# Website launch checklist for a safer release

> Use this website launch checklist to verify content, forms, access, redirects, analytics, backups, and recovery before and after release.

Source: https://scayverstaging.1wp.site/freebies/website-launch-checklist/

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The last preview is not the live site. This website launch checklist takes approved content to a release you can verify and recover, with an owner per item.

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## Before the release window

Keep the evidence next to each item too. A checked box without a test is a guess.

- Confirm the page list, canonical URLs, redirects, and navigation with the person who owns the site.
- Review every public claim, price, policy, image right, client name, and contact detail.
- Test forms, booking, payment, email, search, and any connected workflow in the right environment.
- Review mobile layout, keyboard access, zoom, focus, errors, and reduced motion.
- Confirm backups, restore method, credentials, rollback owner, and support contacts.
- Record what must not change, including protected pages or components.

If a required piece is not ready, decide whether the release can exclude it. Do not hide an incomplete form behind a confident CTA.

## In the release window

Make the change through the approved process. Track who made it, when, and what version was released. Check that saved source matches the intended copy and configuration. Avoid stacking unrelated last-minute changes into the same release. They make failures harder to diagnose.

## After the site is public

Open the live site on desktop and mobile. Follow the main action from landing page to confirmation and internal receipt. Check key URLs, redirects, titles, canonicals, robots directives, images, and visible errors. Confirm analytics events are recorded without sending private form entries into reports. Verify the final version, not only a staging preview.

What would a customer do if the main action failed in the first hour? Make the fallback visible and give one person responsibility for watching it.

## Record and follow up.

Log the result of each critical check. If you find a failure, state whether you fixed it, rolled back, or accepted a temporary limitation with an owner and date. Recheck after caches, redirects, and connected systems settle. Schedule a later review for search visibility, performance, and customer feedback. They cannot all be judged at launch minute.

The [website audit checklist](https://scayverstaging.1wp.site/freebies/website-audit-checklist/) helps identify broader improvement work. The [website care plan checklist](https://scayverstaging.1wp.site/freebies/website-care-plan-checklist/) helps assign ongoing ownership. If you need release planning and implementation support, read [web development](https://scayverstaging.1wp.site/services/development/web-development/).

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