Website launch checklist
Check the final domain, navigation, forms, backups, ownership and search settings with a practical stop-or-go checklist for a small website.
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Page 34 of 35Check the final domain, navigation, forms, backups, ownership and search settings with a practical stop-or-go checklist for a small website.
Match image dimensions to the page, choose a usable format, add the right alternative text and verify the actual file delivered on desktop and mobile.
Inventory content and services, understand what your platform can export, and verify an independent replacement before cancelling the original site.
Choose access by the task, create an individual account, verify its permissions and revoke it deliberately without deleting the contributor's work.
Reproduce a specific failure in a private copy, isolate plugins and theme changes, and confirm the smallest supported fix before touching the live site.
Build one clear signup path, verify confirmation and subscriber status, then test the welcome email and unsubscribe journey before inviting readers.
Contact the current registrar immediately, establish the registration status and ask for the actual recovery option. A new hosting purchase or transfer is not the first fix.
Inventory every service that sends as your business, authenticate each one, then introduce a monitored DMARC policy. Avoid a copied DNS string that breaks legitimate mail.
Trace a test submission from the form to the sending service and recipient inbox before changing plugins, DNS or email subscriptions.
Separate registrar transfer from DNS and hosting changes, preserve the complete configuration and check eligibility before moving the registration.
Check the saved content and exact URL, then isolate browser, page-cache and CDN layers without deleting files or buying another plugin.
Separate a slow server response from heavy images, scripts and uncached pages, then decide whether a hosting upgrade addresses the actual problem.
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