Website Prelaunch Checklist

I always follow a check list when releasing a new website, there are just to many things you can forget

12th April 2016 in technology & computing

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Spelling & Grammar

Paragraphs, headers, lists, and other formatting

All Generic content properly removed and replaced

Images, videos & audio files working on all devices

Copyright date includes current year

Ensure site is W3C complaint. Check on all browsers

HTML/CSS validated

Favicon created and displaying correctly

Website pages compatable across all devices

Error free javascript

Tested at 1024 x 768 resolution

Forms submitting data properly

Thank You message diaplaying correctly after form submission

Check form data in database

Social Media icons all active and working properly

Feeds working properly

Test Load Speed

Check all internal & external links

No Broken Links

Test Navigation

Check 404 pages

Check all third party tools

All pages have unique page titles

All pages have keywords and unique meta descriptions

All images have ALT tags

Dynamic XML sitemap created

XML sitemap submitted to all search engines

Check for old URLs if 301 redirects are in place

rel="nofollow” tags are in place on applicable links and pages

Check if analytics codes are inserted

Site submitted to Google Webmaster Tools

Site properly synced with Google Analytics

Check 24/7 monitoring scripts

Security & Backup

Take backup of final website

Security & Backup

Check privacy policy, terms & conditions and disclaimers

Compliance & legal Pages

Copyright and Usage right of codes, images and fonts

Compliance & legal Pages

Check if website is PCI complaint (for websites processing credit cards)

Compliance & legal Pages

Web pages announce if it uses cookies

Compliance & legal Pages