Website Pre-Launch CHECKLIST

Here are our recommended audits for you to do before you officially launch your website or funnel

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- SET UP YOUR PAGE SEO & SITEMAP


Make sure that all of the pages on your website that ARE active and you want to be found in Google search by the crawlers are set up in PAGE SEO and "added to sitemap". See this article: PAGE SEO


- REMOVE FROM SITEMAP


Any pages or functions (ie: Store/blog/template pages) that you are NOT planning to use right away - please "hide" by "removing from sitemap" under the SEO Info Tab of each Page's Settings area. OR delete any pages on your website you don't need. See this article: How to "Hide" a Page


- TEST YOUR SITE LIVE as if you were the visitor from beginning to end.


1) Test drive all the links in your site including menu, buttons and text links. See article: Linking 101 - How to use the Select a Link Window


2) Test drive all of your forms - making sure all of Forms on your site - "Form Settings" are completed for each one with unique Form Name, notification emails, Connect to email marketing (if appropriate), TAGS) - see article: 

Form Settings & How to Set Up Forms


3) Test drive your Booking Calendar


4) Test drive your checkout purchase - see article: How to create a “Test Purchase" in the store


5) Test drive your membership access - see article: 

How To Test Drive Your Course Membership


6) Test drive your first email campaigns and automations (when ready)


While testing all of the above - check your contact record to see that all of the actions taken by yourself have pulled through correctly - see article: CRM Contact Record / Profile


- BACK UP YOUR WEBSITE/ FUNNEL by creating a duplicate. See this article: How to duplicate or clone a website or funnel to create a backup copy


- LASTLY - GET YOUR SITE INDEXED BY GOOGLE by connecting to:


Google Analytics - see article: How to add Google Analytics to your site

AND

Google Search Console - see article: How to add Google Search Console


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