MAINTENANCE / GUIDED PRACTICE

Monitor website availability

Create a repeatable check for the public site and its critical path.

Written by Ray / SETLYUpdated 1 October 2026

THE RESULT YOU'RE WORKING TOWARD

Done means it works.

Checks run against the intended URLs and the responsible person can receive and interpret the alert.

Practice project: A staging copy of Harbor

01 / GET READY

Before you start.

Platform / editor
Your existing website platform and integration tools
Access & plan
Authorized access to a test copy, site records and relevant accounts. Live restore, access changes and publication need owner approval.
Starting point
Complete the previous lesson or use an equivalent prepared demo project.

Keep a note of the exact account, project and version you use. Work with demo data and record the expected result before making changes. Never place passwords, verification codes or private customer records in your evidence.

02 / LEARN THE TOOL

Open the official walkthrough.

Use the publisher's instructions and available screenshots to locate the current controls. Then return here for the SETLY exercise and its result checks. These links open on the publisher's website.

Source credit belongs to the named publisher. These are external references, not SETLY recordings or a claim of affiliation. Screen names and plan availability can change.

03 / PUT IT INTO PRACTICE

Your task, step by step.

Use one labelled demo record or project so you can find your work again. Finish each action before continuing; if the screen differs, consult the matching official source rather than guessing.

  1. 01

    Step 1

    Choose the exact public URL and a separate critical page, such as contact or booking. Define what counts as available.

  2. 02

    Step 2

    Use an approved monitoring service or manual check and record its interval, alert recipient and expected response.

  3. 03

    Step 3

    Test that a deliberate harmless test condition produces the intended alert where the service supports this safely.

  4. 04

    Step 4

    Document who investigates alerts and how to distinguish a site outage from a monitor or network problem.

04 / GET UNSTUCK

If something goes wrong.

Start with the likely cause

If the homepage is up but booking fails, add a separate functional check; an HTTP success code does not prove the whole customer journey works.

My screen is different from the guide

Check the product, editor, account role and selected project first. Open the credited official instructions for your version. Record the difference and pause any action whose effect you cannot verify.

The screen looks correct, but the result is missing

Inspect the saved record, published page or execution log that should prove the action. A preview, success message or draft is not always evidence that data was stored or a message was delivered. Retest with one unique demo value.

05 / PROVE THE RESULT

Check it before you call it done.

Checks run against the intended URLs and the responsible person can receive and interpret the alert.

Keep useful evidence

Record the test date, project/version, expected result, observed result and a non-sensitive screenshot or record reference. Mark anything you did not test as untested. Your checkmarks do not certify an untested result.

Download the editable verification checklist ↓

Guide status: original written practice exercise with credited external references. SETLY screen recording and independent learner reproduction are not yet complete.

KEEP BUILDING

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