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Manage Your Sites

Learn to view, search, and manage all your deployed sites from one unified dashboard. Complete guide to site management, monitoring, and optimization.

Sites Dashboard

The Sites dashboard shows all your deployed websites with key information.

Dashboard Metrics

At the top you'll see:

  • Total Sites - Total number of deployed sites
  • Active - Live and accessible sites
  • Deploying - Currently being deployed
  • Today - Deployed in last 24 hours

Viewing Your Sites

Sites List

Each site shows:

  • Name - The site identifier
  • Status - Current status (Active, Deploying, Failed)
  • Organization - Which organization it belongs to
  • URL - Access URL for active sites
  • Created - When it was deployed
  • Actions - Quick actions menu

Clicking a Site

Click any site name to:

  • View detailed information
  • See deployment history
  • Check performance metrics
  • Manage version history
  • Configure custom domain
  • View access logs

Filtering and Searching

Use the search box to find sites by:

  • Site name - Exact or partial name
  • Organization - Filter by organization
  • URL - Find by domain

Example searches:

  • my-portfolio - Finds "my-portfolio-2024" site
  • react - Finds any site with "react" in name
  • company - Finds sites in "company" organization

Sort Options

Sort the list by:

  • Name - Alphabetical
  • Status - Active first
  • Created Date - Newest first
  • Organization - Grouped by org

Site Status

🟢 Active

Site is live and accessible.

  • Users can access it
  • Served from global CDN
  • All functions working

What you can do:

  • View live site
  • Redeploy new version
  • Configure domain
  • View analytics
  • Rollback if needed

🟡 Deploying

Deployment is in progress.

What's happening:

  • Files are uploading
  • Build is running
  • CDN is syncing
  • Configuration loading

What you should do:

  • Wait for completion
  • Don't delete or modify
  • Monitor progress
  • Check logs if slow

🔴 Failed

Deployment encountered an error.

What happened:

  • Build failed
  • Upload failed
  • Configuration error
  • Resource issue

What to do:

  • Check error logs
  • Fix the issue
  • Retry deployment
  • Contact support if needed

⚪ Building

Site files are being prepared.

What's happening:

  • Compiling code
  • Optimizing assets
  • Running build commands
  • Preparing files

Managing Sites

View Site Details

Click on a site to see:

General Info:

  • Site name
  • Current status
  • Created date
  • Organization
  • Owner email

Deployment Info:

  • Current version
  • Deployment time
  • Build time
  • Deployment ID

URLs:

  • Default Nife URL
  • Custom domain (if configured)
  • Preview URLs

Redeploy a Site

Update your site with new code or files.

Steps

  1. Click the site in the list
  2. Click Redeploy button
  3. Choose new files or version
  4. Click Deploy

Or from the site list:

  1. Click the menu (⋮) icon
  2. Select Redeploy
  3. Follow deployment process

When to Redeploy

  • After code changes
  • After bug fixes
  • After design updates
  • After content changes

Open Site

View your live site in a new tab.

Steps:

  1. Click site URL in the list
  2. Or click menu → Open Site
  3. Site opens in new browser tab

Test:

  • Functionality works
  • Content displays correctly
  • Mobile responsive
  • Links functional

Copy URL

Copy the site URL to clipboard.

Steps:

  1. Click menu (⋮) on a site
  2. Select Copy URL
  3. URL copied to clipboard
  4. Paste anywhere needed

Use for:

  • Sharing with others
  • Adding to documentation
  • Adding to portfolios
  • Social media promotion

Delete a Site

Remove a site you no longer need.

Warning

⚠️ This action cannot be undone

  • Site becomes inaccessible
  • All versions are deleted
  • Cannot be recovered

Steps

  1. Click menu (⋮) on the site
  2. Select Delete
  3. Confirm deletion dialog
  4. Site is deleted

Bulk Delete

Delete multiple sites at once.

Steps:

  1. Check the box next to sites
  2. Click Delete Selected
  3. Confirm deletion
  4. All selected sites are deleted

Export Sites

Download your sites list for:

  • Backup purposes
  • Documentation
  • Reporting
  • Integration

Export as CSV

Format for spreadsheet applications:

Steps:

  1. Click Export (download icon)
  2. Select CSV
  3. File downloads
  4. Open in Excel or similar

Fields included:

  • Site name
  • Status
  • Organization
  • URL
  • Version
  • Created date

Export as JSON

Format for data interchange:

Steps:

  1. Click Export
  2. Select JSON
  3. File downloads
  4. Use in applications

Useful for:

  • APIs and webhooks
  • Data analysis
  • Documentation
  • Database import

Site Statistics

View statistics for your sites:

Active Sites

  • Count of live sites
  • Percentage of total
  • Critical for uptime

Deployment Activity

  • Deployments today
  • Deployment frequency
  • Activity trend

Organization Distribution

  • Sites per organization
  • Load distribution
  • Resource allocation

Monitoring Your Sites

Site Health

Check each site's health:

  • Availability - Is it accessible?
  • Performance - How fast does it load?
  • Uptime - Is it running 24/7?
  • Errors - Any problems?

Performance Metrics

View metrics in site details:

  • Load time - How fast it loads
  • Page size - Total file size
  • Requests - Number of requests
  • Bandwidth - Data transferred

Access Logs

See who accessed your site:

  • Visitor count - Unique visitors
  • Page views - Total views
  • Top pages - Most visited
  • Geographic data - Where visitors from

Best Practices

Name sites clearly - Use descriptive names
Organize by team - Use organizations effectively
Regular updates - Keep sites fresh
Monitor performance - Check regularly
Delete unused sites - Keep list clean
Backup important sites - Export regularly
Document changes - Track what changed
Test after updates - Verify functionality

Common Tasks

TaskSteps
Find a siteUse search box
Check if site is liveLook for green status
Update siteClick Redeploy
Get site URLClick Copy URL
Remove old siteClick Delete
See all versionsClick site name → History
Share siteCopy URL and share
Check performanceClick site → Metrics

Troubleshooting

Can't find your site?

  1. Check search spelling
  2. Try searching by organization
  3. Scroll through list
  4. Refresh page

Site not responding?

  1. Check status (green = active)
  2. Wait if "Deploying"
  3. Check browser console for errors
  4. Verify custom domain settings

Wrong version deployed?

  1. Go to Version History
  2. Find the correct version
  3. Click Rollback
  4. Site reverts to previous version

Want to update site?

  1. Make changes to code
  2. Build locally if needed
  3. Click Redeploy
  4. Follow deployment process

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