Launch Party

[chrismekim]

Here's a non-exhaustive list of everything you'll want to think about before launch.

• A11y: Is your website accessible? Have you scanned over it with an accessibility tool? Can you navigate it entirely using your keyboard?
• Mailchimp Credentials: Does your project have an email capture? Have you reached out to your client for login details?
• Cross Device & Browser Testing: You can't expect your client to do this for you. Have you tried using your project on different browsers, and devices?
• DNS Access: Have you got access to the client's domain server? You'll need this to set the thing live, and it often takes the client days to find these.
• Favicon: Does your website have a cute favicon?
• Analytics: Have you added in an analytics tag? Usually you'll want to ensure your client generates this property, and gives you access.
• Metatags: Whats your strategy to ensure that Social Share cards (1200px X 627px) are crawlable on the site? Are you using React Snap? Does the client manage that content in Contentful? Is it documented in the Operator Manual?
• Bug Tracking: Have you installed Sentry on your project? How will you know if users encounter bugs?
• Webfont Licenses: Are you legally using your typefaces? Has your client purchases licenses?
• Cookie Consent: Does your project use cookies? (If it uses Google Analytics, it does). You'll want to ensure you have a cookie consent flag installed.
• 404 Page: What happens when the user navigates to non-existent URL? Are they redirected, or do they see a nice 404?
• Empty states: Do new users of your project see a lot of empty states when they start interacting? If so - have you added some messaging for those cases?
• Google Lighthouse: Have you profiled your website with Google Lighthouse too see where you can improve the initial paint, and therefore the page ranking?
• SEO & Google Webmaster Tools: Have you registered & optimized your project with Google Webmaster Tools? Do you have a crawlable site map?