FEB 17

The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist

Posted by Dan Zambonini on 17th Feb 2009

We’re developing a checklist that all websites should be checked against before launch. Let us know if we’ve missed something out, or if something needs further clarification. Some well-known and well-documented tasks (such as validation and accessibility testing) are not explained in detail. Add your suggestions in the comments.

Updated 17 Feb '09, 15:21 Added notifications (@keeran), Hidden copy (@jennybee) and Test search (@bwass).

Updated 18 Feb '09, 17:18 Added testing of backup (Edinburger), Google Webmaster Console (josefresco and Mark Alves), External monitoring and internal logging (Fernando and Karan Bhangui), and Consistent lists and UK/US spelling (Pierre Far).

Updated 23 Feb '09, 10:16 Added PDF version.

Updated 7 Apr '09, 10:20 Added link to French translation.

Download a PDF version: The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist. (PDF, 72KB)

French Translation: La checklist ultime pour le lancement d’un site web. (external link)

Pre-Launch
Content and Style
Typography and layout  
Check for incorrect punctuation marks, particularly apostrophes, quotation marks and hyphens/dashes  
Check headings for where you could potentially use ligatures  
Check for widow/orphan terms in important paragraphs  
Spelling and grammar  
Consistency  
Capitalisation (especially of main headings)  
Tense/Style of writing  
Recurring/common phrases (e.g. ‘More about X’ links)  
Variations in words (e.g. Websites vs Web Sites, or UK vs US spelling)  
Treatment of bulleted lists (e.g. periods or commas at end of each item)  
Check for hard-coded links to staging domain (i.e. ensure all links will change to ‘live’ URL/domain when site is launched)  
Ensure no test content on site  
Check how important pages (e.g. content items) print  
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.g. alt text, transcriptions, text in JavaScript functions)  
Standards and Validation
Accessibility  
HTML validation  
JavaScript validation  
CSS validation  
Search Engine Visibility, SEO and Metrics
Page Titles are important; ensure they make sense and have relevant keywords in them.  
Create metadata descriptions for important pages.  
Check for canonical domain issues (e.g. variations in links to http://site.com http://www.site.com http://www.site.com/index.html should be reduced to a single consistent style)  
Ensure content is marked-up semantically/correctly (<h1>, etc.)  
Check for target keyword usage in general content  
Check format (user/search engine friendliness) of URLs  
Set up Analytics, FeedBurner, 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 on common variations of browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome etc.), version (6, 7, 2.2, 3.1 etc.) and platform (Windows, OSX, Linux)  
Check on common variations of Screen Resolution  
Test all forms (e.g. contact us, blog comments), including anti-spam features, response emails/text, etc.  
Test without JavaScript, Flash, and other plug-ins  
Check all external links are valid  
Security/Risk
Configure backup schedule, and test recovery from backup.  
Protect any sensitive pages (e.g. administration area)  
Use robots.txt where necessary  
Security/Penetration test  
Turn-off verbose error reporting  
Check disk space/capacity  
Set-up email/SMS monitoring/alerts (e.g. for errors, server warnings); consider internal and external monitoring services  
Performance
Load test  
Check image optimisation  
Check and implement caching where necessary  
Check total page size/download time  
Minify/compress static (JavaScript/HTML/CSS) files  
Optimise your CSS: use short image paths; make full-use ‘cascading’ nature of CSS, etc.  
Check correct database indexing  
Check configuration at every level (Web server, Database, any other software e.g. Content Management System)  
Configure server-based logging/measurement tools (e.g. database/web server logging)  
Finishing Touches
Create custom 404/error pages  
Create a favicon  
Post-Launch
Marketing
Social Marketing: Twitter, LinkedIn, Digg, Facebook, Stumbleupon, etc.  
Submit to search engines  
Set-up PPC/Google Adwords where necessary  
Check formatting of site results in SERPs  
Ongoing
Monitor and respond to feedback (direct feedback, on Social Media sites, check for chatter through Google, etc.)  
Check analytics for problems, popular pages etc. and adjust as necessary  
Update content  

 

 

Comments

231 comments

  1. Keeran said... 17th Feb 2009, 14:45

    Great list Dan, thanks! I think the only things I'd add would be SMS/email alerts for exception notifications and server monitoring. K

  2. Carl Morris said... 17th Feb 2009, 14:45

    Unique title tags for each page... Partly for deep SEO. And partly because I just favourited this on Delicious and it didn't automatically have the title of your post! Thanks - very useful.

  3. Irregular Shed said... 17th Feb 2009, 14:57

    It sounds obvious, but having worked with a company stupid enough to not do this: Make sure you've got the domain name. Seriously, we did a bunch of work for a company (I won't name them) who hadn't actually got the domain name they thought they had, and we weren't contracted to have anything to do with that. (It was a horrible project that I wasted far too many months of my life on, months I'll never get back.)

  4. Dan Zambonini said... 17th Feb 2009, 14:58

    @Carl Morris - Argh, can't believe these posts don't have unique titles! They should have; will get that fixed asap. @Keeran Ta, will definitely add that, and sort out the URL issue...

  5. Alex said... 18th Feb 2009, 12:03

    You don't really need to submit to search engines - they will find you thru the link. And never pay to have your site submitted to "1000 search engines"

  6. Pierre Far said... 18th Feb 2009, 12:07

    For consistency: 1. Full stops (periods) at the end of list items. 2. UK/US spelling for English. Also, make sure there is a copyright statement in the footer, with the correct year (I still see copyright statements for 2008.) Pierre

  7. Karan Bhangui said... 18th Feb 2009, 12:11

    I think a good addition would be "Set up detailed server logging at all points of failure (database, web server, etc)". I think it's a very important think in case something goes wrong live, if you haven't already done so during production. It's also a nice complement to front-end analytics (as already listed)

  8. Fernando said... 18th Feb 2009, 13:36

    An "Availability" section: - Set up external web site monitoring (uptime)? - Set up an internal measuring tool too (cacti, nagios, monit etc) not only for alerts but to get some graphs for better optimization

  9. Mark Alves said... 18th Feb 2009, 13:59

    Validate your site in Google Webmaster Tools. This includes running diagnostics, turning on enhanced image search, verifying any Google sitelinks and confirming your sitemaps status.

  10. Dan Zambonini said... 18th Feb 2009, 14:08

    Thanks all for more great suggestions; I'll wait until the initial Hacker News traffic has calmed, then aggregate the suggestions and update the list. Keep them coming!

  11. Simon said... 18th Feb 2009, 14:28

    I would add checking your contact form works. We just moved servers and it took us a couple of days to realise we didn't update the mail settings!

  12. Leroy Fernandes said... 18th Feb 2009, 14:29

    Thanks for this list. Also thanks to all those who have added their own points to the list. It really helps to have such kind of information in one place. -- Leroy Fernandes www.fuelmediaworks.com

  13. Timothy said... 18th Feb 2009, 15:00

    Awesome! Def gonna use this

  14. James said... 18th Feb 2009, 15:41

    Checklist as PDF or ODS?

  15. Matt said... 18th Feb 2009, 17:17

    would be great to have this as a PDF

  16. Carlos Kirkconnell said... 18th Feb 2009, 17:40

    http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch04_Ignore_Details_Early_On.php

  17. Dan Zambonini said... 18th Feb 2009, 17:54

    Carlos Kirkconnell: I kind-of agree (we still have a list of about 30 items left to 'refine' for this website which we launched last week), but I'm personally all-for obsessing over every detail. Jonathan Ive is known for 'obsessive passion ... about attention to detail' (http://www.jonathanive.com/biography/), and I know whose products I prefer between Apple and 37S.

  18. Kweek said... 18th Feb 2009, 19:26

    Great list! Maybe you can add a .PDF version?

  19. Jason Bartholme said... 18th Feb 2009, 20:34

    Great... Could have used this last week. Oh, well. I have it now for future projects. It is truly a great list, especially for team projects.

  20. alexvega said... 18th Feb 2009, 21:24

    Thanks to creators and contributors. I made it into a Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ajjgrhjmhnt4_135dk27bcfj You can download a PDF version, print or whatever from there.

  21. Dan Zambonini said... 18th Feb 2009, 23:19

    Thanks all. Wow, loving the Google Docs version! Will possibly do another update tomorrow depending on number of new suggestions. (PS This is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)

  22. k srivatsa iyengar said... 19th Feb 2009, 00:18

    hi there are, to my mind, many more points to be covered in the check list.. off hand i'm listing just a few which i comes to mind now.. ( based upon my own experience in a corporate ): 1. arrangements with the service provider..be it your own leased line or hosted server.. security of the server, the possibility of running applications on the server ( database access, mailing lists, newsletters etc.etc.) 2. the arrangements for any payment gateways, their terms and handling of sales etc. 3. organising for updating the content from time to time 4. organising and setting up standards for handling the visitors emails and complaints of non working of certain functions 5. payment gateway arrangements ( where applicable ) regarding security, ssl digital signatures etc.. 6. whether the site should be in other languages, if so the managing of the fonts etc.,

  23. Zaigham said... 19th Feb 2009, 08:09

    Great list.

  24. ricardoe said... 19th Feb 2009, 08:43

    I hope this doesn't bother you: http://www.sharefile.org/showfile-745/weblistlaunch.pdf Its a PDF version.

  25. Mike said... 19th Feb 2009, 09:50

    Just sent your post around the office - as an SEO guy I'll expand upon the bit about search engines but I think the idea is great.

  26. Daniel said... 19th Feb 2009, 10:29

    Nice check list, and one I'll get our team to refer to. Just wanted to echo a previous comment that there's no need (or benefit) from submitting your site to search engines any more. Just get some other sites to link to it and the search engines will find it in days (if not hours). I'd add a post-launch/marketing point to include a linking strategy - especially if you want to rank strongly on Google.

  27. Bassy said... 19th Feb 2009, 14:23

    Thanks . its very nice list.i gonna use this.

  28. wan said... 19th Feb 2009, 15:06

    Great list! I was looking for something like this for our company web process.

  29. Wiktor said... 19th Feb 2009, 20:02

    Great stuff. For those familiar with git/github, here is a forkable version: http://github.com/netguru/checklist

  30. Dave Quested said... 20th Feb 2009, 02:59

    Great list Dan, some additions: 1. Configure Windows Live Webmaster Tools 2. Submit the Sitemap you've created (Google/Yahoo/Windows Live/Ask)

  31. Ryan Roberts said... 20th Feb 2009, 14:06

    Good idea. Dan I can email you a checklist I use if you want? It's relatively extensive and based on checklists gathered by other web designers. If you are then let me know if I should use the main contact form or a specific email.

  32. Dan Zambonini said... 20th Feb 2009, 14:07

    Ryan, that would be amazing, thank you! My name is 'dan' and I work '@' 'boxuk.com', so if you add those together you should get my email address... Thanks!

  33. Nick said... 20th Feb 2009, 14:19

    Wow, great list! I've bookmarked this for future reference and all other webmasters should!

  34. tommythewolfboy said... 20th Feb 2009, 15:38

    If this is supposed to be an 'ultimate' list should it not break out points like Accessibility into relevant checks? You certainly go down to this level for SEO etc.

  35. Prashant said... 20th Feb 2009, 16:07

    before beginning, there could be a couple of points regarding hosting details, files/folders that have read-write access, etc.

  36. B Moore said... 22nd Feb 2009, 07:02

    Thank you for making this list!

  37. Anthony Sutton said... 22nd Feb 2009, 07:23

    What an awesome list - you should get a PDF version online before others steal it. Also, you have great website - illustrations are beautiful.

  38. Malcolm said... 22nd Feb 2009, 18:48

    Cool This is an amazing compilation. Many Thanks :)

  39. Spider said... 22nd Feb 2009, 19:14

    maybe SQL injection test :)

  40. Dan Zambonini said... 23rd Feb 2009, 09:24

    Thanks all. We'll be uploading a PDF later this afternoon; in the meantime you can get it on Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/12692424/The-Ultimate-Website-Launch-Checklist I'll also update the checklist later this week with any new suggestions.

  41. Mike Archibald said... 23rd Feb 2009, 09:29

    Handy list. Can't say I do everyone when I launch a website, but I try to do most!

  42. francis_dierick said... 24th Feb 2009, 01:19

    Should 'Check in text-based browser (e.g. Lynx)' be added to the Ultimate Website Launch Checklist? Why? It's a great and simple accessibility check. Plus, it uncovers tabbing problems for people who like to keyboard-browse your site.

  43. Monika said... 24th Feb 2009, 06:05

    Hi Dan great list, i would like to include one more point to the list which is checking browser compatibilty and internal linking of all pages so that they can get crawled easily.

  44. Abhinav Gulyani said... 24th Feb 2009, 19:07

    Thanks an awesome list. Really useful.

  45. Heidi Cool said... 25th Feb 2009, 10:24

    Nice list. I particularly like that you focus on content first (so many people seem to forget that.) When possible I'd set up things like Google Analytics and search engine submissions as early as possible. (1-2 weeks pre-launch) If using a testing server during pre-launch this isn't doable, but for new sites/domains that can publish pre-launch it can give you a leg up. I recently did this with a new site and found it helpful that Google had indexed the pages by the time I announced the launch. That said, obviously this can't be done until you have a preponderance of pages created, and can't be done if you need to keep site secret until the launch, but it's nice to get a bit of a head start.

  46. Kevin Hemsworth said... 26th Feb 2009, 14:58

    Great list. Didn't read all the comments to know if anyone's suggested adding checking DNS records (mail forwarding, etc.) when moving to a new host environment, but it's not so great when you hit the switch and your client loses their email access!"But look how great your new site looks!" never seems to go over particularly well in those instances.

  47. facundo said... 26th Feb 2009, 19:01

    great list guys! besides validation, i would pay attention to the site being viewable in Chrome too. it's happened to us recently

  48. merzmarkus@goglemail.com said... 27th Feb 2009, 19:05

    I miss 'user tests' and in this context ongoing 'navigation tests'. Another point is 'check landing pages' if affiliate programs or AdWord programs are used to promote the site. Very useful list. Bookmarked and posted to my site.

  49. Anne said... 1st Mar 2009, 15:36

    This is a thorough list, excellent! Thanks.

  50. Lachelle T. said... 3rd Mar 2009, 05:00

    Excellent list! Too often we have most of these "To-Do" items in our heads but there's no way to get to all of them and more without a checklist such as this. Will definitely be utilizing this for all my future projects.

  51. Greg said... 6th Mar 2009, 19:41

    Great list. How about testing your 'web2.0 and social networking features'. I.e. 'user generated content', 'social bookmarks', 'widgets', 'shared/posted links', 'user account set-up/settings', esp. OpenID/Facebook Connect, 'management & admin systems', 'mashup performance', 'embeded content', e.g. YouTube Videos, etc.

  52. Stu Collett said... 10th Mar 2009, 13:40

    Love this list. Great work guys! Stu.

  53. Eva johnson said... 27th Mar 2009, 10:14

    ok, what do you charge for checking a particlar website before louncing on internet.... Regards Eva

  54. mathew llewellyn said... 2nd Apr 2009, 21:05

    I guess your handling 'usability' outside of this model. I don’t think anyone has mentioned functional testing for internal network sites/applications Make sure you test your site/application across the same environment that your customer’s workforce(s) is/are using. Thin client based Citrix environments throw up all sorts of problems outside of standard accessibility testing. Have fun with lists ... Nice to see people working together!

  55. Adrian said... 8th Apr 2009, 01:07

    Thanks for the list. this is great.

  56. Michael Müller said... 8th Apr 2009, 02:54

    Excellent resource, thank you for sharing!

  57. Sandra said... 8th Apr 2009, 04:27

    Thanks:) Great checklist.

  58. Pradeep CD said... 9th Apr 2009, 13:06

    Awesome checklist...

    I have already done some of them...

    Thanks

  59. Erick Schluter said... 10th Apr 2009, 23:53

    Mmhh...I have downloaded the .PDF...Sigh...Here goes my weekend!
    Thanks!

  60. Joni Mueller said... 14th Apr 2009, 02:47

    And this checklist would also make a very good addition to any checklists or milestones you have created within your preferred Project Management system too. I plan to implement huge chunks of it in my boilerplate web site project template in activeCollab. :)

  61. Gustavo Ballve said... 14th Apr 2009, 14:24

    Thanks a LOT!

  62. china tours said... 16th Apr 2009, 07:26

    Great article! thanks very much. it is of big help to my new site.

  63. EmmaB said... 23rd Apr 2009, 09:43

    I was wondering if this could be formatted into an Excel checklist? Of course, only if you have the time.

  64. Biggs said... 30th Apr 2009, 15:12

    @EmmaB - You can save this page in your browser as html and open it up in excel. You'll have to do a tiny bit of cleanup, but the list is there.

    Great list by the way, Dan. I've been thinking of how I can incorporate it to my workflow. Not as a piece of paper on my desk, iykwim.

  65. Michael Savage said... 5th May 2009, 16:31

    You might want to clean up some of the spam but this is a great list!

  66. Richard said... 13th May 2009, 12:20

    I wish I had access to such good info when starting out our website. We learned as we went along and cut some corners which were tough to get back around. Nice list.

  67. David Radovanovic said... 27th May 2009, 00:10

    Thanks for the great post. It would be great if there were links with the associated list items to either pages with more info or hints. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!

  68. Noah said... 2nd Jun 2009, 02:55

    That is a great checklist indeed.

    Under marketing, I'd add 'create an XML site map' and replace 'submit to search engines' with 'begin link building process.'

    Doing the social marketing you mention and/or link building will get the site indexed in every search engine, so submitting is not necessary.

  69. Ways to Make Money Online said... 17th Jun 2009, 16:15

    The checklist is great, it will help me in the future. I've bookmarked for reference. Thanks.

  70. Brian McManus said... 29th Jun 2009, 05:38

    Hi Dan, that's a really great list. I wondered if you might consider adding a link to my new website, launchly. Launchly is all about getting new websites the feedback they need to succeed and I would love to see it included as an optional step in the launch process!

    http://www.launchly.com

  71. Raffi Darrow said... 29th Jun 2009, 18:21

    Functionality: Does the logo in the header link back to the domain name?

  72. joomla web developer said... 30th Jun 2009, 09:07

    Hi
    This is collection of great List.I particularly like that you focus on content first (so many people seem to forget that.) When possible I'd set up things like Google Analytics and search engine submissions as early as possible.

    thanks
    http://www.joomla-web-designer.com
    http://www.joomla-web-developer.com

  73. Ideamesh said... 1st Jul 2009, 21:52

    Great checklist, I might use bits for my own

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  79. web design said... 11th Jul 2009, 07:52

    I have to bookmark this post in order to keep checking the list for every project I will get.
    Thanks !

  80. MMO Games said... 13th Jul 2009, 21:24

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  82. Shade Garden said... 15th Jul 2009, 03:50

    I wondered if you might consider adding a link to my new website, launchly. Launchly is all about getting new websites the feedback they need to succeed.

  83. Home Remedies said... 15th Jul 2009, 03:51

    When possible I'd set up things like Google Analytics and search engine submissions as early as possible.

  84. Tech Reviews said... 15th Jul 2009, 03:52

    We learned as we went along and cut some corners which were tough to get back around. Nice list.

  85. Property in India said... 15th Jul 2009, 03:54

    great list guys! besides validation, i would pay attention to the site being viewable in Chrome too. it's happened to us recently.

  86. SEO said... 17th Jul 2009, 11:36

    Take a look at a selection of web pages that come up high in the search engine results for any search term and you’ll notice they all have one thing in common: unique page titles.

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  90. PabloC said... 20th Jul 2009, 20:40

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    Check how important pages (e.g. content items) print - that is one that I have never even thought of. I wonder how many people even print my pages though. Interesting...

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  94. Jonas said... 22nd Jul 2009, 22:23

    How about adding - "Check for color scheme consistancy" to the content and style section.

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    Great list. How about testing your 'web2.0 and social networking features'. I.e. 'user generated content', 'social bookmarks', 'widgets', 'shared/posted links', 'user account set-up/settings', esp. OpenID/Facebook Connect, 'management & admin systems', 'mashup performance', 'embeded content', e.g. YouTube Videos, etc.

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  107. Viral Marketing said... 10th Aug 2009, 23:08

    The most important I believe is checking compatibility with websites. I once had a website that was fine on my browser, Mozilla, but didn't load well on IE. It took me a month to realize! (p.s. it looks like there are just as many comments here as there are points in the checklist!)

  108. Link Building said... 10th Aug 2009, 23:09

    Security/Risk is probably most important if you are dealing with sensitive stuff.

  109. Cheap car insurance said... 11th Aug 2009, 04:51

    great! The list is so detailed and systematic. Even beginner can use the list as guide. Permit me to save a copy and learn later. I might use it to review my established blogs and manage some new domains. thank you.

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  111. sealer said... 14th Aug 2009, 02:07

    Can not say it is too much. You need a detailed and careful analysis to start a business. Even if it is e-business on the web. thank you.

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    A very detailed list so to speak. This is what every webmaster should be having. Thanks for this.

  113. Medost Forum said... 16th Aug 2009, 05:02

    The list is very useful for the person who is going to launch website. I have already made two websites and going to create a music website so i will use this checklist for my new website.

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  117. Onlre said... 21st Aug 2009, 01:43

    Very great list, thanks for share it.

  118. Seniorenhandy said... 21st Aug 2009, 22:36

    Thanks for the great List! It's relly usefull to check all the points on it every time you upload a new site.

  119. Photophoto said... 22nd Aug 2009, 05:03

    The checklist is great. I can't imagine starting up an e-business without doing careful analysis. You need a checklist just like starting an "offline" business. Thank you.
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  120. ygs sistemi said... 24th Aug 2009, 12:19

    I wish I had access to such good info when starting out our website. We learned as we went along and cut some corners which were tough to get back around. Nice list.

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  122. ngan hang said... 25th Aug 2009, 06:41

    Great list, it is really useful for my site. Thank you

  123. Directory Business said... 25th Aug 2009, 23:40

    Great job!!. Thanks for sharing a very nice website launch checklist.

  124. College Auto Insurance said... 26th Aug 2009, 17:24

    I wish I had access to such good info when starting out our website. We learned as we went along and cut some corners which were tough to get back around. Nice list.

  125. Texas Holdem Tips said... 26th Aug 2009, 18:51

    great list guys! besides validation, i would pay attention to the site being viewable in Chrome too. it's happened to us recently

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  130. Why is my computer so slow said... 28th Aug 2009, 01:38

    Great post! I wish I had read this before launching my last website. Definately bookmarked for future use. Thanks!

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  132. anunturi said... 28th Aug 2009, 22:45

    Nice list Dan!

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  134. Lukisan said... 29th Aug 2009, 20:39

    Thanks for the great post. It would be great if there were links with the associated list items to either pages with more info or hints. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!

  135. Charlotte Limo said... 30th Aug 2009, 18:08

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  136. Garden Edging Ideas said... 31st Aug 2009, 01:07

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  140. Make Money Online said... 31st Aug 2009, 23:32

    I would pay attention to the site being viewable in Chrome too.

  141. UKproperty said... 1st Sep 2009, 08:22

    I use the checklist for my new website. Not yet throughly since there are so many. But I find it to be really useful. Proviser UK Property

  142. tocoa.net said... 1st Sep 2009, 12:28

    Good checklist, will use it for my website if the time has come. One small addition to the Security/Risk section should be to check the access rights to the folder/files and to tighten them as much as possible (that is: restrict access to outsiders).

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  145. American Flags said... 2nd Sep 2009, 05:27

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    Need some country flags to go with the check list

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  151. family counselor said... 3rd Sep 2009, 06:39

    Great post. Will implement on next launch.

  152. San Diego midwife said... 3rd Sep 2009, 06:41

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  153. Richard Sharpe said... 3rd Sep 2009, 12:37

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    It is a nice list. I wish I knew website design. Since I don't know, I use wordpress to make my website.

  162. reisekrankenversicherung said... 5th Sep 2009, 19:23

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  163. How to make money said... 6th Sep 2009, 09:41

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  164. Self Hypnosis said... 6th Sep 2009, 19:49

    Thanks Dan for sharing this great information. Keep up the good work!

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  166. Jay - Work At Home Blogger said... 7th Sep 2009, 12:47

    The post you made and the list is awesome. Screen resolution is a must!

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    If you count them all, I am sure the newly-launched website must get the target in short range of time. It's great! Details will pay in the future.

  169. Neeraj Srivastava said... 8th Sep 2009, 05:13

    Checklist is really awesome.......covers all n all smallest points that matters.....thanx for sharing this nice information......

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  172. SyntheticGrass said... 9th Sep 2009, 02:01

    Thank you. I will use the checklist as guide when i finish designing my new website. It is still on the planning stage now. I like that the list is really complete and systematic.

  173. Dominate Mafia Wars said... 9th Sep 2009, 21:06

    Thank you Dan. The list you compile is really detailed.

  174. Make Money Online said... 10th Sep 2009, 00:42

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    I just started doing seo for a website. The list provided above is great.
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  177. zhuzhiyan said... 17th Sep 2009, 12:17

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  181. Make Money Easy Online said... 21st Sep 2009, 11:01

    Thanks for the comprehensive checklist.

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    I should have come across this web page before I released my website http://www.jackpotpokies.com.au It would've saved me a lot of headaches. Thanks for the awesome list. I look forward to more useful articles from you Dan.

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  189. sbs said... 24th Sep 2009, 23:34

    We learned as we went along and cut some corners which were tough to get back around. Nice list.

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  194. digital printing said... 28th Sep 2009, 06:32

    I have a website that covers the digital printing business, providing such things as decals of all types, labels for CDs and DVDs and various other labels. Once my website was created, the CMS was working perfectly, the content was super and I was happy with it all. That was the point when I took and step back and took the time to ask if I was ready to take my website live. When it comes to launching a new website, many different things tend to be forgotten because we are so eager to go live. It is helpful to have a checklist that you can go over, making all of the final touches until you are sure that you are ready to launch.

    Thanks
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  195. Unicomy said... 28th Sep 2009, 19:47

    I started to learn html 15 years ago, and coded my plain html coupon website gogoshopper.com 10 years ago. I should've read your list first. Thanks.

  196. Lane said... 29th Sep 2009, 17:53

    It's not necessary to submit the site to Google or any SE.

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  198. Povesti said... 2nd Oct 2009, 11:06

    Great article.

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    Your check list is pretty interesting but you have to modify it with the time as well. You don't need to submit to SE and there should be some more stuff according to SEO.
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  201. seo said... 6th Oct 2009, 09:40

    An excellent list. Most of these things are known but then some tend to slip through the cracks when trying to get organized to launch a new site. Trying to get all the SEO aspects functional is quite a challenge, but making sure all the content is good to go and that the site is really ready for launch is a good habit to get into. A little extra work in the set up can save a lot of headaches after launch. This philosophy can be applied to most tasks but it is especially pertinent in website building. Thanks again.
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  202. April said... 7th Oct 2009, 11:10

    Thanks very much for this checklist. I had no idea there were so many different things to look at. I guess you only have one chance to make a first impression so it's worth taking the time from the beginning.

  203. Bill Gassett said... 10th Oct 2009, 12:03

    This is quite a comprehensive list. I like the fact that you mention some of the things you are doing to get the site noticed by the search engines. Having great content and good design of course is very important. I would put having an online presence as the next item of importance on the list.

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    Everyone absolutely need to follow a list like this when thinking about what their website will be like. Too many time we get caught up in how t will look and what bells and whistles it will have to impress people and show how clever we are. Remember that a website is there for a reason other than to boost your ego. If you want it to do the job you intend it to do successfully do the homework and follow a guideline like this one. It saves a whole lot of work later. Best to do it all first and spend extra time than tear it all down and do it over.
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  206. Byron Griffin said... 14th Oct 2009, 02:31

    This is great!

  207. Khai said... 15th Nov 2009, 05:00

    comprehensive list..thanks! :)

  208. stefa said... 3rd Dec 2009, 17:27

    good list! is the pdf version already available??

  209. Dwayne said... 4th Dec 2009, 00:33

    Thanx so much, I was doing like 3 projects and got overwhlemed and this list helped me a lot, i tried coming up with one my self then i decided to get one in the rush of time. GREAT. Also remember to check your server limitations, so that u don't run out of allotments such as: max number of database connections and so on. Remember to secure your secret scripts that u use to either monitor or administer ur site! Login area sometimes is not enuff to protect, use a specific URL and only access it fr ur PC or u can remove or change it if u access it elsewhere.

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  210. Bolsa de Trabajo said... 4th Dec 2009, 23:31

    The checklist is really good and detailed.
    How about testing your 'web2.0 and social networking features'. I.e. 'user generated content', 'social bookmarks', 'widgets', 'shared/posted links', 'user account set-up/settings', esp. OpenID/Facebook Connect, 'management & admin systems', 'mashup performance', 'embeded content', e.g. YouTube Videos,

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