Hey Weavers,
We’re back with another beta update for RapidWeaver Classic, this is just a small one as we continue to improve the underlying codebase and fix any remaining issues under macOS Golden Gate.
Lots more good stuff to come, please let us know what you’d like to see in Classic!
What’s New in Beta 2?
- Blog RSS feeds now satisfy W3C validation checks
- Plugin inspector tabs now appear correctly on macOS 13
- Fixed a photo album crash caused by clearing numeric fields
- Continued work on improving the codebase and fixes minor issues
Beta 1 Updates (incase you missed it)
- Classic now requires macOS 12 or later.
- Updated settings, preferences, and built-in plugins for current macOS versions, including macOS 27.
- Added an optional upload speed limit shared across all active remote publishing connections.
- Publishing connection tests now show DNS lookup and TCP connection times.
- Explicit FTPS is now labelled FTPES.
- Amazon S3 publishing now automatically uses the selected bucket’s region.
- Fixed a crash when multiple FTP connections were active.
- Preview export errors now appear on the affected document, avoiding a potential crash.
- Fixed a crash when dragging items in the project outline.
- Fixed a crash when clicking a site resource on macOS 27.
- Fixed a crash caused by folders inside Site Resources when activating a site.
- Clicking Cancel or pressing Escape when removing blog entries no longer deletes them.
- Added authenticated SMTP support to Contact Forms, including Elements Hosting. PHP
mail()remains the default. - Added built-in honeypot spam protection to Contact Forms.
- Fixed MIME formatting in Contact Form emails sent using PHP 8
mail(). - Clearing the SMTP port field no longer causes a crash. Empty ports default to 587.
- SMTP passwords remain saved in the original document but are omitted when a page is copied or duplicated.
- Photo Album thumbnails remain visible when an image cannot be read.
- Clearing numeric settings in Photo Album no longer causes a crash.
Pricing and Beta Availability
This is a free update for everyone with an active Classic licence. To get beta access, open the Preferences window, go to the Updates tab and enable the “Check for Beta updates” option.
Ongoing Support for Classic
We know many of you have built your workflow around RapidWeaver Classic, and we want to reassure you: Classic isn’t going anywhere. We’re continuing to maintain and update it with important improvements, fixes, and optimisations to keep things running smoothly!
Give us your Feedback
As this is a beta please let us know if you run into any issues, or if there are any other long-standing issues you’d like to see fixed and we’ll do out best to get them into the next beta.
Happy Weaving!
