Website Launch Checklist

Pre launch

  • Client approve website

  • Yian optimize website for SEO and complete back-end configurations

  • Client connect Instagram to website

  • Client choose announcement graphics

  • Yian deliver announcement graphics

  • Client send access to domain name registrar

  • Client send access to email marketing platform

Launch

  • Client give Yian go ahead to make new website live

  • Client pay Squarespace website hosting fee

  • Client pay remainder of The Art of You design fee

  • Yian point domain name to new website

  • Yian notify client that website is completely live

Post launch

  • Yian send website launch reference sheet

  • Yian transfer website ownership status to client

  • Yian send training videos

  • If website hosting for the old website is provided by a company other than Squarespace, then client should suspend/cancel the website hosting plan.

  • If website hosting for the old website is provided by Squarespace, 

  • Yian request refund from Squarespace on behalf of client for remainder of hosting fee of old website.

  • Yian send end of project questionnaire

Best day to launch website

  • Best for website to be launched on the evening before a day when website traffic is expected to be low.

  • Timeline once domain is connected, it typically takes 3-48 hours for the domain name to point to the new website. 

  • During these hours, the new configuration is populating through databases in servers around the world, and there may be a period in which website visitors may see an error screen that says the website is not secure or safe. While this is normal, it sends an undesirable message.