Section Topics
Introduction
This chapter gives instructions on how to use Monsido to do a single-page scan. Monsido allows the user to scan any page individually, outside of the normal website crawl. This is useful for error checks on a single page that has been recently updated.
The Monsido extension also allows users to see the results of the Monsido scan on individual pages from domains that are not included in their Monsido subscription.
Note: Monsido does not track or collect data on pages that are not covered by the subscription, it only shows the results at the moment of the scan.
How it Works
Every time a single page scan is triggered by a user - either from the Extension or in the Monsido application - it is added to a queue of tasks on the Monsido servers. This queue also contains all of the scheduled and on-demand domain scans across the entire server/environment. It’s important to note here that Single Page Scans have the lowest priority in the queue. In other words, if there are several on-going domain scans (scheduled or on-demand) on the server and a user starts a SPS, it goes to the back of the queue and then must wait for other scans to complete.
The reason for this is that if SPS have top priority, it would slow down all other scans for other customers on the same server. For example, if Customer A started 10 SPS, it would force Customer B’s scheduled scan to take 2 hours longer. That’s not fair for Customer B.
For these reasons, expect that SPS may take up to 30 minutes or even longer, depending on the current server load.
Note: The Monsido IP address must be whitelisted in order for the single page scan to work. The IP addresses used by Monsido are:
United States & Canada | 35.226.117.128 |
UK & Europe | 130.211.65.55 |
Australia & New Zealand | 35.189.0.46 |
Instructions
This section gives instructions on how to scan a single page with the Monsido application.
From the Monsido Domain Overview, click Select Domain. The Domain Overview page opens.
Click OPEN on the same row as the domain name. The Dashboard for the domain opens.
Click Prioritized Content (the bell icon).
The Prioritized Content page opens.
On the same row as the page to scan, click Open Page Details (the page icon).
The Page Dashboard page opens.
Click Re-scan this page (an icon with recycling arrows).
The scan begins. A pop-up box gives the information, "Re-scanning this page has started and will be finished in a few minutes."
Click OK to let the scan continue, or click X to close the text box and cancel the scan.
When the scan is done, a message at the top of the Page Dashboard informs about the latest scan: "This page has been rescanned since the latest full crawl", along with the date of the most recent manual page scan.
The Page Dashboard updates to show the details from the single-page scan.
Note: The Monsido IP address must be whitelisted in order for the single page scan to work. The IP addresses used by Monsido are:
United States & Canada | 35.226.117.128 |
UK & Europe | 130.211.65.55 |
Australia & New Zealand | 35.189.0.46 |
Scan a single page with the Monsido Extension (pages included in subscription)
This section gives instructions on how to use the Monsido Extension to start a Monsido scan on pages that are included in the Monsido subscription.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Open the New Monsido extension on the webpage to scan.
Click Single Page Scan (icon of recycling arrows) in the extension toolbar.
The Single-Page Scan List page opens.
Click Scan this page.
The message “Scanning current page (URL)” shows, and the icon spins until the scan is done.
The page redirects to the Monsido application, where the scan continues there as per the normal single-page scan.
When the scan is done, a result box appears under the Monsido logo. The information displayed is the date and time of the scan and the results found for the following modules:
SEO
Accessibility
Quality Assurance
Data Privacy.
A log is automatically created. It shows the history of all single-page scans on the page. Information in the log includes:
URL scanned
Date and time
Previous scan results
Option to Go to page
Option to Rescan page.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Note: The Monsido IP address must be whitelisted in order for the single page scan to work. The IP addresses used by Monsido are:
United States & Canada | 35.226.117.128 |
UK & Europe | 130.211.65.55 |
Australia & New Zealand | 35.189.0.46 |
Scan a single page with the Monsido Extension (external pages that are not included in the subscription)
This section gives instructions on how to scan pages that are not included in the Monsido Subscription.
Open the New Monsido Extension on the webpage to scan. On a page that is not covered by the Monsido subscription, the normal selection for content issues (bug icon) is not available and is replaced by "Page not found".
Click Scan (icon of recycling arrows) in the extension toolbar.
The Single-Page Scan List pane slides open.
Click Scan this page. Monsido begins the scan.
Note: The scan is not done by the extension, it is a Monsido scan.
The message “Scanning current page (URL)” shows, and the icon spins until the scan is complete.
The scan results appear in the Single-Page Scan list with the following information:
The date and time of the scan
Scan results for the following modules:
Accessibility: Click the arrow to expand the section and see the details.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Quality Assurance: Click the arrow to expand the section and see the details.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
SEO: Click the arrow to expand the section and see the details.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Data Privacy: Click the arrow to expand the section and see the details.
For more information, see the User Guide chapter:
Important: Monsido needs to access the pages in order to scan them. This can be a challenge for some CMS systems. If you have issues with the single-page scan, whitelist the IP address. If needed, contact the Monsido support team.
Note: The results of single-page scans on an external page are not saved in the Monsido database and cannot be marked as being fixed. The counters that display these scan results are not live and are only updated after each new scan.
Additional information
Note: The Monsido IP address must often be whitelisted in order for the single page scan to work. The IP addresses used by Monsido are:
United States & Canada | 35.226.117.128 |
UK & Europe | 130.211.65.55 |
Australia & New Zealand | 35.189.0.46 |
For more information, see the User Guide chapters:
For further assistance, contact the Monsido support team or use the Monsido chat and help features inside the application.
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