Add one monitored page

Add one absolute same-host URL and understand its initial settings.

Last checked 21 August 2026

Add a page when you want TechDash to check another URL on an existing website. After Add website, first-run Sources is the place to find a larger first set. Use this Add page field later for one extra URL. Enter the full HTTP or HTTPS URL. Its hostname must exactly match the hostname already stored for that website.

Add one URL

  1. Open Websites and select the website.
  2. In Monitored Pages, enter the complete URL in the field above the table, such as https://example.com/about.
  3. Select Add page.

You can also press Enter while the URL field is active. Add page remains unavailable until the value is a valid absolute URL for this website.

TechDash stores the URL's path and query string, not its fragment. For example, https://example.com/products?type=new#details is stored as /products?type=new. The stored path and query can be no more than 2,048 characters.

Expected result

The page appears in the Monitored Pages table. TechDash also requests its first check immediately. The request requires a usable license and connectivity, and the crawl still waits for page-check worker capacity. If that immediate request cannot be admitted, the page has no previous check time and remains due for a later scheduler sweep.

New pages currently start with these standard defaults:

  • Interval: The website's saved Check frequency
  • Enabled: On
  • Notify: Desktop, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord on
  • Optional checks: All on

The notification toggles only allow that page to use a channel. The corresponding global channel must also be configured, and the incident must meet TechDash's notification rules.

Expand the new row and change Interval if this page needs a different schedule. A later website-wide frequency change will update every page, including this one, and replace page-specific intervals.

URL rules

  • Include http:// or https://. A path such as /about is not accepted in this field.
  • Use the exact hostname stored for the website. www.example.com and example.com are different hostnames.
  • A different scheme is allowed when the hostname matches, although TechDash resolves checks against the website's stored origin.
  • Paths and query strings make URLs distinct. /products?page=1 and /products?page=2 can be separate monitored pages.
  • You cannot add the same stored path and query twice for one website.

If the page is not added

Add page is disabled: Check that the URL starts with HTTP or HTTPS, is complete, and uses the exact hostname shown for the website.

“URL is for a different website”: Open the URL in a browser and check whether it uses another hostname, such as a www variant or subdomain. Add that hostname as its own website if it needs separate monitoring.

Path length error: Shorten the query string or remove unnecessary tracking parameters. The path plus query must be 2,048 characters or fewer.

Duplicate error: Search Monitored Pages for the path or full URL. Query strings are included in duplicate matching.

After adding the page

Select the page path to expand its controls. From there you can change its interval, turn monitoring off, change notification channels, disable optional checks, view the latest results, or remove the page.

If a valid, unique same-host URL still cannot be added after checking the exact error, open Help & Support. Include the TechDash version, operating system, website hostname, complete URL or a redacted equivalent with the same structure, exact message, whether Add page was enabled, and the attempt time with time zone.

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