--- title: The Website Go‑Live Checklist: 5 Critical Checks Beyond... description: A website can look finished before it is ready to use, Anthony Dutcher of Vix Media Group says. He offers five checks beyond visual polish: read each page as a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-website-go-live-checklist-5-critical-checks-beyond-good-looks-dhyk8jpuu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Website Go‑Live Checklist: 5 Critical Checks Beyond Good Looks | daily.dev og:description: A website can look finished before it is ready to use, Anthony Dutcher of Vix Media Group says. He offers five checks beyond visual polish: read each page as a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-website-go-live-checklist-5-critical-checks-beyond-good-looks-dhyk8jpuu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dhYK8jPuU.png og:image:alt: The Website Go‑Live Checklist: 5 Critical Checks Beyond Good Looks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Website Go‑Live Checklist: 5 Critical Checks Beyond Good Looks **[Dribbble](https://daily.dev/sources/dribbble)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A website can look finished before it is ready to use, Anthony Dutcher of Vix Media Group says. He offers five checks beyond visual polish: read each page as a customer would, cut friction while keeping brand character, score clarity, character and ease of use separately rather than with one number, make feedback easy to locate using tools like Tella or Loom, and test the full inquiry path including failure cases. He notes that a project review marked 31 of 32 requested changes complete, yet still needed judgment the report could not show. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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