What to Check Before Launching
This step is where you catch broken links, sloppy mobile layouts, and forms that go nowhere.
📱 Mobile Responsiveness
- Test on Chrome DevTools (Device Toolbar)
- Manually check on actual phones if possible
- Make sure text and buttons are easy to read/tap
🔗 Click Every Link
- Test all menu links and buttons
- Make sure external links open in
target="_blank"
- 404 test: try a broken URL like
/blah.html
📨 Test Your Forms
- Submit test messages from the contact form
- Verify they go to the right inbox
- Check for autoresponders and thank-you page
⚡ Performance Check
- Run your site through Google PageSpeed Insights
- Look at mobile scores especially
- Compress large images and eliminate unused CSS/JS
🧪 Run a Lighthouse Audit
In Chrome DevTools → Lighthouse → Analyze. Check:
- Performance
- Accessibility
- SEO
- Best Practices
🕵️ Privacy + Legal
- If you collect data: add a privacy policy
- Use Termly.io or GetTerms.io
- GDPR? Include cookie banner for EU visitors
🧭 SEO Pre-Check
- Title and meta description on every page
- One
<h1> per page
- Check sitemap.xml + robots.txt are live
- Install Google Analytics or Plausible
🚀 Launch It
- Remove any “coming soon” or index blocking
- Verify SSL + HTTPS on all pages
- Publish and test again once live
Final Pre-Launch Checklist
- ✓ Responsive on mobile
- ✓ All links work
- ✓ Forms tested
- ✓ SEO & meta tags in place
- ✓ SSL active
- ✓ Sitemap ready
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