Wordpress Procedure Pre-Live Checks Wordpress Pre-Checks WEBSITE DETAILS Name of Site Code (if applicable) COMPONENT CHECKLIST Sites must be tested in following browsers, IE 8+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Mobile devices (iPhone/iPad/Android) No Yes Check Form fields/email addresses to ensure they're all correct; no phone number fields expecting email addresses, no forms being sent to "admin email" etc. No Yes Is there a UA code on the site? No Yes SEO for site to be done. Either copied over or done from scratch. Must not contain "Just Another Wordpress Site" No Yes Ensure list compiled of current URLs / page naming. Ensure list added to ASANA for that website build as a sub task. This MUST be done. No Yes Ensure all page names / URLs on new version of site match those on the URLs naming list i.e the URLs from the current / old site. This MUST be done otherwise new site will fall off the SEO planet. No Yes If URL redirect exercise has been done - check with Emma in case she is doing PPC - she will need to know of any new links. No Yes Make backup of current website. This MUST be done. No Yes reCAPTCHA If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit Post-Live Checks Wordpress Procedure SITE GO LIVE DETAILS Name of Site Code (if applicable) Go Live Date Hosting Your Name COMPONENT CHECKLIST 1. It is imperative to make a backup of the current site and keep on file 2. It is imperative to document a list of current page names / URLs. This is important because the page naming / URLs needs to be brought over to the new website. Otherwise if new site has it's own page naming, Google will get 404s and the site will lose rankings. So to prevent having to capture 404s and entering in 301 redirects - copy the page naming / url naming to new site. 3. We are also staring to move sites from https: to https: so this needs to be catered for. 4. Check with Emma re any link changes as she may be doing PPC and landing on pages that don't now exist. Most up to date version of WP and plugins No Yes All in One SEO No Yes Ensure “define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true);” is in the wp-config file No Yes Formidable - Ensure Contact Us/Wedding/Conference Form built if applicable. Ensure email address(es) correct and Cimy SMTP (if cloud) are set up No Yes Rooms Page – Each room page to have a Heading, Text, an image of the individual room type, a Book Now to OBE No Yes Link Structure - Page/subpage names should match the old site where applicable No Yes Gallery – Every site to have an image gallery No Yes Footers – all sites to have hotel address and telephone number on the footer No Yes Permissions (Folders set to 755 and files set to 644. Uploads, gallery, wp-content, .htaccess, sitemap.xml and sitemap.xml.gz should be the only ones that have a 777 permission) No Yes Quick Page/Post Redirect No Yes Disable Comments plugin. Once installed go to Settings > Disable Comments and tick the Everywhere radio button and then Save No Yes Akismet installed to control comment/form spam? No Yes API Key 77580fd0291e Restriction of access – set up the hotel username and password No Yes Google XML sitemaps and sitemap for Images No Yes Custom permalink on No Yes Logo links to homepage No Yes Ensure that any popups do not display on mobile No Yes Ensure site is visible for Google Robots. There is a visibility Blog setting that needs to be set to show that site is visible before go live No Yes 404 handling - Ensure missing pages redirect to homepage. Don't allow "Page Not Found" No Yes Ensure Google Analytics / tracking on every page of website and also in booking Engine. eCommerce tracking to be set up for every client No Yes Ensure Google Search Console set up and verified (remember to use 'URL Prefix' rather than 'Domain' when adding the site), and ensure sitemap is submitted. Link Search Console with Analytics. In cases where we do not have sufficient access to client's Analytics account, we set up our own, link that to Search Console, and add both UA codes to site. No Yes All UK sites must have a cookies page No Yes Ensure integrated Engine been hooked up to the website No Yes Ensure Remarketing tracking carried over No Yes Ensure daily/weekly automatic reports are set up in IMC No Yes Site should have a Book Now button as well as the normal search box No Yes Best Rate Guarantee Logo to appear on header of site No Yes Email sign up should be a button or a form No Yes Add site to managewp (if cloud) and add it to back up schedule and add to In1Solutions.com website monitor No Yes Ensure the Search box elements are aligned correctly in every browser you can test No Yes Ensure where relevant that analytics are linked to adwords for those clients we do PPC for No Yes Ensure that you remove the custom script in searchbox file(s) and use default (https://in1media.s3.amazonaws.com/js/in1.search.min.js). Ensure correct HotelCode is being used No Yes W3 Total Cache set up? No Yes SEO SUMMARY CHECKLIST SEO tags for Home Page must be done via All-in-One settings, not just entered on the page No Yes SEO for site to be done. Either copied over or done from scratch. Must not contain "Just Another Wordpress Site" No Yes Each page should have a H1 No Yes Site must have Favicon. BM to create a 260x260 PNG, then use generator at https://realfavicongenerator.net/ No Yes All images must have alts and titles No Yes Every website should have a copyright tag, privacy policy and full detailed address and contact details No Yes HANDOVER TESTS All sites should be tested for broken links using Xenu/Integrity – Ensure 404.php is correct and working No Yes Sites must be tested in following browsers, IE 8+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari and Mobile devices No Yes Test the website using Google PageSpeed (https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/) to ensure it's as well-optimised as possible No Yes Uptime Robot - Create and upload a file named test.htm, containing only the word 'uptimerobot', to the root of the site No Yes Make and store a backup of the site before deleting the preview No Yes Set up cron job to fix monthly upload errors. Instructions in Adnan's email "Wordpress Server WP-CRON" sent January 8th 2018 No Yes Test site using W3C Markup Validator and WPEngine Speed Tool Markup Validator Speed Tool ADDITIONAL COMMENTS Comments reCAPTCHA If you are human, leave this field blank.
