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QA - Pre Go-Live
Checklist of items needing reviewed to ensure a successful go-ive
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Website
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STAR Compliance Check
(Required)
We want to make sure we are adhering to ADA/WCAG.
S-Searchable (making sure content on the website is searchable both by the website’s internal search tool and search engines like Google. Typically PDF documents or content embedded in images will not show up in search results).
T-Translatable (ensuring the content can be translated by automatic translation tools. PDF files and images that have text embedded in them are not translatable. Further, writing in plain language increases the accuracy of automatic translators).
A-Accessible & Inclusive (Ensuring the content works for people who use assistive technology, is accessible to people with disabilities such as vision impairment, color blindness, hearing impairment and deaf for audio, written with short margins for dyslexia)
R-Responsive (ensuring content is curated in a way that it can rearrange elements and word wrap to be optimized for different screen sizes, especially mobile).
Search Functionality
(Required)
Try at least one search you know has results and one that you know does not have results. The search that has results should have the corresponding pages and the search term bolded. The search that does not have results should have an approved message.
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Issues
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Issues Found
Menu
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An arrow should indicate that there are sub pages.
Works
Issues
N/A
Issues Found
Company Logo
(Required)
Make sure it brings you to the home page
Works
Issues
N/A
Issues Found
Menu links
(Required)
Make sure each link is working and brings you to the correct page. External pages and documents should open in a new tab. Make sure the hover is working and legible.
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Issues
N/A
Issues Found
Print Preview Test
(Required)
Ensure inner pages of the website can be printable without the headers/footers.
Works
Issues
N/A
Issues Found
Footer
Directions open in a new tab and the links say directions to xyz office.
Phone Numbers are click to call and are formatted like this (123) 456-7891. Hovering over the number in Chrome you should see it formatted like this: tel:+1-123-444-5555
Phone and fax should be spelled out followed by a colon. 800 numbers should be a separate line as Toll Free
Links are working and brings you to the correct page. External pages and documents open in a new tab.
Terms and conditions links are in alignment with the rest of the content on the site
Footer has proper copyright, site credit link, accessibility, privacy policy and terms of use links
Issues Found
Landing Pages
(Required)
Correct page opens
Sub pages have the correct tiles
Tiles open correctly, to the correct page. If it is an external
Page has a sidebar
Sidebar, tiles and top menu dropdown have the sub pages in the correct order.
Breadcrumb is correct. Should be home - LP name.
Hover is working on the tiles
Interior page banner has at least 5 rotating photos.
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Home Page/Body
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Look for and remove placeholders and other unneeded pages. A search on the reveal site for the page will reveal if it will show up even if it is not part of any menu.
Go to the Web App activation & settings part and check for the company logo in the Open Graph image under global settings. Having this helps ensure that there is a fallback image for the link share preview image. Once the site is live you can use the Facebook developer tool to check the site. If no preview image is present you can have Facebook scrape the page by hitting the Fetch new information button.
https://pagespeed.web.dev can be used to perform an audit on the site which will reveal performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO issues. After the audit is run the results can be sent to Mehran.
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Images
All images have succinct, accurate, and equivalent Alt Text.
If an image has text, ensure the text is in the alt text (i.e. if there is an image that says “Annual Meeting” the alt text should convey the same.)
Functional Images (interactive map, graphic button, link) are used to initiate actions rather than to convey information. Alt text should convey the action being initiated rather than a description of the image. ○ Example: If it is an image of a map with each room an interactive map area, the alt text is, “The building’s floor plan. Select a room for more information about the purpose or content of the room.” The instruction to “select a room” indicates that the image is interactive.
Images linked to documents include the document extension in the alt text.
Screen readers will indicate links. As such, linked images only need to indicate where the user is being taken. (ie: Oklahoma Electric Cooperative home page)
Complex Images (chart, graph, map, text) ● Alt text describes information in the image, or ● Text displayed in image is used as alt text, or
Accessible format of the information is provided (ie: link to accessible document or text on the page) ○ Alt text should describe the general content of the image and function of the link, or ○ Note to the client to provide an accessible version of the image
Decorative Images (stock photos, clip art) Do not use decorative images, stock photos, or clip art within the content of the page.
Slideshows Limit slideshows to a small number of images that a user can digest in one sitting. Turn on next/previous functionality and/or pagination options. Complex images such as charts, graphs, maps, or images with text are not to be used in slideshows.
Animations Do not place animated images on a page. Note for the client that these are not accessible.
Make sure Facebook featured image and fallback image works https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
For new sites, we need to make sure if the Featured Image is set that it is picked up by the Facebook tool. Also test a page that doesn’t have a featured image and make sure it goes to a fallback image (usually the client logo on a white background). If Facebook hasn’t scraped the page before, you have to press a button in the tool to get the page info. There’s also a button to scrape the page again (get refreshed information).
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PDFs
Ensure all PDF links open in new tab
Make note of any PDFs that are scanned in or could cause issues with WCAG compliance for screen readers
All PDFs should have (PDF) at the end of the text link
Issues Found
Links
Ensure social media links are working properly
Ensure all links are working properly
Ensure links to external sites open in a new window
Phone numbers should be linked and formatted like this: (123) 456-7891
Click to call should be formatted tel:+1-123-444-5555
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Contact Info
Ensure social media links are working properly
Ensure Addresses open in a new Google Maps window
Check to see if the thank you for contacting message has been updated from default message
Check to see if a contact email has been entered for contact me form
Test conditional logic on all forms
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Appearance
Check visibility of menu and home page, landing page and interior pages on mobile device
Ensure That upon reducing window size of web browser that no navigation menu items wrap
Check for same view in Internet Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge
Ensure all landing pages have landing tiles that match navigation menu
Ensure all graphic links on home page and landing page items are loading
Ensure all bullet points are indented
Test the outage banner activation and deactivation
Ensure favicon is in the browser tab
Tables should have zebra styling, alternate colors every other row.
Ensure accordion sections auto collapse when new section is opened
Make sure login box is visible in mobile view when clicking open the nav if present on desktop
Headers should be in title case (First letter capitalized in each word)
Lists should be unordered lists
No URLs in the content. Links to sites should be written out
Make sure news posts care properly categorized and have tags if requested by client
Make sure news posts have a featured image for each post
Ensure that the landing tiles on a landing page have a layout that looks clean and smooth
Test text against background contrast to make sure it meets WCAG 2.0 standards, including links and hover states
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Navigation/Menus
Ensure sidebar menus on all interior pages are loading
Check event, job posting, news posting and search results for proper sidebar loading
Check “More News”, “More Events” and similar buttons on home page to ensure they load appropriate pages
Make sure all placeholder pages are deleted before launch
Indicators that there is a drop down in Nav bar
Ensure landing tiles match the drop down menu to avoid confusion
Search should not be capitalized in the search bar
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WordPress/Performance
In the menus interface of WordPress, remove any non-relevant menus
Move any unused placeholder pages, posts, app date with Lorem Ipsum text to trash
Issues Found
Look for potential issues using https://pagespeed.web.dev
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