# Viewing exported site hosted locally: problems viewing locally in browser

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/viewing-exported-site-hosted-locally-problems-viewing-locally-in-browser/2523>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [September 14, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/viewing-exported-site-hosted-locally-problems-viewing-locally-in-browser/2523 "2015-09-14T03:06:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dailaoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dailaoshi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dailaoshi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/viewing-exported-site-hosted-locally-problems-viewing-locally-in-browser/2523/1 "2015-09-14T03:06:48Z")

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I’ve created a site for my tenure review portfolio. It uploads fine by FTP to my own domain. But I can’t host it here for the review process. After exporting locally, I noticed that it’s not possible to navigate through the site in a browser when hosted locally. Is this normal? A window opens when clicking on a link, and I must click the index.html file for each page I wish to access. I thought it was possible to navigate through the entire site, even locally in a browser.

Thanks in advance. Need to figure this out soon. Upcoming deadline.

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**Author:** ![MarkSealey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/marksealey/32/22895_2.png) [@MarkSealey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarkSealey)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/viewing-exported-site-hosted-locally-problems-viewing-locally-in-browser/2523/2 "2015-09-14T04:19:29Z")

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Could [this](http://blog.chillidogsoftware.com/2014/06/02/the-bark-and-bite-behind-filelinks-in-rapidweaver/) help? Or [this](http://help.realmacsoftware.com/hc/en-us/articles/202196362-Project-Settings)?

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**Author:** ![dailaoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dailaoshi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dailaoshi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/viewing-exported-site-hosted-locally-problems-viewing-locally-in-browser/2523/3 "2015-09-14T04:35:51Z")

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Many thanks, Mark. Last time I did this, there were issues after uploading a .zip file and unpacking everything. After changing settings to “cruftless links” (tidy now?), the site worked properly in Desire2Learn, where I must host it.

Hopefully, it will work again this time. I could do the site within D2L itself. But the RW site looks so much better.

Thanks again!

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**Author:** ![dailaoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@dailaoshi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dailaoshi)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/viewing-exported-site-hosted-locally-problems-viewing-locally-in-browser/2523/4 "2015-09-14T06:04:25Z")

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Nope. Not working on D2L nor locally on browser. Files in Resources folder, however, do seem to work (on D2L).