Website Redesign Checklist
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- Information about your old site
- Gather any data on sales, leads, or other performance of your old website so that you can compare it against the new site.
- Track your old site?s search engine ranks.
- Check what were the most visited pages on your old website.
- Check how many other sites are linking to your old website.
- New Site Launch
- Keep as many of your old URLs as possible.
- Make sure every URL from your old website would redirect to an appropriate page on your new website.
- If page redirect is not feasible use a server-side 301 setting.
- Run a link validator on your website to be sure that the internal links have all been updated.
- Make ssure ?File Not Found? page is well written and explains the situation.
- After Site Launch
- Monitor 404 errors.
- Make sure the inbound links link to existing URLs on your website.
- Take the time to make sure your directory listings are linking to the correct URLs.
- Submit XML Sitemap for getting pages indexed quickly.
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Who it's for
This Website Redesign Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.
- Standardize quality - run the same Website Redesign steps every time, regardless of who executes
- Save time - reuse a proven Website Redesign 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 Redesign 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 Redesign Checklist:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Website Redesign comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.
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