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How to edit site details
Typically, a site is added to your dashboard from the Watchful plugin itself. Once added, you may need to modify the settings of the site. This includes changes such as:
- changing the site name displayed in the
sites dashboard
. - changing the
word to check
on your homepage when monitoring uptime. - changing the backup frequency.
- changing the age at which a backup is considered stale.
- adding an additional backup schedule.
- adding access credentials for private sites.
- adding site-specific notes.
To modify these and other settings:
- Login to your Watchful account.
- Open the
site drawer
for the site in question by clicking the name of the site. - Click the
site details
button. - In the
edit site
modal (shown below), make the desired changes. - Click the
save
button.
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