[TEMPLATE] Pre-launch Checklist

[ricardoduplos]

Content

• All text free from spelling errors
• Page and content formatting appropriate on all pages
• Placeholder text removed
• All pages have content
• Favicon retina-ready created and displays correctly [HELPER: Favic-o-Matic]
• Device icons created and display correctly (Apple touch, Windows tile, etc)
• Footer includes copyright statement
• 404 page exists and is informative

SEO & Analytics

• Page titles are descriptive and SEO friendly
• All page titles are unique
• Meta data included and appropriate
• humans.txt is generated and added to the root of website [HELPER: Humans TXT]
• Google Analytics and relevant analytics/tracking tools installed

Social

• Open Graph tags included across website and appropriate (including images where possible)
• Twitter Cards tags included across website and appropriate (including image/video/audio where
  possible)

Markup

• HTML has passed validation
• CSS has passed validation
• Site links have been tested and resolve correctly
• JavaScript is error free and linted

Accessibility

• ARIA Landmark Roles specified
• Semantic headings and structure used, attending to HTML5 outline specs [HELPER: HTML5 Outliner]
• Images use appropriate alt text
• Associated label for all form controls

Rendering

• Displays & functions correctly in all the required browsers
• Displays & functions correctly on all the required resolutions and devices

Functionality

• Empty and partial states are properly communicated
• Loading is shown when appropriate

Optimization

• Images have been optimized [HELPER: Compressor.io]
• CSS is minified and combined
• JavaScript is minified and combined
• Enable gzip compression
• Ensure only necessary fonts, weights and character sets are installed (or embedded if possible)
• Run Google speed test and optimise accordingly (record score and known issues)

Post-launch

• Ensure site is visible to search engines
• Images, media and links reference live URL
• Webfonts integrated and working correctly on live site
• Analytics has been setup and integrated into website