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The Summit is About to Start 🎉

Joe Workman
Joe Workman
WS TEAM
·Posted in Announcements
Check your inboxes for the zoom links to attend. The pre-day hangout will begin in just 30mins. Maybe some people are already there... If you purchased your ticket this morning and have not gotten an email yet. Another one will go out at 10am PST when the summit begins. I am giving the first talk this year so I will not be able to help anyone with links until at least 11am PST. THE ACADEMY SITE IS ONLY FOR REPLAYS. THE SUMMIT IS ON ZOOM. THE LINKS ARE IN THE EMAIL.
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MapMax 1.5.6

Jochen Abitz
Jochen Abitz
DEV
·Posted in 3rd Party Updates
https://stackswork.com/projects/mapmax
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DotFlow 1.1.0

Jochen Abitz
Jochen Abitz
DEV
·Posted in 3rd Party Updates
https://stackswork.com/projects/dotflow
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RapidWeaver tries to contact scammy domains when opening a project

Beatrix Willius
·Posted in Stacks
Since 2 weeks or so Rapidweaver tries to contact scammy domains when I open my main project. I see a connection dialog in Little Snitch. The website at www.mothsoftware.com and it's TotalCMS 1 blog continue to work fine. The other projects for the domains manual.mothsoftware.com and messages.mothsoftware.com do not show this issue. I did some tests with the help of ChatGPT of greping the main RapidWeaver project file. There are no obvious obfuscated Javascripts. Any ideas what might cause this? What else can I try?
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Foundation 6 Form issue

Brad Miller
Brad Miller
SPEAKER
·Posted in Stacks
I have a F6 form on a webpage at https://TandemMarriage.com/contact I have the FROM email address set, and yet the auto reply emails show they are from a different address (which is my hosts server). Any idea how I can fix this?
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Newbies on RW & Stacks?

Steve Mouzon
Steve Mouzon
SUMMIT
·Posted in Stacks
If I were trying to steer someone toward Stacks and the Weaver's Space ecosystem, is there a path forward at this point, or has realmacsoftware created what you might call a hard fork with RW Elements? Seems like I recall hearing that RW Classic is essentially a dead end at this point, right? I'm on RW8, version 8.9.3 which still works fine, FWIW.
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Any Live tonight

Dave Shea
Dave Shea
SUMMIT
·Posted in The Pub
for those people that can not afford or have time for the up and comminig summit,
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FormSnap form sending but not arriving...

David Jenner
David Jenner
·Posted in Stacks
I have an old website I have built in Foundation using FormSnap 3.0.11 with a contact form on this page... https://www.lawrencedawson.co.uk/existing-client/ Up until recently the form has worked fine but for some reason has stopped working. Thinking this might be a hosting issue I contacted Names.co.uk to explain but they are sure this would be nothing to do with them and an issue with the FormSnap Stack. I changed the FormSnap recipient settings to my own email address and tested it and it worked fine. When I switched it back to my client's email address the form sends but is not received by my client. I could try using the "Use SMTP" setting but I would need to know what settings to put in the boxes. Any help gratefully received. David
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Getting Total CMS to work on IIS on windows server.

Scott Steven
Scott Steven
·Posted in Total CMS 3
To save anyone else the trials and tribulations of getting Total CMS 3 running on IIS, here is what finally worked for me. Set up the site as usual. One strong recommendation: use PHP Manager for IIS. It makes managing PHP on IIS much easier and saves you from manually editing php.ini for every little change. You can get it here: https://docs.lextudio.com/phpmanager/ In my experience, PHP Manager is much cleaner and far less painful than editing configuration files by hand. When IIS is configured, it will create a web.config file for you in the root of your project. Think of this as the IIS equivalent of an .htaccess file on Apache. The important point is this: The rewrite/config changes need to go in the root-level web.config file, not buried inside the tcms folder. Open the web.config file in a text editor and paste the required configuration after the closing </handlers> tag and before the closing </system.webServer> tag. Once that is in place, save the file and refresh the site. Voila — the Total CMS 3 admin route works correctly on IIS. Why put it at the project root? Because if you update Total CMS 3 later, anything inside the tcms folder could potentially be overwritten or changed. Keeping the IIS-specific configuration at the root level protects your setup and makes future updates much safer. Key takeaways: Use PHP Manager for IIS to simplify PHP setup. PHP Manager documentation: https://docs.lextudio.com/phpmanager/ Let IIS create the root web.config. Add the required rewrite/config rules at the project root. Do not place this inside the tcms folder. Keeping it at root level helps prevent future Total CMS 3 updates from breaking your configuration. Hope this saves someone else a few hours of head scratching. anyways we are just adding the rewrite rules to the file you can copy paste from below or tell AI to merge the one it created with these rules . Onto next project <rewrite> <rules> <!-- Total CMS (tcms) — Apache equivalents: rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/.htaccess rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/public/.htaccess --> <rule name="TCMS prefix public folder" stopProcessing="false"> <match url="^rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/(.*)$" ignoreCase="true" /> <conditions> <add input="{REQUEST_URI}" pattern="tcms/public/" negate="true" ignoreCase="true" /> </conditions> <action type="Rewrite" url="rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/public/{R:1}" appendQueryString="true" /> </rule> <rule name="TCMS front controller" stopProcessing="true"> <match url="^rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/public/(.*)$" ignoreCase="true" /> <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll"> <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" /> <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" /> </conditions> <action type="Rewrite" url="rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/public/index.php" appendQueryString="true" /> </rule> </rules> </rewrite>
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Wow. I did it... 😍

Joe Workman
Joe Workman
WS TEAM
·Posted in The Pub
For those that are going to attend the summit this weekend, you are going to be the first to see the future of how we are going to build sites with Stacks. I know that I have been focusing a lot on Total CMS and AI for a while. My goal was to bring it all full circle before the summit. Today I got the first glimpse of that. I cannot wait to show it off at the summit on Friday... I hope to see you there!
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    Joe Workman

    Wow. I did it... 😍

    For those that are going to attend the summit this weekend, you are going to be the first to see the future of how we are going to build sites with Stacks. I know that I have been focusing a lot on Total CMS and AI for a while. My goal was to bring it all full circle before the summit. Today I got the first glimpse of that. I cannot wait to show it off at the summit on Friday... I hope to see you there!
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    Chris Powers

    Stacks Guru got a little polishin' up!

    Just wanted to introduce/re-introduce y'all to Stacks Guru! If you didn't know, there's this little site I built called Stacks Guru and it allows you to search the spoken word of several of our little community's video creators! I've spent some time lately fixing a few issues and polishing up the filters and search. It's powered by Total CMS 3 and BetterSiteHost, so if you think it's pretty snappy to navigate, that's why!
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    Graham Smith

    Thank You Chris Powers

    Thank you so much Chris for your patience in sorting out my problem with implementing the TCMS to adjust the text angle on my bible accordion. and the simple solution of using the folder stack for tidying up the swatches into easily findable tabs. God Bless! Graham
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    Joe Workman

    ⚡ WS Summit 2026 Schedule

    We’re thrilled to announce that the final schedule for the WS Summit 2026 is now ready! Prepare yourself for an exciting lineup of talks, spanning across three action-packed days. To ensure you don’t miss a moment of insight, innovation, and inspiration, we’ve meticulously mapped out the schedule for you. (talk times are subject to change) For your convenience, we’ve also created a way for you to integrate this schedule directly into your personal calendar. Please visit the Weavers Space Calendar to subscribe. Once subscribed, you’ll have all the talks and their times at your fingertips, automatically adjusted to your local timezone. Speaking of time zones, we understand they can be a bit tricky. The first talk each day will start at 10am PST. If you’re unsure what this translates to in your local time, please use this handy tool: Check Your Time Zone. And remember, if you subscribe to the calendar, the timing will automatically be converted to match your calendar app’s settings. This Summit promises to be our best yet, filled with engaging talks and invaluable insights. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to our community, there’s something for everyone. Don’t forget to mark your calendars and subscribe for a seamless Summit experience. We can’t wait to share these incredible days with you. Already got your ticket? You will be getting an email with all of the links to attend the stream tomorrow. I cannot wait to see you there! Still need to get your ticket? It's not too late to still get your ticket. Don't miss out on all of the awesome talks and the cool Stacks 6 reveals. See you at the Summit! Cheers, Joe

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Total CMS 3.5.0 RC1 has Automations and MCP

Last night I dropped the Total CMS 3.5.0 release candidate version onto the community. This means that the feature set for this HUGE release is locked in. Today I will be reviewing the latest 2 big ...

Multi-Language Content in Total CMS 3

I added new multi-language property support into Total CMS 3.5. It will allow you to easily manage many different language content for your websites. The translations are still up to you (or AI) but ...

Total CMS 3.5 Beta Sneak Peek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WKTy7cHEwc

I have been hard on the new version of Total CMS: Site Builder. Extensions. CLI. One-command Composer install. This is the biggest T3 release I've ever shipped.

The new Site Builder lets T3 power ...

Columnist 3.0 is here! Come check it out

I've been working on Columnist 3 for the last few weeks and it's finally ready to show off. In today's live stream, I will walk through all the new features.

Columnist 3 is basically a newspaper style ...

Its been a while... Let's hangout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uknCaXSJP0U

Everything seems to move at 200mph this year! I have been working so hard on Total CMS that it feels like I just blinked and realized that it's been too long since I have gone live. 

If you did not ...

Total CMS 3 - You Ask, I Teach Hangout

Total CMS 3 Live Q&A Hangout

Click Here to Join Zoom at 11:30am PST

Following the release of the Total CMS 3 announcement email yesterday, I've received an good number of inquiries. Therefore, I believe today is the perfect ...

Total CMS 3 - Building a Blog with Comments

Yesterday's live stream was a flop. So I wanted to do a take two today. I shipped Total CMS v3.1.3 yesterday and it added some nice features that make it possible to add a commenting system into your ...

2025 Year in Review + Total CMS 3 Launch Party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYChiIH7GU

It’s the last day of 2025 and I made it... I shipped Total CMS 3 this year. I had less than 24 hours to go but I did it! I was planning on doing a live stream to review about all of the great stuff ...

Big Updates! Total CMS 3, F6 SpamGuard, and Folder + Pen

Today I thought I would review some really great updates that had recently shipped or will be shipping soon. 

I have been noticing users across the web getting hammered by bots on their forms. Even if ...

Announcements

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The Summit is About to Start 🎉

Check your inboxes for the zoom links to attend. The pre-day hangout will begin in just 30mins. Maybe some people are already there... If you purchased your ticket this morning and have not gotten an email yet. Another one will go out at 10am PST when the summit begins. I am giving the first talk this year so I will not be able to help anyone with links until at least 11am PST. THE ACADEMY SITE IS ONLY FOR REPLAYS. THE SUMMIT IS ON ZOOM. THE LINKS ARE IN THE EMAIL.

Stacks Guru MCP Server is LIVE!! 🎉

Add the MCP server to your AI of choice and talk with all the videos on Stacks Guru!!! I was playing around with it and it told me some pretty great and funny info! 🤣 https://stacksguru.com/rw_common/plugins/stacks/tcms/mcp

Stacks Guru got a little polishin' up!

Just wanted to introduce/re-introduce y'all to Stacks Guru! If you didn't know, there's this little site I built called Stacks Guru and it allows you to search the spoken word of several of our little community's video creators! I've spent some time lately fixing a few issues and polishing up the filters and search. It's powered by Total CMS 3 and BetterSiteHost, so if you think it's pretty snappy to navigate, that's why!

Free Total CMS 3 Lite license for every summit attendee 🎁

Big news for this year's Weaver's Space Summit (June 12–14). Total CMS 3 is going to be a core part of the event this year — we've got talks taking you from first install all the way through real-world content workflows. I want everyone to be able to follow along hands-on, so I'm giving every registered attendee a free Total CMS 3 Lite license before the summit starts. That's a $79 value, which brings a $99 ticket down to effectively $20. If you're already registered, you're all set — licenses will go out before June 12. If you've been on the fence, this is a pretty good time to grab a ticket. https://www.weavers.space/summit/ Some sessions will go into Standard and Pro territory too, so if you're already on a higher tier you'll get plenty out of those as well.

Columnist 3 - Newspaper style text layouts

https://www.weavers.space/stacks/columnist Columnist 3 is a complete rewrite. The bundle now ships three stacks — a text-flow Columnist, a masonry Columnist Grid, and a Columnist Swatch for Foundation integration — plus a suite of editorial features that turn plain markdown into designed editorial spreads. Three stacks in one bundle Columnist — the main text-flow stack, rewritten from scratch. Drop in markdown, styled text, or child stacks and watch your content flow into responsive columns. Columnist Grid — new masonry-style card grid with lift, grow, and color hover effects. Cards flow in a balanced layout based on content height. Columnist Card — child stack for Grid, with optional per-card style overrides. Columnist Swatch — updated Foundation swatch that emits responsive column styling for any CSS selector. Editorial styles (all new) Drop caps on the first paragraph, in Simple or Fancy serif style. No markup required. Pull quote blockquotes — a plain markdown > quote becomes a centered, magazine-style pull quote that spans all columns. An inline variant with a side-rule and italic is also available. Span headings — force H1, H1–H2, H1–H3, or all heading levels to span across every column automatically. Horizontal rule ornaments — markdown --- renders as a hairline, asterism (* * *), or floral ornament. Code styling — inline <code> as a subtle pill and fenced <pre> blocks with monospace background, with an optional wide mode that spans all columns for long code. Typography controls Widow and orphan sliders for column-break protection. Hyphenation (none / manual / auto) for clean column edges. Text-align, text-wrap (balance / pretty), and per-heading break-before / break-after controls. Paragraphs now flow freely across columns so widows and orphans settings actually do their job. Non-paragraph blocks (headings, lists, blockquotes, figures) still honor the Break Inside setting. Manual .colspan class to break any element out of column flow. Designer-friendly architecture Every setting is exposed as a CSS custom property. Override from your own stylesheet to build themes, respond to dark mode, or integrate with Foundation swatches — no forking required. Native CSS multi-column throughout. Zero JavaScript. No dependencies. Bundle structure uses a product-level updater so RapidWeaver can ship all three stacks together in a single install. Fixes and refinements Safari column-span ghost rendering mitigated with paint containment on block children. Safari compositor-layer jitter on card hover effects fixed via will-change hint. Horizontal rule ornaments render reliably by using height: min-content and overflow: visible, sidestepping Safari's UA-styled clipping. Drop cap padding swapped for margin to avoid Chrome's ::first-letter quirk. Wide code blocks no longer push mobile column layouts beyond viewport width — min-width: 0 on the container lets multi-column collapse to a single column as designed. Margins around spanning elements handled explicitly so content doesn't slam against pull quotes, ornaments, or wide code blocks. Upgrade notes Existing Columnist owners can pick up Columnist 3 at a discounted price: weavers.space/stacks/columnist Projects built with Columnist v1 or v2 will need to recreate their stack instances using the new stacks — the identifiers and settings have changed substantially. Check out Columnist at https://www.weavers.space/stacks/columnist

10 Years Strong. WS Summit 2026 is here!

🗓 June 12–14, 2026 💻 Online 🎟 $99 👉 https://www.weavers.space/summit/ This is year ten. A decade of summits. I genuinely didn't know when I started this thing back in 2016 that we'd still be doing it ten years later, and that it would keep getting better. The theme this year is 10 Years · Strong, and I think that says it all. If you've been to a past summit, you already know what to expect — great talks, the hallway track hangouts that somehow end up being everyone's favorite part, and recordings you'll actually go back and watch. Your ticket includes all of that plus every session going back to the very first summit in 2016. If this is your first time hearing about it — welcome, and I'd love to see you there. The summit is three days of talks covering web design, development, SEO, freelancing, and business. Something for everyone regardless of skill level. The full speaker lineup will be announced soon. I've got some good ones lined up and I can't wait to share them with you. In the meantime, grab your spot. I'll be posting updates here as things come together. Learn. Teach. Have Fun. 🎉 Cheers, Joe

BetterSiteHost is Officially Open — 1st Month Only $5

After five months of beta, I’m happy to say BetterSiteHost is open and ready for your sites. We’re now hosting over 250 websites, and the feedback from beta users has been genuinely great — faster environments, no hosting-mystery support tickets, and a setup that actually plays well with the tools this community uses. Why this matters right now A lot of you have been caught in the Chillidog → Exact Hosting transition. I’ve heard the stories — sites going down, cPanel inaccessible, support going dark. That’s not okay, and if you need a stable home for your sites fast, I want to help. What BSH is built for PHP environments tuned for Total CMS and Stacks-published sites Git publishing support (SFTP too) Cloudflare DNS integration Straightforward management — no bloatware hosting panels Support from someone who actually understands your website Try it for $5 New accounts get $14 in free credit — enough to run your first starter server for a full month for just $5. Spin it up, move a site over, see how it runs. No surprises, cancel anytime. Full details at bettersitehost.com. Drop any questions below — happy to answer. Cheers, Joe

New Stack: SocialDock

Utilize SocialDock as a classic share bar, a profile and link bar, or a combination of both. Customize every aspect, control the visibility of each item individually, and maintain a clean and consistent design across desktop and mobile devices. https://stackswork.com/projects/socialdock As a thank you to all the wonderful people in the Stacks universe, I’m excited to offer you a special promo code for 15% off all products at stackswork.com. This offer is valid through March 31, 2026. Checkout Code: save15

PaySnap is Back — Now Under Weaver's Space 🛒

I’m excited to officially announce that PaySnap is relaunching under the Weaver’s Space brand today. For those who don’t know it: PaySnap is a full shopping cart and checkout solution built entirely in Stacks. Product catalog, variants, cart, and checkout — no monthly platform fees, no third-party hosted storefront. Just PaySnap, a PayPal or Stripe account, and something to sell. I acquired PaySnap from Yabdab as part of the broader product suite, and I didn’t want to just slap a new logo on it and ship it. Before the relaunch I’ve already made a round of improvements: Fixed cart total updating issues Fixed quantity field for PayPal checkout Improved compatibility with Total CMS 3 Loops and Feeds Multiple security fixes and code cleanup Better jQuery compatibility across versions It’s now available at https://www.weavers.space/stacks/paysnap If you’re an existing PaySnap 3 customer: your license upgrades to v3.2 for free. Just check for updates in Stacks. What it does: Build product listings with up to 20 options per item, with per-option pricing Accept payments via PayPal or Stripe Checkout Full cart experience — thumbnails, expiring carts, dynamic cart button totals Pay-what-you-want / donation mode Out-of-stock controls, localization, 20 currencies Everything lives in local storage, so customers stay on your site until checkout If you’ve been looking for a way to add a real store to a client site without locking them into Shopify or Squarespace fees, this is worth a look. Tutorials are in the works. In the meantime, the product page has a working demo and the full feature breakdown: 👉 https://www.weavers.space/stacks/paysnap Questions or feedback — I’d love to hear from you below.

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Recent Updates

  • Jochen Abitz

    MapMax 1.5.6

    https://stackswork.com/projects/mapmax
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    DotFlow 1.1.0

    https://stackswork.com/projects/dotflow
  • Weaver's Space

    Foundation v6.24.1 Update

    Fix for the preloader feature to flash on the screen in some browsers. Check out Foundation at https://www.weavers.space/stacks/foundation
  • Weaver's Space

    Points v2.4.4 Update

    The Max Width setting now has no upper limit Check out Points at https://www.weavers.space/stacks/points
  • Weaver's Space

    Columnist v3.0.1 Update

    When setting the text alignment to justify, headers will remain their default alignment. Default hyphenation setting has been changed to auto. Check out Columnist at https://www.weavers.space/stacks/columnist

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