Launch That Website
I’m here to help web designers streamline their client’s website launch with a comprehensive checklist and an easy to use task tracker. From pre-launch essentials to post-launch checks, use Launch That Website to ensure nothing falls through the cracks.
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Your new client site has launched on time, yay! Then they spot placeholder text in the footer. Whoops!
Helping you launch, with fewer headaches
Launching a client’s website doesn’t have to be a headache. Whether you’re a do-it-yourself type or someone who’d rather have a helping hand, I’ve got you covered.
Do-It-Yourself
If you like to be in the driver’s seat, my straightforward checklist will guide you through every step of launching (or relaunching) your client’s site.
No marketing jargon, just clear, actionable tasks for you or your client to tick off in the online portal.
Would you like a helping hand?
You might be a freelancer web designer, but that doesn’t mean you should always be on your own. I can help you in a variety of ways, starting off with the essentials – a website audit.
I’ll run an in-depth scan using my homemade Website Toolkit audit tool. It’ll check for a wide range of technical issues, beyond broken links and missing images. Any potential issues will be logged in your portal task tracker so they can be resolved before your planned site launch date.
Optional extras are charged per hour, further details available below.
Welcome to the Launch Portal
- See your pre / post launch checklist – Manage your various checklists from one place. No more forgotten steps or last-minute panic!
- Provide client access – Invite your client to take a peek. They can see how things are moving along without bugging you every five minutes.
- Update checklist items status – Finished something? Great! Mark it as completed. Waiting on the client? No problem, set it as pending. Easy peasy.
- Track your progress – Watch each progress bar fill up. It’s oddly satisfying, trust me.
Optional Extras (Paid per hour)
- In-depth site audit – I’ll use my in-house website crawler to perform a deep audit of your client’s site, checking for common issues, like broken links, unnecessary redirects, placeholder text, broken emails + a lot more. Required fixes will be added to your additional tasks list.
- Reviewing pre / post launch checklists – I will check a staging / production site and review the relevant checklist items so you can see your state of readiness and what tasks are still outstanding.
- Done-for-you content fixes – Fixing typos or adding missing mailto: to email addresses shouldn’t take up your time. Let me fix these for you as I find them. Anything I can’t resolve will be added to the task list for your attention.
Small print: Optional extras are charged per hour and can be used interchangeably. Pre-purchase in bulk (10+ hours) and gain bonus hours! Larger agencies, or those looking for white label based support are welcome to get in touch to discuss how I can help.
Early adopter prices are now open!
Order today for early access to the portal, which will allow you to manage your client’s site launch, ahead of a fully featured release in April 2025. The $197 early adopter price launch pack will increase to $249 on the 31st March 2025.
For Hosting Providers
Would you like to offer Launch That Website to your end clients? Please get in touch to find out more.
- Includes access to all future checklists (Build** / Launch / Maintain**)
- You stay in charge of your client’s relationship and billing
- Tiered pricing levels to match your growth
** Planned for Q1 2025
One Site Launch Pack
The essential assistance with a new website launch. Includes 1 year of portal access, a human review of the site’s 1st Website Toolkit audit results (with feedback), plus 11 months of weekly self-service site audits for you to review post launch.
- 1 year access to the Launch Portal
- A human review of your pre & post launch checklist + 1st site audit
- 11 x monthly self-service site audits
The Technical Bit
The devil is in the detail, so here’s a little more detail.
Initial Launch Plans
- Site Launch checklist – The initial pre / post launch checklists will include a section for WordPress, however the majority of tasks are applicable for all websites so you’ll be able to delete those that aren’t applicable to your website platform of choice.
- Adding a per page checklist – After the initial launch which includes checklists and additional tasks, I will look at including an import facility which will allow you to populate a new “Site Content” list with visible pages from your site so you can confirm browser / mobile tests on a page by page basis.
- Website Audits – My in-house website crawler requires standard HTML to be provided by your website platform, which means WordPress, Wix, SquareSpace style sites should be fine. If you’ve built a custom JavaScript based site then please get in touch so I can run a no-obligation test crawl to confirm support or not. Or pop over to website-toolkit.co.uk and click on the free demo link to run your own.
- Import your own checklists – While I’ve put together my own comprehensive list, flexibility is always key if you have your own lists to reuse. Import your own by using a simple Excel template so you can re-use your existing lists.
- Portal Location – During the beta period the LTW portal is located in the UK South Azure region. Once fully launched, and there are enough customers to fund it, a second location will be hosted in the USA.
“Who doesn’t love a to-do list? With ‘Launch That Website’ your web design clients gain visibility of what’s involved with launching their site, including their own tasks, without requiring access to your full / internal project plan.”
Dave Grey
Launch That Website
Related tools / services
Website Toolkit (Beta)
My home-made website audit tool. Free to use on sites up to 250 pages.
Heads Up! (Beta)
Activity monitoring for your website (Premium plugin, requires WordPress).
Are you getting ready to launch that website?
The launch portal is now ready for early adopters. If you would like to be kept up to date on the full launch please press S and subscribe to my newsletter. You can also get in touch via the contact page or by email (without spaces) help me AT launch that website DOT com