Website Handover

After providing a training / handover session, here's a quick checklist that our internal project team uses when launching new sites:

Run a test of the contact form to make sure enquiries reach the client's inbox.
For Commerce clients, ensure the notification e-mail address is set and run a test purchase (you can use direct deposit as a payment method to avoid charging your card).
Check mobile devices to ensure layout and menu function correctly.
Check all links and phone numbers on the website home page, contact page, and in the header and footer. A quick way to do this, is to hover over links.
Run the link checker tool via Dashboard > Pages > Check Links.
E-mail the client our beginner training resources in case they need assistance: https://www.oncord.com/resources/learning/

Additional Items:

Setup a favicon (our team uses https://www.favicon-generator.org)
Set SEO keywords and descriptions on at least the home page.
Add Google Tag Manager & FB Pixel if needed.
If they're moving from an old site, ensure Page Re-directors are setup from old addresses to new (Dashboard > Website > Pages > Re-directors).
Check sizes of images and video for impact on load time and bandwidth / storage usage. The network tab of Google Chrome dev tools is a quick, easy way to check. Otherwise check out https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
Clean up the colour palette (generating a design multiple times can cause this to get messy. Check by changing the background color of a section).