Hosting Utilities Gadget

For institutions that use Modern Campus Hosting, you can manage your redirects, error pages, SSL certificate, and check if your site is ready for go-live.

Non-hosted sites do not receive the hosted dashboard pages. Instead, the gadget shows a fallback readiness view focused on: SSL certificate validity, 404 page presence, .htaccess syntax validation.

Location: Dashboard and gadgets sidebar.

Available to: Users levels 9 and 10.

Install this gadget, as follows:

1. Go to Setup > Gadgets.
2. Click Add.
3. Enter https://api.hosting.moderncampus.net/widget/ as the gadget URL.
4. Click Fetch, then Next.
5. Configure access, display options, and font size as needed.
6. Click Save.

The gadget consists of four applications: the Managed Redirect Engine, Advanced Certificate, Managed Error Pages, and Go-Live Readiness. 

Managed Redirect EngineLink to this section

Use Managed Redirect Engine to manage redirect rules inside the Hosting Toolkit-owned block in .htaccess. Binary Management must be enabled for .htaccess creation or managed-block saves.

1. Open Managed Redirect Engine.
2. Load the target .htaccess path, usually /.htaccess.
   • The workflow can guide you through creating the file if .htaccess does not exist yet.
3. Add or edit redirect rows inside the Hosting Toolkit-managed block.
   • Only the Hosting Toolkit-managed block is edited. Content outside that block is preserved.
4. Run validation before saving.
5. Review the managed block preview and optional diff.
6. Save the changes to CMS staging.
7. Publish the file in CMS when you want the live site updated.

Advanced CertificateLink to this section

Use Advanced Certificate Management to review certificate state in two ways:

Current site certificate: Shows the certificate presented by the current HTTPS root derived from CMS site configuration.

Modern Campus Hosting certificate check: Shows what certificate Modern Campus Hosting would present for a specific domain.

This is especially useful during certificate review and cutover planning because hosting-side certificate checks remain useful even when the public DNS state is still changing. This view provides visibility for review and cutover planning. It does not manage certificate issuance or DNS.

Managed Error PagesLink to this section

Reviews live 404 behavior and manages Hosting Toolkit-owned ErrorDocument 403 and ErrorDocument 404 rows. Binary Management must be enabled for .htaccess creation or managed-block saves.

1. Open Managed Error Pages.
2. Review the live 404 summary and configured error asset details.
3. Load the CMS staging .htaccess file.
   • If the .htaccess file is missing, the page provides a guided create flow.
4. Review or edit the Hosting Toolkit-managed ErrorDocument 403 and ErrorDocument 404 rows.
   • The page keeps the managed-block preview visible while you edit.
   • Backend-managed or unmanaged rows stay read-only.
5. Save the changes to CMS staging.
6. Publish the file in CMS when you want the live site updated.

Go-Live ReadinessLink to this section

Summarizes go-live checks for hosted sites and helps determine whether live domains are ready for DNS cutover. It supports a DNS-cutover decision. It does not perform cutover or guarantee a successful launch.

Current behavior includes:

• published .htaccess readiness summary
• 404 readiness summary
• current-site and hosting-side certificate checks
• hosting-context awareness for the configured public-domain inventory
• direct navigation to related pages when action is needed