Web-site launch checklist

Site engine

Check there are no hard-coded links to development domain
Ensure no test content on site
Proper alt tags for all images
Labels for all form elements
Have you properly configured tabindex attributes?
Check HTML Standards compliance
Check CSS Standards compliance
JavaScript validation
Visual consistence of all pages
- IE6
- IE7
- IE8
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Opera
Check on common variations of Screen Resolution - 800×600, 1024×768, 1920×1080
Check print.css and printed pages
Check favicon.ico
RSS feed for news
XML Sitemap
Correct 404 page
- Add script from Google Webmaster tools
Correct 403 page
Correct 500 page
Check all links (with automated tool)
Check site works with disabled JavaScript
Check site works with disabled Cookies
Test all forms (e.g. contact us, blog comments), including anti-spam features, response emails/text, etc.
Check “Contact us” form correct message destination
Check search functionality (including relevance of results)
Turn-off verbose error reporting

Typography and layout
- Check for incorrect punctuation marks, particularly apostrophes, quotation marks and hyphens/dashes
- Check headings for where you could potentially use ligatures
- Check for widow/orphan terms in important paragraphs
Spelling and grammar
- Consistency
- Capitalisation (especially of main headings)
- Tense/Style of writing
Recurring/common phrases (e.g. ‘More about X’ links)
Variations in words (e.g. Websites vs Web Sites, or UK vs US spelling)
Treatment of bulleted lists (e.g. periods or commas at end of each item)
Title and metadata for all pages