Admin Overview

The Yet Another Status Page admin panel is powered by Payload CMS and provides a comprehensive interface for managing your status page.

Dashboard

The dashboard shows at-a-glance metrics:

• Active Incidents - Current unresolved incidents
• Upcoming Maintenances - Scheduled or in-progress maintenance windows
• Draft Notifications - Notifications waiting to be sent
• Scheduled Notifications - Notifications being processed
• Email Subscribers - Active email subscribers
• SMS Subscribers - Active SMS subscribers

Navigation

The admin panel is organized into sections:

Status

• Service Groups - Logical groupings of services
• Services - Individual services to monitor
• Incidents - Service disruptions and issues
• Maintenances - Scheduled maintenance windows

Notifications

• Notifications - Manage and send notifications
• Subscribers - Manage subscriber list

Admin

• Users - Admin user accounts
• Media - Uploaded files and images

Configuration

• Site Settings - Site name, branding, SEO, status overrides
• Email Settings - SMTP configuration and email subscriptions
• SMS Settings - Twilio configuration, SMS subscriptions, and message templates

Workflow Overview

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  1. Create Services                                         │
│     Define your infrastructure components                    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  2. Incident Occurs                                         │
│     Create incident → Notification draft auto-created       │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  3. Review & Send                                           │
│     Go to Notifications → Review → Send                     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  4. Add Updates                                             │
│     Post updates → New notification drafts auto-created     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  5. Resolve                                                 │
│     Mark resolved → Final notification                      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Quick Actions

Creating an Incident

1. Go to Status → Incidents
2. Click Create New
3. Fill in the title, affected services, status, and impact
4. Click Save
5. A notification draft is automatically created

Scheduling Maintenance

1. Go to Status → Maintenances
2. Click Create New
3. Set the title, affected services, and schedule
4. Click Save
5. A notification draft is automatically created

Sending Notifications

1. Go to Notifications → Notifications
2. Find the draft notification
3. Review and edit the content if needed
4. Click Send Notification Now