Here is a checklist š§µwith āØ21 thingsāØI always keep in mind when developing and releasing a website.
These will help you create rock-solid, professional websites. These are the foundation of a repetitive, effective website business.
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These will help you create rock-solid, professional websites. These are the foundation of a repetitive, effective website business.
Letās start! ā¬ļø
1. Make sure your website is responsive to changes in screen size and properly accommodates a few breakpoints (desktop, tablet, phone.)
2. Minimize and optimize files such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
3. Properly size all the images and strip them from all metadata.
2. Minimize and optimize files such as JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
3. Properly size all the images and strip them from all metadata.
4. If you are using Web Fonts, they should be optimized. Reference woff2 and woff fonts first because they are compressed (so the browser will try to download them first.)
5. Proofread your content for spelling and grammar, punctuation, consistency, and capitalization.
5. Proofread your content for spelling and grammar, punctuation, consistency, and capitalization.
6. Include an āaltā attribute for all the images on your site to improve ADA compliance.
7. Create custom 404 and 500 error pages. Make sure to set up them correctly on your server.
8. Enable compression for all HTTP requests, including for TTF and EOT formats.
7. Create custom 404 and 500 error pages. Make sure to set up them correctly on your server.
8. Enable compression for all HTTP requests, including for TTF and EOT formats.
9. Make sure you set up a caching strategy on your server.
10. Load-test your site to ensure it can handle as many visitors as you think youāll get.
11. Set up and schedule regular backups for your site.
12. Have a plan ready to roll back any updates if something goes wrong.
10. Load-test your site to ensure it can handle as many visitors as you think youāll get.
11. Set up and schedule regular backups for your site.
12. Have a plan ready to roll back any updates if something goes wrong.
13. Set up a monitoring system so you can get alerts about the status of your site.
14. Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver all the static resources of the site.
15. Check that every form in the site is resilient to special characters.
14. Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) to deliver all the static resources of the site.
15. Check that every form in the site is resilient to special characters.
16. Use HTTP/S. Always. Today is very simple to get an SSL certificate for free.
17. Make sure all the HTTP traffic is redirected to HTTPS.
18. Make sure thereās no direct access through the browser to any of the private directories of the website.
17. Make sure all the HTTP traffic is redirected to HTTPS.
18. Make sure thereās no direct access through the browser to any of the private directories of the website.
19. Make sure thereās no direct access through the browser to any configuration file.
20. Test your website in IE, Edge, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
21. Test your website in Safari for iOS, Chrome for iOS, and Chrome for Android.
20. Test your website in IE, Edge, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox.
21. Test your website in Safari for iOS, Chrome for iOS, and Chrome for Android.
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