# RW Publishing when using Cloudflare

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-publishing-when-using-cloudflare/18240>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Tags:** publishing, rapidweaver\
**Created:** [January 25, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-publishing-when-using-cloudflare/18240 "2018-01-25T18:52:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mark](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mark/32/145_2.png) [@mark](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mark)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-publishing-when-using-cloudflare/18240/1 "2018-01-25T18:52:30Z")

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Hi

I’m using RW Version 7.5.5 (18814), I’ve enabled Cloudflare on the site, SSL option is turned on and I have https working.

I have a subdomain setup that, that already has a site published to it, that I’m trying to update/publish to from Rapidweaver. When I do I get an “offline” error, as if my username/password is wrong.

I can sign in using Forklift as an ftp client, with the same sign in credentials.

If I ‘pause’ Cloudflare publishing from RW works again.

I’ve tried setting Cloudflare to bypass ftp, but that hasn’t worked.

If anyone has had a similar experience or can provide some pointers to help me resolve I’d appreciate it.

Many thanks

Regards

Mark

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**Author:** ![joeworkman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joeworkman/32/23780_2.png) [@joeworkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joeworkman)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-publishing-when-using-cloudflare/18240/2 "2018-01-25T21:21:04Z")

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You cannot FTP into a subdomain that is managed through Cloudflare. You need to setup another alias inside CF that is disabled.

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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:** [January 31, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-publishing-when-using-cloudflare/18240/3 "2018-01-31T21:21:12Z")

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