Designing Your Website

8. Test Your Site

8.1 Do not put anything on your website without checking it first.

• Check facts and spelling.
• Include a disclaimer if you have doubts about how information on your site is used.
• Check all content for libel. What is on your website can be seen worldwide.
• Check that you have the right to use all the design elements, programming and pictures that form part of your site.

8.2 Do not launch your site until you know everything works.

• Check that it looks right on screen. Ask colleagues to take a look.
• View the site at various screen resolutions.
• View and test your pages on all the major browsers, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. You can use an online service, like www.browsershots.org, to test different browsers automatically.
• Check all internal and external links work. The W3C link validator at http://validator.w3.org/checklink can do this for you.
• Check how your pages print in black and white.