Pre-Live Website Checklist

Pre Live Website CheckList
This is the checklist of things to accomplish before you go live with yhour website. Make sure its not a rush, take your time and get things right!
| Step | Order | Area | Task | Completed |
| 1 | 1 | Settings | Verify all site pages and elements display properly on Chrome, Firefox, IE (multiple versions), Safari, Opera, Mobile Safari, Android, etc. Most importantly, test while logged out. Secondly, test all scenarios while logged in, both the front-end and the back-end. (do this again as the very last step) | |
| 1 | 1 | Settings | Verify favicon displays on IE (might need .ico version) and non-IE browsers | |
| 1 | 2 | Communications | Receive Client approval of site design concept, moving forward toward finalizing/publishing. As appropriate, initiate change orders (i.e. charge more for feature-creep) | |
| 1 | 2 | Settings | Take backup before proceeding to finalize | |
| 1 | 3 | SEO | Create needed categories and tags, including Description text for each | |
| 1 | 3 | Settings | Change default category from “Uncategorized” to something else (e.g. “News”) | |
| 1 | 3 | SEO | Confirm SEO plugin’s settings per tag and category | |
| 1 | 4 | SEO | Create archive-, tag-, and category-specific layouts/pages | |
| 1 | 5 | Settings | Change the author of all posts, pages, and CPTs to be authored by the Client’s User(s), not your own Administrator User | |
| 1 | 6 | Themes | Review items in the WordPress Theme Development Checklist |
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