Going live is exhilarating — and a little nerve-wracking. This checklist walks through critical items to verify before publishing a Compose.page site to ensure performance, SEO, accessibility, and analytics are all in order.
Content and copy
- Proofread all headlines and CTA text.
- Verify links and forms work correctly.
- Confirm brand assets (logos, colors) are consistent across pages.
Performance and assets
- Compress and resize images; ensure LCP image is optimized.
- Enable lazy-loading for offscreen images.
- Check Lighthouse scores and address major issues.
SEO essentials
- Set canonical tags and meta descriptions for each page.
- Provide open graph images sized for social sharing.
- Generate and submit a sitemap to search consoles.
Accessibility
- Provide alt text for images and ARIA roles for complex widgets.
- Ensure color contrast passes WCAG AA.
- Test keyboard navigation and focus order.
Analytics and tracking
- Install analytics (GA4/Plausible) and verify events for key CTAs.
- Set up UTM conventions for campaigns.
- Test conversion and funnel tracking before launching paid campaigns.
“Publishing is not the end — it's the beginning of measurement and iteration.”
Security and domain
- Configure custom domain and check SSL certificates.
- Set up DNS records with the right TTL values.
- Ensure form data is encrypted in transit and at rest per provider settings.
Post-launch
- Monitor errors and uptime for 48–72 hours.
- Review initial analytics to validate traffic sources and baseline metrics.
- Plan rapid iterations based on qualitative and quantitative feedback.
Use this checklist as your last pass before announcing to the world. Launch confidently — and treat the first week as your research window for improvements and quick wins.
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