Website Checklist

Step1:

Create New Subscription

New DNN Installed on Subscription

Change Site Password

Step2:

Design Mock

Mock Approved

Step3:

Install Skin

Admin > Site Settings

Host > Host Settings

Host > HTML Editor Manager

Step4:

XPlugin - Customized

Step5:

Apply Mock

Content Transfer

Sitemap Priority

Custom Login & Logout

Webmarkets Backlink

Google Maps API

404 Page

Step6:

Design and Test Blog

Design and Test Form

Format and Test Event Calendar if Applicable

Step7:

Test Responsive Friendliness with Browser

Speedtest Run

Redirects

Final Website Checks

Step8:

Turn Site Live

Update Robots.txt and Check Mobile

404 Redirects

Step1:

Create New Subscription

Create a new subscription in DNN4Less:

DNN4Less.com > Control Panel > Sign In > Create Own Subscription

Fill out the information:

Domain Name > Username (Something Easy) > Password (Temp123) > Click Ok

New DNN Installed on Subscription

DNN Installed on new Subscription:

Teamdotnetnuke.com > Submit a Ticket > Input Information

Ask for a new DNN Installed on the new subscription, as well as changing these settings to the database:

Enabling dynamic content compression (IIS Setting)
Set .NET framework 4 for the application pool (IIS setting)
HTTP response headers: Expire web content after 7 days (IIS setting)
Enable output caching for .css, .gif, .jpg, .js and .png files (IIS setting)

They will email with passwords once these changes are done.

Change Site Password

After install of DNN and you get the email with passwords, log into the site and change the host password to Tarzana321!@.

Host > SuperUser Accounts > Update

Step2:

Design Mock

Take the information provided in the Welcome Packet and create mock designs of the website

Mock Approved

Step3:

Install Skin

Install all elements of the skin, every module that is included into it:

Host > Extensions > Install Extension Wizard > Go through the process of installing

Admin > Site Settings

Admin > Site Settings > Basic Settings > Site Details

1

Generic Title
2

Generic Descriptions
3

Generic Keywords
4

Copywright Name Change

Admin > Site Settings > Basic Settings > Apperance

1

Place Logo In
2

Create & Place Favicon In
3

Site Theme > Skin Homepage that we are using
4

Site Container > Skin Container usually H2
5

Edit Theme > Same as Site Theme
6

Edit Container > Same as Site Container

Admin > Site Settings > Advanced Settings > Usability Settings

1

Timezone Set to the Websites Timezone

Admin > Site Settings > User Account Settings

1

Set Registration to what is applicable, usually None
2

Check "Use CAPTCHA for Registration"

Host > Host Settings

Host Settings > Basic Settings > Host Details

1

Host Title - Name of Business
2

Host URL - Website URL
3

Host Email - Contact Email for Website

Host Settings > Basic Settings > Apperance

1

Show Copyright Credits - Uncheck

Host Settings > Advanced Settings > SMTP Server Settings

1

Server: 66.35.110.251
2

SMTP Authentication > Basic
3

Username: webmarketssmtp
4

Password: HC6734R$2rt7H
5

Test SMTP for Comfirmation

Host > HTML Editor Manager

Host > HTML Editor Manager > Editor Config

1

Uncheck Basic Entities
2

Enter Mode: DIV

Step4:

XPlugin - Customized

Click XPlugin > Header Layout

1

Header Chosen and Colors Applied
2

Mobile Header Filled Out

Click XPlugin > Content Layout

1

Content Layout Chosen and Colors Applied
2

Content Color
3

Light / Dark Filled Out
4

Content Style Filled Out
5

Loading Style Unchecked
6

Header Styles > Correct Colors, Fonts and Sizes

Click XPlugin > Footer Layout

1

Footer Style Colors Applied
2

Footer Bottom Style Colors Applied

Click XPlugin > Hidden Elements

1

Login and User Hidden (Doesn't Always Apply)
2

Language Hidden
3

Search Hidden (Doesn't Always Apply)

Step5:

Apply Mock

Apply Custom CSS and Code Mock

1

Custom CSS
2

Layout Done
3

Mobile Responsive

Content Transfer

Scrape and Transfer Content from Old Site if Applicable

Sitemap Priority

Go to the Homepage > Hover on Edit Page > Page Settings

Advanced Settings > Other Settings > Sitemap Priority 1.0

This is the only page that usually gets Sitemap Priority of 1

Webmarkets Backlink

Google Maps API

Change code in the Scripts/Script.js File in FTP

Old Code: https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?callback=gmapapi

New Code: https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyBnpMTKWk9MLstsxNzTUGDfMkiNKRhosqw&callback=gmapapi

404 Page

Create a new 404 Error Page and Apply the code

<h2 class="error">ERROR !</h2>

<h3 class="not_found">PAGE NOT FOUND</h3>

<p>We're sorry for some reason the page you requested could not be found.</p>
<a class="Button_style10 jumbo light a_bg_c" href="/home"><b>Home Page</b></a></center>
<style>
.fourohfour{
font-size: 10em;
line-height: 1.2;
}
.error{
font-size: 5em;
line-height: 1.2;
}
.not_found{
font-size: 3em;
line-height: 1.2;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 767px){
.fourohfour{
font-size: 5em;
}
.error{
font-size: 3em;
}
.not_found{
font-size: 2em;
}
}
</style>

Admin > Site Settings > Advanced Settings > Apply the page you created for the 404 Error Page

Step6:

Design and Test Blog

Design and Test Blog

1

Put Blog Module on Blog Page with Correct Effect and Settings
2

Put Blog Dashboard with Correct Effect on other Pages (If Applicable)
3

Apply an H1 Header to all Blog Display Pages - In FTP > /DesktopModules/DNNGo_xBlog/Skins , the rest depends on the skin you used, once inside you will modofy the view_article_info.html and change the H2 to H1

Design and Test Form

Enable Captcha API under Settings > Anti-Spam

Make the size of Captcha Compact

Format and Test Event Calendar if Applicable

Step7:

Test Responsive Friendliness with Browser

Using your browers and drag ability check the site and how it looks on all different widths

Speedtest Run

Run a speedtest at google and fix errors that google shows:

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

Redirects

Set up redirects if needed so that old page urls go to the corresponding new page.

Create an Excel sheet we can submit to TeamDotNetNuke

Final Website Checks

Check over entire website for any errors or thing that do not look right.

When ready to go live go to Host > Host Settings >Advanced Settings > Client Resource Management

1

Check Enable Composite Files
2

Check Minify CSS
3

Check Minify JS

Step8:

Turn Site Live

Update Website A:Record or DNS

Make sure we do not loose email functionality

Update Robots.txt and Check Mobile

Update the Robots.txt in FTP. The new Robots.txt is in Google Drive under WMClients, Copy it and put the correct domain name in excluding .dnn4less.net

Check with https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

It should show the site as mobile friendly with the correct Robots.txt