Base Camp of Womp Rats
During a recent site launch, we did a quick review of tasks we performed to complete the release. There were more steps than normal, and it seemed an acronym might be a useful reminder of the many functions to test. Paying special attention to the first letter of each step, e.g. "Backups", and with the help of ChatGPT and general Star Wars fandom, the following list emerged. It's actually pretty useful and covers some nuanced, but important, launch details.
Oh, and while you are at it, read about Womp Rats.
Image generated using DALL-E, an AI tool by OpenAI, depicting a rats' basecamp in an underground tunnel. Created on September 10, 2024. OpenAI's usage terms
Backups turned on
Accessibility testing completed
SSL certificate provisioned
Email delivery configured (postmark etc)
Caching enabled
Analytics tags activated, API Keys installed, licensed
Mobile responsive tested
Page Speed Tested, Audited
Optimize Image size (prevent oversized, raw images)
Forms tested/databased/cc’d
Www and other necessary A records
Opengraph/Social shares tested and configured
Monitoring: Pingdom, Uptime Robot, Monit, etc.
Publicize site via Search Console/Submit to Google
Robots not blocking! Index/Follow tested
Alias domains/.dev off; client directed to live domain
TTL for domains set ahead of time
Spider the site for issues, 404, bad URLs
Let us know if you have any supplements to this list!