A website check list is essential to not forget any important details of a website. This list is a helpful tool to go over before launching a website. 

Website Launch Check List Basics

• Check spelling

• Check typography

• Add favicon

• Check all links

• Create a site map (Google XML)

• Create a 303 redirect page

• Create 404 page & 500 error pages

• Test contact forms and their confirmation pages

• Test all email addresses

• Validate code

• Add RSS feed

• Add page titles, meta description & keywords

• Test! Test! Test! (Websites should be tested in all modern browsers such as IE7 +, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera)

• Add alt tags to all Images

• Add spam filter for forms and comments

• Set copyright to refresh automatically and add links to website’s creator in footer

• Add ipad & iphone icons

• Ensure all blog post pages are properly styled (bullet points, numbers, captions and images) 

• Ensure pagination works with numerous blog posts

Additional

• Install Google Analytics & Web Master Tools

• Submit to Google Index

• Register Site With Yahoo

• Submit the XML Site Map to Google

• Ensure your admin passwords are secure

• Spell check again

• Ensure all social media share tools & URL shortener works