Documentation
Getting started with UptimeCard
Everything you can do in the studio, explained step by step. Most pages include a practice area: a copy of the real screen you can try right here, where nothing is saved or sent.
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Watch a websiteAdd a monitor in one step and get an email the moment the website stops answering.Create a monitor
Publish a status pageA public page that shows visitors whether your website works, live within seconds.Create a status page
Tell visitors about a problemPost an incident in one sentence, keep people updated, and close it when it is fixed.Post an incident
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Monitors
- Create a monitorAdd a website to watch. You only type the address; everything else is set up for you.
- Monitor settingsChange how often a monitor checks, from where, and who it alerts. Pause or delete it.
- How checks workWhat a check is, where it runs from, and when UptimeCard decides a website is down.
- Reading a monitor pageWhat the status, uptime numbers, charts and cards on a monitor's page tell you.
Alerts
- Email alertsWhen UptimeCard emails you about a monitor, how often at most, and where.
- Slack and Discord alertsGet a monitor's down and domain alerts in a Slack or Discord channel.
- Domain and SSL alertsWarnings before a domain or certificate expires, and when its DNS or email protection changes.
- Weekly reportOne email a week with how your monitors did, and what is coming up.
Status pages
- Create a status pagePublish a public page that tells visitors whether your website works.
- Edit your status pageChange the words, pictures and sections of your page, right on the page itself.
- Manual and automatic checksDecide whether your status page is checked automatically, or only changes when you post.
- Uptime historyHow to read the daily bars and the uptime percentage on a status page.
- Verify ownershipProve that you own your status page's domain, so you can edit its content and your updates show on uptimecard.com.
- Custom domainsGive your status page its own address, like status.yourdomain.com.
- Status badgeShow your live status on your own website with a small badge that links to your status page.
- Subscribers and visitor reportsHow visitors follow your page by email, and how they tell you something is wrong.
Incidents
Stuck on something?
The most common questions have answers in Troubleshooting. Or write to us.