# Subpages in Rapidweaver (and MediaTemple Tips)

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [May 8, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062 "2018-05-08T07:56:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![mokane99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mokane99](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mokane99)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/1 "2018-05-08T07:56:29Z")

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This question concerns adding additional pages long after the orginal website is created. So, let’s say I have a web page with the following structure:

[http://mywebpage.com/index.html](http://mywebpage.com/index.html)  
[http://mywebpage.com/1.html](http://mywebpage.com/1.html)  
[http://mywebpage.com/2.html](http://mywebpage.com/2.html)  
[http://mywebpage.com/3.html](http://mywebpage.com/3.html)

Years pass.

Now, I’d like to create a page 4 and a page 5. Page 4 will be like a sub-index linking to page 5, with a different theme (thanks, Multithemes!) and utterly unrelated content.

I created the two pages in a new Rapidweaver project.

Now I’d like to publish them. But the \*.rw project will only publish to a new “index.html” page and that will destroy the existing site.

Yes, I know I can add these pages using the original theme, but I want to use the new theme.

What is the “best practices” way of accomplishing this with Rapidweaver?

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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/2 "2018-05-08T12:05:10Z")

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You haven’t mentioned whether or not you still have the original project file. If you do, convert it to the new RW format and add new pages to it, using any theme you want.

Sifting through the [Knowledge Base](https://help.realmacsoftware.com/support/solutions/36000008897) and the RapidWeaver manual should help you sort out this issue.

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**Author:** ![mokane99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mokane99](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mokane99)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/3 "2018-05-08T12:30:43Z")

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Can sub-pages have different themes from the theme assigned to the main index.html page?

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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/4 "2018-05-08T12:56:26Z")

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Every page / subpage can have a different theme applied. From the designer’s point of view, this may not be desirable, though.

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**Author:** ![mokane99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mokane99](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mokane99)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/5 "2018-05-10T02:53:14Z")

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Adding sub-pages to existing Rapidweaver site on MediaTemple

MediaTemple creates a hidden “html” file under your domain. Files must be uploaded to a segregated directory under that html directory (e.g., [mydomain.com/html/new+directory](http://mydomain.com/html/new+directory)) If you create a subdirectory directly under your domain, e.g., ([mydomain.com/new+directory](http://mydomain.com/new+directory)) the new pages will not be found and cannot be accessed on the web. So this is what you have to do:

1. Create new RW project.
2. Publish your project locally.
3. Find your domain listing on host (remote server)
4. Open “html” subdirectory (e.g., "/mydomain.com/html
5. Create subdirectory so that: /mydomain.com/html/new+directory
6. Enter new empty subdirectory.
7. Upload RW site to empty directory /mydomain.com/html/new+directory/index.html (and all the other RW files in your project).

Now you can access “[mydomain.com/new+directory/index.html](http://mydomain.com/new+directory/index.html)” from the web.

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/6 "2018-05-10T03:12:03Z")

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You can do this easily with a slight workaround.  
Make a new project and add the required home page set to the root  
Name the file dummy.html (or what ever you want)  
Set it to not show in navigation  
Add a second page with the folder and file name (usually index.html but can be whatever you wish)  
Publish

Normally, all pages are named index… and you name the folder  
So your example above all files would be index.hrml but each would be in a folder named for the page.

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**Author:** ![mokane99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mokane99](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mokane99)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/7 "2018-05-19T08:14:36Z")

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How do you “set it to not show in navigation”? (referring to the new “dummy.html”)

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**Author:** ![DLH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DLH](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DLH)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/8 "2018-05-19T11:40:24Z")

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Uncheck the “show in navigation” checkbox in the General Settings of the inspector panel.

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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:** [June 18, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/subpages-in-rapidweaver-and-mediatemple-tips/20062/9 "2018-06-18T21:40:26Z")

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