So, since I've been using the uptime monitor mentioned in my previous post, I've received no notifications of downtime. That would align nicely with my Google Analytics information, so I'm happy. The thing is, my notifications arrive to my work inbox and it's possible that the downtime may happen out of working hours.
So, I didn't want to link up my mobile number and receive text notifications, but I did still want to be alerted if my site went offline.
There's an app available for iPhone called Boxcar, which UptimeRobot uses. Time to give it a try, methinks.
Now, I've never really got on with iTunes - the syncing process just makes no sense to me. Seems like a load of effort and I sometimes end up re-installing all the apps I don't want back onto my iPhone.
But, seeing as my WiFi is broken at the moment, plugging in to my laptop and installing using iTunes seems to be my only option. Meh.
So now I've signed up for a Boxcar account. It's now installed on my iPhone, I've set up my connection to my UptimeRobot account, set up the notification type, allowed Boxcar to show push notifications and granted Boxcar access from within UptimeRobot.
Nifty. Once it's been running a while, I'll update the blog with what I think. For now, let's just see if it works. Of course, that means I have to wait for the site to go down, which is not a good thing and it's not something I want.
Hmmm - wonder what other sites I could test it on - ones that don't matter if I take 'em down for a while. <Haz a Kraftee>.
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