You're almost there! After completing the first six steps, your site is now ready to be published. But before opening your doors to the public, take a few minutes to perform a final thorough check.
This checklist ensures that everything works perfectly, that your site looks professional, and that you haven't forgotten anything. It's better to take the time to check everything now than to discover a problem after publication.
In this final step, we will review all the essential elements before clicking the "Publish" button, which will make your site accessible to the whole world.
Summary
Check the overall appearance
Start by browsing your site as a visitor would. Take a step back and evaluate the overall impression.
Visual consistency
Ensure that your website has a consistent visual identity:
- Harmonious colors: Is the color palette consistent across all pages?
- Readable fonts: Are the fonts consistent and easy to read?
- Regular spacing: Do the sections breathe well? No visual overload?
- Uniform style: Is the design consistent across different pages?
- High-quality images: Are all images sharp and professional?
Intuitive navigation
Check that navigation is smooth:
- Main menu: Are all important pages accessible?
- Clickable logo: Does the logo link back to the home page?
- Complete footer: Does it contain all the essential information?
- Visible buttons: Are calls to action clear and well placed?
- Clear hierarchy: Can visitors easily understand where to go?
Loading elements
Review each page to ensure that:
- All images are displayed: No missing or broken images
- Videos are loading: If you have embedded any
- Icons appear: Social networks, features, etc.
- Fast loading: No excessive waiting between pages
Check the content and texts
Content is the heart of your website. Make sure it's flawless.
Spelling review
Carefully reread all your texts:
- Spelling mistakes: Use a spell checker.
- Grammar mistakes: Check the structure of your sentences.
- Punctuation: Periods, commas, quotation marks in the right places
- Capital letters: Used correctly and consistently
- Non-breaking spaces: Before double punctuation marks (: ; ! ?)
Tip: Have someone else proofread your texts. They will spot mistakes that you can no longer see after reading them several times.
Clarity of messages
Ensure your messages are clear and understandable:
- Compelling headlines: Does each page have a clear and attractive headline?
- Key messages visible: Is your value proposition clear?
- No jargon: Avoid technical terms that are difficult to understand.
- Short sentences: Keep it simple and easy to read.
- Accurate information: Are prices, opening hours, and contact details up to date?
Calls to action
Your action buttons must be optimal:
- Visible: Do CTAs stand out visually?
- Clear: Does the text clearly indicate the action? ("Contact us," "Free quote," "Buy")
- Strategically placed: In the right places on every page
- Consistent: Similar style throughout the site
Contact Information
Check that your contact details are correct and complete:
- Phone number: Correct format, clickable on mobile devices
- Email address: Verified and functional
- Physical address: If applicable, correct and up to date
- Opening hours: Accurate and clearly visible
- Social media links: Functional and up to date
Test all features
Every interactive element on your site must work perfectly.
All links
Systematically test all links:
- Navigation links: Menu, submenus, footer
- Internal links: Between your different pages
- External links: To your social media accounts, partners, etc.
- Button links: All CTAs lead to the correct destination.
- Page anchors: Links to specific sections work
Tip: Use the free Broken Link Checker tool (WordPress plugin) to automatically detect broken links.
Contact forms
Test every form on your website:
- Fill in and submit: Perform a real test using your actual contact information.
- Check your inbox: Did the email arrive in your mailbox?
- User confirmation: Does the visitor receive confirmation?
- Field validation: Are the required fields working?
- Error messages: Clear if a field is filled in incorrectly?
- Anti-spam: reCAPTCHA or other protection enabled?
E-commerce features (if applicable)
If you have an online store, test the entire purchasing process:
- Add to cart: Are the products being added correctly?
- Changing the shopping cart: Do quantities and deletions work?
- Automatic calculation: Total price, correct shipping costs?
- Ordering process: Are all steps smooth?
- Test payment: Test mode enabled to verify payments
- Confirmation email: Does the customer receive their confirmation?
Other features
Test all other interactions:
- Newsletter: Is the registration working?
- Internal search: If you have a search bar
- Product filters: Categories, prices, attributes
- Photo galleries: Navigation, zoom, lightbox
- Video players: Play, pause, volume
Check basic SEO
Ensure that your website is optimized for search engines.
Each page has its metadata
For each important page, check:
- SEO title: Unique, descriptive, maximum 60 characters
- Meta description: Attractive, maximum 160 characters
- Clean URL: Short, descriptive, without special characters
- H1 tag: Only one per page, clear and relevant
Optimized images
Check your images for SEO:
- Descriptive file names: "restaurant-terrace.jpg" rather than "IMG_1234.jpg"
- Alternative text (alt): Description for accessibility and SEO
- Optimized size: Compressed for fast loading (ideally less than 200 KB)
- Suitable format: JPG for photos, PNG for logos/graphics
Content structure
Your content must be well structured:
- Title hierarchy: H1, then H2, then H3 (logical order)
- Short paragraphs: Makes reading and referencing easier
- Relevant keywords: Naturally present in your texts
- Internal links: Connections between your important pages
For more details, check out our comprehensive guide to WordPress SEO.
Test on mobile and tablet
Over 60% of visitors access websites from their smartphones. Mobile testing is therefore crucial.
Responsive display
Ensure that your website adapts perfectly:
- Smartphone: Test on iOS (iPhone) and Android
- Tablet: In portrait and landscape mode
- Different sizes: Small and large screens
Items to check on mobile devices
Check these specific aspects:
- Hamburger menu: Does the mobile menu open correctly?
- Readable text: Not too small, no need to zoom in
- Proportional images: No distortion, appropriate size
- Clickable buttons: Large enough to be easily touched (minimum 44x44px)
- Usable forms: Fields that can be easily filled in with your finger
- No horizontal scrolling: Everything is displayed within the width of the screen.
- Loading speed: Fast even on 4G networks
Testing tools
Use these tools to test your responsiveness:
- Chrome DevTools: Press F12, then click the mobile icon to simulate different devices.
- Google Mobile-Friendly Test: Free tool from Google
- Responsive Design Checker: Websites for testing multiple formats
- Real devices: Nothing can replace testing on real phones.
Publish your site
Have you checked everything? It's time to put your website online!
Last backup
Before publishing, create a full backup of your site:
- If you are using UpdraftPlus or another backup plugin, perform a manual backup.
- Keep a local copy of your important files
- You can always go back if necessary.
Maintenance mode disabled
If your site was in maintenance mode during construction:
- Go to your settings or maintenance plugin.
- Turn off maintenance mode
- Your website becomes immediately accessible to the public
Click Publish
If you were working on a draft, click "Publish" in the editor to put all your pages online.
Congratulations! Your website is now accessible to everyone on the Internet!
What's included with Nindohost
Your online site benefits from:
- High-performance hosting : Fast and reliable servers in Morocco
- Domain name : Your personalized web address
- Free SSL certificate : HTTPS security for your visitors
- Business emails: Addresses with your domain name
- Automatic backups: Daily to protect your data
- Automatic updates: Security and performance maintained
- 24/7 support: Team available in French, Arabic, and English
After publication
Publishing is not the end, it's the beginning! Here's how to keep your site evolving.
Post-publication checks
In the hours following publication, check:
- Google indexing: Type "site:yoursite.ma" into Google to see if your site appears.
- Active SSL certificate: Does your website display "https://" with a padlock icon?
- Emails received: Do contact forms work in real-world conditions?
- Analytics active: If you have installed Google Analytics, are visits being counted?
Share your site
Promote your new website:
- Social media: Announce the launch on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn
- Email: Send a newsletter to your existing contacts
- Email signature: Add your URL to your signature
- Business cards: Update with your new web address
- Google My Business: Add your website to your business listing
Continuously improve
Your website can constantly evolve:
- Add content regularly: Blog, new products, news
- Analyze the statistics: Which pages are the most visited?
- Listen to feedback: Ask your visitors for their opinions
- Test and optimize: Improve conversion rates
- Keep up to date: Information, photos, offers
Stay safe
Keep your site secure:
- Regular updates: WordPress, themes, plugins
- Strong password: For your administrator account
- Verified backups: Test restoration periodically
- Monitoring: Regularly check that everything is working properly.
Important tip
Even after going live, you can come back at any time to edit, add, or improve your pages. Your site evolves with you and your business.
Don't strive for absolute perfection before publishing. It's better to have a good website online today than a perfect website that only exists on your computer. You can always improve it gradually.
Summary of the 7 steps
Congratulations on completing this journey! Here is a summary of your achievements:
- Create your website with AI: Automatic generation in seconds
- Modify text and images: Customize your content
- Structure navigation: Professional headers and footers
- Add pages: Enrichment with new pages
- Launching an online store: E-commerce setup (optional)
- Optimize settings: SEO, legal, performance
- Publishing your website online: Final checks and going live
Need help?
Our team is here to support you every step of the way:
- Documentation: See all our detailed guides
- Technical support: Contact our team available 24/7
- DIFM service: We can create or finalize your website for you.
- Community: Connect with other Nindohost users
Congratulations on your new website! We wish you every success online.
To go further:
- Back to the complete website creation guide
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- Discover all the features of Site Builder
- Explore all our guides
Guide updated: February 2026