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Site and Account Settings for Admins

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The Settings button in the header of DubBot is a gateway to Site and Account level information for users with the Administrator role.

Header area of DubBot app with the Settings link in the Secondary Navigation  highlighted.

Sites Listing for Account

On the Settings Panel, in the main content area of the page, there is a table listing all of the sites in the account.

The columns in the table are as follows :

  • Name - each site's name links to its Site Settings Panel

  • URL - displays either the Start URL for the site, 'List of URLs', or 'Sitemap' to indicate the type of crawl selected for the site

  • Enabled - sites are enabled by default (Yes) on a site. Toggle this switch to No if you want to prevent the site from crawling.

  • Last & Next Crawls - gives the last and next crawl dates, times are also shown by hovering over the date.

  • Pages - number of pages inventoried on the last crawl

  • Status - current status of the site: Crawling, Not crawling, or Queued (in line to crawl)

  • Actions

    • Crawl - crawl this site now

    • Dashboard - links to Dashboard for site

    • Kebab menu

      • Settings - links to Site Settings

      • Copy Settings - Create a new site using the same settings as this site

      • Delete - remove the site from your account

Export Site Memberships

Selecting the Export Site Memberships button will download a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file to the location of your choice.

The following information is contained in the file for each site in the account:

  • id : numeric value for the site in DubBot

  • name : name the site was given in DubBot

  • url : depending upon the crawl type set up for the site: displays either the Start URL if the site is a default crawl, 'List of URLs', or 'Sitemap'.

  • dubbotUrl : - full URL of the site's Dashboard in DubBot

  • userMemberships

    • id : numeric value for the person in DubBot

    • name : person's name

    • email : person's email

    • lastSignInAt : timestamp in ISO format

    • confirmedAt : timestamp showing when the person finished their DubBot setup. If null, this person hasn't completed their account setup.

    • role : (admin, manager, viewer, etc.)

Some items to note:

  • All sites in the account will be listed in this file, even if they have no users assigned at the Site level.

  • Page sets are not included in this download.

There are third-party apps that can be used to open and manipulate JSON files.

Some possibilities (no implied endorsement) include:

  • Notepad ++ with plugin for JSON

  • Sublime Text

  • BBEdit

  • VSCode(Visual Studio Code) with plugins for JSON


Account Checks Settings

Down the left side of the panel you find the various Account Settings:

  • Sites - links to the this Settings Panel if you are on a different Setting Panel

  • Users - to set up, remove, and edit user settings

  • Page Sets - to set up, remove, and edit page sets in the account

  • Connectors - set up direct links from a page view in DubBot to the same page within your Content Management System

  • Custom Reports - create custom reports filtered to just the data you need and have it included in a site's notification emails

  • Uptime Monitoring - be notified by email if a site goes down

  • Account History - a historical overview of events in the account

Also listed are the Account Checks Settings. These settings let you review various checks ignored or set at the account level for all sites in your account. Further refinement is available in the individual site settings.

  • Accessibility - review accessibility issues ignored at the account level

  • Best Practices - review best practice issues ignored at the account level

  • Spelling - set the account level dictionary language, review words ignored at the account level, and add more either one at a time or via a CSV file

  • Flagged Words - review flagged words ignored at the account level and add more words to flag for review

  • Links - review links ignored for checking at the account level, edit links check

  • Policies

  • SEO - review SEO issues ignored at the account level

left menu of the settings panel

If you have questions, please reach out to our DubBot Support team via email at help@dubbot.com or via the blue chat bubble in the lower right corner of your screen. We are here to help!

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