Designing Your Website

8. Test Your Site

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

• Check facts and spelling.
• Include a disclaimer if you have any doubt about the use visitors might make of information given in your site.
• Check all content for possible libels. What is on your website can potentially be seen anywhere in the world.
• 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 the screen. Ask colleagues to take a look as well.
• View the site at various screen resolutions.
• View and test your pages on all the major browsers that your customers may use, including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari.
• Check all internal and external links work.
• Print out every page in black and white. Check that the content is still readable.