Hi, I’m new here. I want to set up full page monitoring in Distill web monitor but I do not know how. If it may help, I want to receive alerts when a news/press release is published in this page. I would use some help here, I really need to be notified ASAP when this website posts an news or press release
thanks for reaching out @solomon997 and asking the question. the steps to add a full page monitor for specific platforms are:
using the browser extension:
- install the browser extension if you haven’t already. this is the preferred choice for most of our users.
- open the page in your browser’s tab
- click distill’s tear drop icon in the browser toolbar to open extension’s popup
- open the dropdown menu next to “monitor parts of page” and select “monitor full page”
- save
using the web app
- go to monitor.distill.io
- click the green add button and enter the url input and click “go”.
- a visual selector using remote browser browser is displayed.
- click the save icon (floppy) in the browser toolbar without making any selection.
- or, open the dropdown menu and choose “select full page” option
- save
note: if it is a simple static page then monitoring full page can work well too. usually monitoring a more specific part of the page works better when the page has different parts that can change and we are interested only in a specific section. that is the reason the default option is set to be more specific.
hope this helps. let me know if you have any questions or feedback. cheers!
Thanks. I now know how to set full page monitoring all thanks to your guidance