Website Launch Readiness Plan: Validate Your Domain Before Going Live
Jack RighteousOwn Your Own Domain · Milestone 13 · Article 2 of 3 · Apply
Website Launch Readiness Plan
Prepare the owned domain and launch foundation without exposing credentials or opening the site before approval.
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Privacy and security: record ownership, status and evidence locations—not passwords, recovery codes, full DNS credentials, payment data or private customer information.
Identify the domain and approved website
Domain, registrar or manager, renewal owner and technical operator Approved Milestone 12 candidate and package location Final go-live approver, backup operator and escalation pathControl public URLs
Preferred canonical domain and protocol| Old or alternate URL | Destination | Reason | Owner | Status/test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Document changes without storing secrets
| Requirement/record | Current state | Intended change | Verification | Rollback/status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Decide how the site may be found
Indexing, robots, sitemap and canonical-page decisions Page titles, descriptions and priority-page review Favicon, logo, social image and share-preview testDefine evidence before collecting it
Launch measurements, tools, owners and test method Data collected, consent decision, policy route and specialist reviewProtect the website promise
| Function | Destination/delivery | Test evidence | Correction | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contact/signup | ||||
| Download/member/purchase if applicable |
Prepare to recover
Website, configuration, DNS-state and metadata backups Rollback triggers, authority, steps and verificationApprove or pause go-live
Passed checks and evidence Blockers, conditions, deferred functions and specialist needs Decision, approved domain package, approver and Milestone 14 ownerDomain Launch Readiness Record
Domain authority and approved website version
Canonical domain, DNS, HTTPS and redirects
Search, sharing, measurement, consent and delivery readiness
Backups, rollback, conditions and Milestone 14 authorization
