A monitor tells ChangeTower which page to watch and what kind of change you want to hear about. This article walks you through monitor setup.
Step 1: Start a new monitor
In the left navigation menu, click on New Monitor.
Step 2: Choose how you want to proceed with setup
Smart Monitor – use this shortcut to set up your monitor using our smart, AI-powered engine for change tracking.
Add a URL manually – enter a URL into ChangeTower and start monitoring it for changes.
Bulk setup – best if you want to set up several URLs at the same time.
Entire website – ChangeTower scans the entire website and finds available URLs on it.
Step 3: Enter the page you want to monitor
Paste the full URL of the page. Use the exact page you care about rather than the website's homepage.
Step 4: Configure your monitor
Settings to configure:
Check type – choose between tracking content or keyword changes. Alternatively, choose Smart Monitor and describe the change you want to hear about.
Page area – if you want to watch only specific part(s) of the page, you can select specific elements or ignore elements that change often.
Manual user actions – add actions like user clicks and entering text to get to the part of the page you need to monitor.
Step 5: Set your monitor details
Open the Details section to:
Give the monitor a name you'll recognize later
Add folders and tags so you can group and filter monitors
Choose the monitoring frequency, or create a schedule for your monitors
Turn email alerts on or off, or send notifications to a Slack channel of your choice
Choose save options – save on every run, or only when changes are detected
Step 6: Create the monitor
Click Create. ChangeTower checks the page for the first time and saves a starting snapshot. From then on, every check is compared against what it saw before, and you'll be notified when something changes.
What happens next
Your first alert only arrives once the page actually changes, so it's normal to hear nothing for a while. You can see every detected change on your Notifications page.