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
Search
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" sitereact- Finds any site with "react" in namecompany- 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
- Click the site in the list
- Click Redeploy button
- Choose new files or version
- Click Deploy
Or from the site list:
- Click the menu (⋮) icon
- Select Redeploy
- 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:
- Click site URL in the list
- Or click menu → Open Site
- 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:
- Click menu (⋮) on a site
- Select Copy URL
- URL copied to clipboard
- 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
- Click menu (⋮) on the site
- Select Delete
- Confirm deletion dialog
- Site is deleted
Bulk Delete
Delete multiple sites at once.
Steps:
- Check the box next to sites
- Click Delete Selected
- Confirm deletion
- 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:
- Click Export (download icon)
- Select CSV
- File downloads
- Open in Excel or similar
Fields included:
- Site name
- Status
- Organization
- URL
- Version
- Created date
Export as JSON
Format for data interchange:
Steps:
- Click Export
- Select JSON
- File downloads
- 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
| Task | Steps |
|---|---|
| Find a site | Use search box |
| Check if site is live | Look for green status |
| Update site | Click Redeploy |
| Get site URL | Click Copy URL |
| Remove old site | Click Delete |
| See all versions | Click site name → History |
| Share site | Copy URL and share |
| Check performance | Click site → Metrics |
Troubleshooting
Can't find your site?
- Check search spelling
- Try searching by organization
- Scroll through list
- Refresh page
Site not responding?
- Check status (green = active)
- Wait if "Deploying"
- Check browser console for errors
- Verify custom domain settings
Wrong version deployed?
- Go to Version History
- Find the correct version
- Click Rollback
- Site reverts to previous version
Want to update site?
- Make changes to code
- Build locally if needed
- Click Redeploy
- Follow deployment process
Related Topics
- Creating Sites
- Custom Domains
- Version Control and Rollbacks
- Performance and Optimization
- Troubleshooting
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