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<aside> 👋 Hi there, Designers and Webflow creators!

Don't hit publish just yet! Take a moment to make sure your website is polished and ready for the world with this comprehensive Webflow Pre-Launch Checklist. It covers everything you need to consider, from design and content to SEO, functionality, accessibility, and backend settings.

This ensures a smooth launch and a positive user experience.

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1. Design & Layout
2. Content
3. SEO
4. Functionality
5. Integrations
6. Accessibility
7. Custom Code
8. Back-End Settings
9. Domain & Hosting
10. Soft Launch

🎨 Design & Layout

• [ ] Ensure responsive design across all screen sizes (desktop, tablet, mobile)
• [ ] Mobile menu (hamburger or similar) works on the appropriate viewports
• [ ] The site doesn’t have unwanted horizontal scroll in all viewports
• [ ] Ensure all animations and interactions are working as expected. Make sure interaction speeds don’t delay your users.
• [ ] Check page loading speed
• [ ] All heading tags have been styled to match the design
• [ ] Rich text elements are all styled (headings, paragraphs, ordered & unordered lists, links, quotes)
• [ ] Consistent color pallet set in global swatches
• [ ] Form elements are styled to match the design (all used input types and buttons)
• [ ] Typography is consistent and there’s a logic for how it’s used (italics, bold etc)
• [ ] Fallback fonts are set
• [ ] All link have a hover state, elements that can’t be clicked don’t have a hover state
• [ ] Check cross-browser appearance (Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. You should also check Opera and Microsoft Edge)

✍️ Content

• [ ] Proofread all text for spelling and grammar errors
• [ ] Check all images and multimedia (videos, gifs, etc.) for quality and loading times. Webflow automatically scales and compresses your images. Make sure you upload all your images at 2x size.
• [ ] Ensure all placeholder content has been replaced
• [ ] Check all internal links are linking to a page
• [ ] Check that all external links open in a new tab

🔎 SEO

• [ ] Check all pages have SEO-friendly titles and descriptions
• [ ] Ensure all images have alt text for SEO and accessibility
• [ ] Check that URLs are SEO-friendly
• [ ] Turn on “Automatically Generate a Sitemap”
• [ ] Enable Search Console on your site
• [ ] Enable Google Analytics tracking
• [ ] Add HTML5 semantic tags for even greater SEO
• [ ] Set your Open Graph settings and image
• [ ] Add Schema Markup to your homepage
• [ ] Test your site for speed on GTMatrix - you should have an A score

🛠️ Functionality

• [ ] Test all forms and ensure they are capturing and sending data correctly
• [ ] Use a link crawler to check for broken links. Use W3C Link Checker, the Chrome plugin Check My Links, or Screaming Frog.
• [ ] Check that any eCommerce functionality (like a shopping cart or checkout process) works correctly

🧩 Integrations

• [ ] If your site integrates to third party services (for example CRM via Zapier) check the integrations work properly
• [ ] Check how your RSS feed looks

🤗 Accessibility

• [ ] Ensure website is accessible for all users (check color contrast, font sizes, keyboard navigation, etc.)
• [ ] Check that all multimedia has appropriate captions or descriptions

💻 Custom Code

• [ ] Check all custom code snippets for errors
• [ ] Ensure custom code works across all browsers

⚙️ Back-End Settings

• [ ] Check that the 404 error page has been customized and is working
• [ ] Set up and test any necessary redirects
• [ ] Favicon and Web Clip is set
• [ ] Language code is set to appropriate language
• [ ] Advanced publishing options are set for optimal performance: Enable SSL, Minify HTML, CSS, JS & Use Secure Frame Headers

🌎 Domain & Hosting

• [ ] Disable .webflow domain from search indexing
• [ ] Ensure the domain is properly connected
• [ ] Set up any necessary email accounts
• [ ] Ensure the website's SSL certificate is active for secure connections

🧐 Soft Launch

• [ ] Have others test the website and provide feedback