How to Prepare for a New Website Launch

The final days before the launch of a new website can be as exciting & intense as the final quarter of a high-profile basketball game: the stakes just keep getting higher.

For weeks or even months, the client and the web design team work towards launching a beautiful new website design. If there was a crowd, it would be restless with palpable excitement as the clock starts to run out.

Working with a skilled web team can definitely help the process go smoothly. In addition to that, preparing your internal team for the change and knowing what to expect can reduce the overall stress.

5 Questions to Help You Prepare for a Website Launch

1. Do You Have All the Correct Logins?

There are a lot of moving parts to get a brand new website or a website redesign up on the web. Every website needs a domain name and a hosting server. These 2 elements are often set up on different platforms. You’ll also have to consider email management settings if they are tied to the website.

Before you can even schedule the date the site goes live, you’ll typically need to gather logins for the hosting server and domain registrar and share these with your web team.

Your website team can help you determine what login information will be needed. Once you’ve gathered this information, always check the logins and make sure everything works well.

2. Who is Launching the New Site?

For the majority of website projects, your website team will handle launching the new website for you 

and you’ll just be responsible for providing the proper logins and access.

However, there are situations in which your IT manager or team will need to handle the final steps in the process and work with the web design team. Sometimes, a collaboration is required, with the website team putting the new website set up on the hosting server and the IT manager completing the final step of updating the DNS, pointing the domain to the new site.

Before your site goes live, figure out who will be involved in the process and what everyone’s responsibilities are. It’s likely to be a team effort, and if so, set up a specific timeline for each step. The last thing you want is for a miscommunication to cause a delay in the process.