📝 Web Site Archives on Insight
Author: Chris Doyle
Date: June 11, 2025
🧠 Summary / Purpose
This article will explain what you can see when you navigate to the Sites option under the web menu
🔍 Use Case / Scenario
As well as archiving communications, MirrorWeb can also archive your websites. You will have arranged these as part of your onboarding. From this page you can see all the individual websites that we capture for you.
🛠️ Step-by-Step Instructions
Log into Insight here: https://my.mirrorweb.com
The dashboard will load
From here, click on Web on the left hand side
This screen shows
all the web sites that we archive for you
the number of captures that we have
the date the capture was set up
To view an individual profile, you can click anywhere on that row
You will see a paginated list of captures
The top level informaton shown is
An instance ID
The date of capture
The total size of the archive in megabytes
How many URLs were captured
Status (completed / in progress)
With a link to View the capture
What can we see here?
Replay options
You may or may not see all of these - MirrorWeb has alternate replay engines which are use-case dependentHeadline stats on status, URLs and size
Crawler details
When it started
When it finished
Total duration
Which crawler was used
Which IP address was used
A mimetype analysis graph (the different types of assets captured)
The logs and reports associated with the capture
How do I see the replay?
Just click on replay and you'll be presented with a fully navigable, detailed capture of your website from a given point in time
💡 Pro Tips
There are some additional options for you as well
Taking these from left to right
View the timeline of the captures
Archive Compare
If you want to see how a page has changed over time
Click on the calendar icon and select a date
Click on Update
You will see both captures side by side. They are easily identifiable with the date banner at the top
Export Options
Export a single page PDF or image. This is covered in more detail on the Exports page
Download the page source
🧪 Troubleshooting
If you notice any issue with anything related to your website captures, just head over to https://support.mirrorweb.com and raise a ticket. Please provide as many links and information as you can. One of our Support Engineers will reach out to you and will ensure the issue is resolved by our amazing team.