Ultimate Go Live Checklist

Everything you can do to make sure you site is successful in its initial and continued deploys.

Checklist

This is an ongoing checklist of everything I consider when working on sites. It's not a one size fits all.

Initial Setup

Setup DNS
Setup Hosting
Git Repo
Firewall
ENV Secrets (Nothing in source code)
Make sure site has all key pages (Privacy, Cookie, Contact)

Go-Live Content Validation

Sanity checks (make public)
Robots.txt
Sitemap.xml
aHREFs scanning

Error Management

Server Logs
Console Logs
Network Logs

Analytics

Search consoles
Google analytics
Page Speed