Website Launch Checklist: What to Check Before You Go Live

Review the site on a narrow phone, a larger phone and a tablet. Look for cramped cards, horizontal scrolling, headings that break awkwardly, buttons that collide and navigation that becomes difficult to use.

The mobile version should feel intentionally designed, not like a desktop page squeezed into a smaller rectangle.

Open every main navigation item, dropdown and footer link. Confirm that service pages point to the right detailed pages and that calls to action reach the correct contact or project-start path. Check for placeholder links and old URLs left behind during rebuilding.

Submit the contact form from a real device. Confirm that required fields behave correctly, the submission succeeds, the notification reaches the intended inbox and the visitor receives a clear confirmation rather than wondering whether anything happened.

Every important page should have a descriptive title tag, a useful meta description, one clear primary heading and a readable URL. Confirm that canonical URLs point to the live page and that public pages are not accidentally marked noindex.

Check the XML sitemap and robots.txt so search engines can discover the public site.

Enable appropriate caching, remove unnecessary plugins and avoid uploading giant image files. Once final imagery is added, compress it, use modern formats where practical and size images for the way they are actually displayed.

Confirm that the favicon, logo, privacy policy, terms, accessibility information, contact details and footer navigation are present and consistent. These small elements make a new site feel finished rather than temporary.

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