> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.uptimeio.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating a Status Page

> Publish a public status page that shows the live status and uptime of your monitors

A status page is a public web page that shows whether your services are up. Visitors see the current status of the monitors you choose, their uptime history, and any incidents. Each page lives at its own address, for example `acme.status.uptimeio.com`.

## Create a status page

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the wizard">
    Click **Status Pages** in the sidebar, then **Create Status Page**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a template">
    Pick a starting point. A template only sets defaults, so you can change everything later.

    | Template | Defaults |
    | - | - |
    | **SaaS** | Light theme, uptime graphs, suggested groups Website, API and Dashboard |
    | **API product** | Uptime graphs and response times, suggested groups Core API, Webhooks, Authentication and Regions |
    | **Internal** | System theme, hidden from search engines, response times shown |
    | **Minimal** | A flat list of services with uptime history |
    | **Start from scratch** | Plain defaults |
  </Step>

  <Step title="Enter the basic information">
    Enter a **Name** (up to 255 characters) and an optional **Description** (up to 500 characters). UptimeIO suggests a **Subdomain** from the name. You can edit it.

    A subdomain uses 3 to 63 lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens, and it must be free. The dashboard checks availability as you type.

    <Warning>
      The subdomain is permanent. You cannot change it after you create the page, and links you share depend on it. To use your own domain instead, see [Custom Domain](/status-pages/custom-domain).
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select monitors">
    Select at least one monitor to show on the page. Paused monitors are listed and marked as paused. You can give each monitor a public name and a group here, and drag monitors to set their order. See [Status Page Monitors](/status-pages/monitors).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set the branding">
    Choose a **Theme** (Light, Dark or System), a primary color as a hex value such as `#3B82F6`, and whether to show uptime graphs, show response times and allow search engines to index the page. A preview updates as you change the options. See [Appearance and Branding](/status-pages/appearance).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and publish">
    Check the summary. Use **Edit** next to a section to go back to that step. Click **Publish** to make the page public, or **Save as draft** to publish later.
  </Step>
</Steps>

If you leave the wizard before you finish, it offers to resume your unfinished page the next time you open it.

## Publish and unpublish

A page is either **Draft** or **Published**. Only published pages are visible to visitors. Open the page from **Status Pages** and click **Publish** or **Unpublish** at the top. Click **View** to open the public page in a new tab.

## Limits

| | Free | Pro | Scale |
| - | - | - | - |
| **Status pages** | 1 | 20 | 100 |

When you reach the limit, the wizard shows a message instead of the form. Delete a page or [upgrade your plan](/billing/plans) to create more.

## Manage a status page

Open a page from **Status Pages** to use its tabs.

| Tab | Purpose |
| - | - |
| **Monitors** | Choose and arrange the monitors on the page. See [Status Page Monitors](/status-pages/monitors). |
| **Appearance** | Name, theme, color, logo and favicon. See [Appearance and Branding](/status-pages/appearance). |
| **Settings** | Uptime display, incident history, analytics, search engines and password protection. See [Status Page Settings](/status-pages/settings). |
| **Announcements** | Post notices on the page. See [Announcements](/status-pages/announcements). |
| **Custom Domain** | Serve the page from your own domain. See [Custom Domain](/status-pages/custom-domain). |
| **Delete** | Permanently delete the page. Type the page name to confirm. |

## Visitors can follow updates

Every public page has a **Subscribe** menu with an **RSS Feed** and an **Atom Feed**. Visitors can use either in a feed reader.


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