# Website lost control

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [April 19, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433 "2020-04-19T17:17:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433/1 "2020-04-19T17:17:20Z")

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I created a site in 2013 then ignored it and forgot everything I learned. Can I access the version I published last and save it as a new file to modify on my Mac OS 10.13.6?  
[http://activemaurer.com](http://activemaurer.com)

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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:** [April 19, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433/2 "2020-04-19T17:40:06Z")

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Welcome, John!

In theory, Yes.

You’ll need to update and upgrade _RapidWeaver_ itself; then all the themes and addons which will have changed in seven years.

You ought then - bumps you meet along the way with new versions of the software - to be able to load your old _RW_ file into the latest version, and publish it.

Good luck!

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**Author:** ![anugyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@anugyan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anugyan)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433/3 "2020-04-19T17:56:07Z")

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Hi John, as Mark says, you will have to upgrade RW. Your site is small and simple and most could be copy/pasted into a new theme. If you still have your gallery photos, its pretty simple to rebuild it.

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**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/JohnM)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433/4 "2020-04-24T14:18:27Z")

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Thanks much!

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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:** [May 25, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/website-lost-control/32433/5 "2020-05-25T00:18:29Z")

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