Step 9. Monitor your site
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B. Set up parameters of monitoring
Press GO > Monitor site uptime (or Features >
Monitoring). Select your Web site from the Project drop down
menu, and then switch to the
Setup
tab. Here you need to
specify which of your server parameters you want to monitor:
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Select services and server ports to be monitored
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1.
Press
Highlight services available for monitoring
. Web CEO
will test your server or host to detect which parameters can
be watched by the Datacenter. Available options highlight
as shown in the screenshot.
2.
You can check the
HTTP
option and the
Host ping
option.
This tells you if visitors can connect to your server or
hosting company and see your Web pages.
3.
You probably want to check some of the advanced options:
The Download time monitoring option enables you to monitor
the speed of downloads (Web pages, images, etc.)
The Content monitoring option warns you when text (a word
or phrase) is missing on your site or vice versa.
The Additional ports monitoring option enables watching
services such as FTP, HTTPS or specific port numbers.
4.
After you have set up the monitoring parameters, press
Apply and go on to create the alert announcements that
you and other people in charge of your Web site get when
an error occurs.
Warning: If your server does not support monitoring of
certain parameters, you will start getting error notifications
shortly after monitoring has started. If this happens, go back
to the
Setup
tab and uncheck the options that your server
doesn t support.