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Annual Website Maintenance Checkup
At the start of the new year, it's a good time to take a good look at your website and review it for accuracy, dead links, etc. Here are our suggestions. If you don't have time to do it all yourself, check out our Website Maintenance Checkup service.
Order your Checkup today and be on the road to good website health!
1. Test all your forms
If you are using our secure formmail, make sure all form recipients are listed in your .FormMail.conf file, otherwise they won't go through and your visitors will get an error. .FormMail.conf is a hidden file that you can edit in your root directory in File Manager. Type .FormMail.conf in the create/edit file text box to edit.
2. Check your domain name record for accuracy
Make sure your address, name, and especially your email address are correct. You can review your domain record online at Better Whois If you find your domain needs changes and you registered it here at Hosting CT, you can use our domain modification form to update the record.
3. Check that all email addresses listed on your site are correct.
Make sure all addresses are setup correctly and are being checked. Make any necessary changes by logging into your control panel and working with your Mail Manager.
4. Check for broken links
It's not uncommon for sites to grow quickly, with new pages being added and old ones being deleted. Check to make sure all your links are still working and pointing to the right urls.
5. Check your site's search feature
If you're using Master Search, make sure the files that you have excluded from search and the folders you have included in search are still accurate.
6. Check your download time
Are your visitors leaving after viewing one page? That might be a sign that your site takes too long to download. Review each page to make sure it is quick loading. Check images to make sure you're not resizing image in the code.
7. Update your copyright date
If you are using Server Side Includes (ssi) this will be a snap. Just update the date on your footer ssi and it will be updated automatically on all page! If you're not using ssi, well, this may take a while.
8. Check your search engine visibility
Check Marketleap.com to see how well your site is doing in the search engines. And you can go to Google and do a search to see how many of your pages are in the Google index Search for site://www.yoursite.com This will only tell you how many of your pages are in Google's index, not how well your site is ranked. Try searching for your keyword phrases on Google to see where your site falls. To improve your search engine ranking, take a look at our SEO services.
9. Update your site content
Your content should be fresh. Update it as often as you possibly can to keep your visitors coming back. A bare minimum would be once a month.
10. Check all Scripts
Check all scripts for updates. Often security patches will be available and should be download and installed.
11. Check your privacy policy for accuracy
If anything has changed in the way you gather or use client information, make sure it is clearly stated in your privacy policy.
Don't have time to fool around with your website? Let us do the dirty work for you. Order your Checkup today and be on the road to good website health!
Thank you to by Deborah Christie of POP Interactive for originating and sharing the idea of the annual checklist.