4. ✓ Release worthy
✓ Respect users - even if it’s just you & your cat
✓ Fixes take time & money
✓ Build with upgrades, new features in mind
✓ Cut the right corners - aka ad hoc QA
6. ✓ Blog, Website, Both, Who Cares?
✓ Snozberries taste like Snozberries
✓ Be Yourself, Be Creative, Be Careful
✓ Experience Extends to Content Creators
✓ URLs Are Your Currency
✓ Tame Dynamic Plugins
8. ✓ Tailor content and experience to your users
✓ Your users may include machines
✓ Respect, Flexibility & Control
✓ Mobility - Is your content & culture mobile?
✓ Analytics are your friend
10. MASTER CHECKLIST
Blog Single Page
✓ Sharing tools ✓ Comment Gravatars
✓ Permalink Structure ✓ Links to Comment Author
✓ Permalinked Elements ✓ Author Comment Coloring
✓ Pagination / Next & Prev ✓ Pagination
✓ Number of posts ✓ Threading
✓ Featured Posts ✓ Discussion Beyond Blog
✓ Alt text
11. MASTER CHECKLIST
Connections Analytics
✓ URL services ✓ Google Analytics
✓ Subscribe via email ✓ Chartbeat
✓ Facebook like ✓ Click Tracking
✓ SEO Tools ✓ 3rd Party Stats
✓ Twitter ✓ Flash video, JWPLayer, etc
✓ Trackbacks
Preparation is critical, launching a blog or site is the same as a software release. You have to be deliberate in your choices. UX means nothing if your product doesn’t work.
Your website is software. Even if you just download and install a template you’re building something for use. Remember that and be diligent in making yourself look good.
