Step 1: Pre-Test Screaming Frog
Step 2: Export Sitemap URLs
- Collect Sitemap Data from Live Website:
- Collect Sitemap Data from Staging Website:
Step 3: Prepare 301s:
- Generate 301s with Go Live Crew GPT
- Generate .htaccess File:
- Back-Up old .htaccess from CMS:
Step 4: Plesk Back Up and Archive
- Plesk Back-Up
- Plesk Archive
- Clear Existing Files
Step 5: Transitioning from Staging to Live and Publish
- Transitioning from Staging to Live
- Publish Site
Step 6: Update robots.txt and .htaccess
- Update robots.txt
- Update .htaccess
- Publish Site > Select None > Publish
Step 7: Plesk Settings
- Hosting Settings:
- Apache & Nginx Configuration:
- PHP Settings
- DNS
- Use A and CNAME records for hosting accounts with domain-based email.
- Point domain records for hosting.
- SSL Certificate
Step 8: Post Live QC SF