Final checks before your site goes live

Spelling and Grammar

H1 Headers are used

Current year on copyright date normally located in the footer of your website

Images, Videos and Audio files are working on all devices

All downloadable documents are working and opening in a new tab

You have the rights to images, fonts, and any other other content on your site

Favicon in place and rendering correctly

All forms are submitting data properly.

After forms are submitted a thank-you message or are redirecting to a specific page

Form data is stored in a company database and data is emailed to a recipient on submitting

Both Internal links and External links across web pages are working properly. External links open in a new tab

Integrations with third-party tools/ software/marketing platform are working

Social media share icons are correctly linked

The company logo is linked to the landing page

Pages have unique page titles and include keywords

Pages have unique meta descriptions

Pages have keywords that appear in page copy

All images have alt tags

An XML sitemap has been submitted to search engines

301 redirects are in place for all old URLs

Google Webmaster and Google Analytics accounts been setup

Your website analytics codes are on your website.

Exclude relevant IP addresses from analytics tracking.

24/7 monitoring scripts are installed.

You have made a backup copy of the final website.

Backup copies of the website are made and stored on a regular basis.

Passwords and other credentials of your website are stored in a secure database.

Web pages disclose cookies use

The website is compliant with usage rights for purchased or borrowed code, images, and fonts.

Terms and privacy policies are visible

You have a POPIA compliance policy visible

Your website is ready to go live, or is it?