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  • Website hosting
  • Know the monthly bandwidth limits.
  • Know the cost for extra bandwidth each month.
  • Read and understand the Terms of Service.
  • Verify the amount of server storage allowed.
  • Understand the policy regarding CGI scripts.
  • Verify database access and ecommerce shopping cart access.
  • Confirm your access to server logs.
  • Pre-launch
  • Choose typography and layout.
  • Check content and style.
  • Check headings for where you could potentially use ligatures.
  • Check for widow/orphan terms in important paragraphs.
  • Correct all spelling and grammar errors.
  • Use capitalisation.
  • Use recurring/common phrases (e
  • Use variations in words.
  • Check for hard-coded links to staging domain.
  • Ensure no test content on site.
  • Check how important pages (e
  • For re-designs, ensure important old/existing URLs are redirected to relevant new URLs, if the URL scheme is changing.
  • Check all 'Hidden Copy' (e
  • Create a custom error page.
  • Standards and Validation
  • HTML validation.
  • JavaScript validation.
  • CSS validation.
  • SEO
  • Ensure page titles make sense and have relevant keywords in them.
  • Create metadata descriptions for important pages.
  • Check for canonical domain issues.
  • Ensure content is marked-up correctly.
  • Check for target keyword usage in general content.
  • Check format of URLs.
  • Set up Analytics and any other packages for measuring ongoing success.
  • Create an XML Sitemap.
  • Configure Google Webmaster Console and Yahoo! Site Explorer.
  • Functional Testing
  • Check all bespoke/complex functionality.
  • Check search functionality (including relevance of results).
  • Check page display in all browsers and operating systems.
  • Test pages at different screen resolutions.
  • Test all forms (e
  • Test without JavaScript, Flash, and other plug-ins.
  • Verify all hyperlinks.
  • Security/Risk
  • Configure backup schedule, and test recovery from backup.
  • Protect any sensitive pages.
  • Use robots
  • Perform security/penetration test.
  • Turn-off verbose error reporting.
  • Check disk space capacity.
  • Set-up email/SMS monitoring/alerts for errors and server warnings.
  • Performance
  • Test your page load speed.
  • Check image optimisation.
  • Check and implement caching.
  • Minify/compress static (JavaScript/HTML/CSS) files.
  • Optimise your CSS.
  • Check correct database indexing.
  • Check configuration at every level (Web server, Database)
  • Configure server-based logging/measurement tools.
  • Post-Launch
  • Use social marketing: Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, Facebook, Stumbleupon.
  • Submit to search engines.
  • Set-up PPC/Google Adwords.
  • Check formatting of site results in SERPs.
  • Monitor and respond to feedback.
  • Check analytics for problems, popular pages and adjust when necessary.
  • Update content regularly.

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Who it's for

This Website Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.

  • Standardize quality - run the same Website steps every time, regardless of who executes
  • Save time - reuse a proven Website workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
  • Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
  • Onboard faster - use the Website checklist as the SOP and training guide
  • Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth

How to use it

How to use this Website Checklist:

  1. Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
  2. Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
  3. Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
  4. Reuse without rebuilding - when Website comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.

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