Ready to Launch
A checklist of launching your next website
Experience Related
Images have appropriate alt text
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
No Instances of "click here" for links
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
All delete actions require confirmation
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Touch targets are a minimum of 45 pixels wide
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
Content
Site content has been proofread for typos
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
There is no test copy remaining on the site
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Phone numbers & addresses have been verified
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Branding
The site has a working favicon
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
The footer section has legal info
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Title includes domain at the end (e.g. - domain.com)
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
SEO
Setup on traffic analysis package
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Up-to-date sitemap submitted to Google
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
H1 & Meta title attributes are descriptive and SEO friendly
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Meta descriptions attributes are SEO friendly
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Validation
W3C Markup validated
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
CSS files linted
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No broken links found
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JavaScript is error-free
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Cross Browser Testing
Chrome (on Windows & OS X)
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Firefox (on Windows & OS X)
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Safari (on OS X)
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Internet Explorer 9
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Internet Explorer 8
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Internet Explorer 7
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Font stack has been tested on Windows & OS X
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Responsive Design Testing
Tested at 1366 x 768
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Tested at 1024 x 768
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Tested at 320 x 480
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Test your design at the most common resolutions
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Performance
Page load time has been tested
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Site images are optimize for the web
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
JavaScript, CSS, HTML files are minified
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Testing for the worst case scenario
JavaScript turned off
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Images turned off
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
CSS turned off
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Flash turned off
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
QuickTime and other plugins turned off
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Fallback style sheet is setup
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Forms
Inline help has been added where needed
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Forms use HTML5 validation to highlight invalid fields
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
Forms data is checked via server-side validation
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
All submit functions redirect to a thank you page
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Contact the admins
A test message has been sent and a reply received
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Setup an email address for
[email protected]
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
Error Messages
Error pages are setup that are both helpful and branded
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Include pages: 402, 404, 500
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
Server-side code serves branded error pages
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Production Ready
The site is backed up
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Server-side reporting has been turned off
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Indexes are disabled via .htaccess file
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max
Robots.txt has been setup
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
Site is setup on a monitoring service
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
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Site is setup Website defender
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Comments:
250 Characters Max
All site-related accounts have complex passwords
N/A
Comments:
250 Characters Max