-30T08:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Rabbitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@Richard\_Rabbitt](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Richard_Rabbitt)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527/1 "2019-08-30T08:28:00Z")

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Hi All,

I am sure I am being daft, but I have just published my site locally, looks to be all there, but I cannot seem to see anything in Safari. What is the main page to open, or is it something different ?

RR

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**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527/2 "2019-08-30T09:18:02Z")

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When you say ‘published locally’ do you mean exported? If so, look for the index.html or index.php file in the export folder and open that in Safari.

Rob

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**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:** [August 30, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527/3 "2019-08-30T11:29:43Z")

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You shouldn’t just try looking for index.html or index.php to attempt to preview a locally published website. Web pages are designed to be served by a web server. Browsers don’t know what to do with things like PHP and chances are the navigation won’t work.

If you are looking to preview your site in a browser you can right-click the page in RapidWeaver and choose the preview with option and select any browser you have installed on your Mac. RapidWeaver has a web server including PHP built in.

Otherwise you can install a complete web server on your Mac like [MAMP](https://www.mamp.info/en/) to server the pages correctly.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Rabbitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@Richard\_Rabbitt](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Richard_Rabbitt)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527/4 "2019-08-30T16:06:57Z")

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Hi Doug,

Many thanks for the explaining the position. I will use the inbuilt system as you suggest.

Really appreciate your help.

Best Regards

Richard

Richard Brewer

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**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:** [September 30, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-problemlocally/28527/5 "2019-09-30T02:14:21Z")

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