Pre-Deploy Checklist

Run through this before every first deploy of a new client site.

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Config

• site: in astro.config.mjs set to production domain
• robots.txt sitemap URL matches site: (no www mismatch)
• wrangler.toml has correct name and pages_build_output_dir = "dist"
• _redirects has https://www.<domain>/* https://<domain>/:splat 301
• Sitemap filter excludes noindex pages (/checkout, /payment-return, /thank-you) — verify in dist/sitemap-0.xml after build

SEO & meta

• Every page has unique title and description
• Canonical suppressed on noindex pages (checkout, payment-return, thank-you)
• aggregateRating has real client numbers - or block removed
• Schema validated at search.google.com/test/rich-results
• OG image exists at /public/og-image.jpg (1200x630, under 300KB)
• Favicon PNG links only added if PNG files exist in /public/

Code quality

• All icon-only links have <span class="sr-only"> text
• No “Learn more” anchor text without sr-only context
• No footer links pointing to removed anchors or pages
• No duplicate H2 text across pages
• npm run build completes without errors

Content

• Real address, phone, email in schema and contact page
• Google Maps embed uses real business listing (Share -> Embed -> copy src)
• sameAs array has correct social URLs
• All placeholder copy replaced with real client content
• Web3Forms access key set in contact form
• Testimonials are real (or section removed)

Cloudflare Pages

• Repo connected in Cloudflare Pages
• Build command: npm run build, output dir: dist
• Both domain.com AND www.domain.com added as custom domains
• Environment variables set (Cashfree, etc.) if applicable

Analytics & payments

• GA4 Measurement ID set and snippet uncommented in Layout.astro
• Privacy Policy mentions Google Analytics
• Cashfree env vars set in Cloudflare Pages dashboard
• Cashfree payment flow tested end-to-end in sandbox before switching to production

Blog & scheduling (if blog exists)

• content.config.ts uses z.union([z.coerce.date(), z.literal(''), z.null()]).optional() for updatedDate
• faqs field in content schema: z.array(z.object({ q: z.string(), a: z.string() })).optional()
• All 4 getCollection("blog", ...) calls include !data.draft && data.pubDate <= now filter
• .github/workflows/scheduled-build.yml created with daily 9:00 IST cron
• CF_PAGES_DEPLOY_HOOK Cloudflare deploy hook URL added as GitHub repo secret
• llms.txt in /public/ with service descriptions, pricing, contact details

Post-deploy

• Visit https://domain.com - loads correctly
• Visit https://www.domain.com - 301 redirects to apex domain
• Visit /robots.txt - shows AI bot allow rules + Disallow rules + correct sitemap URL
• Visit /llms.txt - loads and describes the business
• Visit /sitemap-index.xml - lists pages
• Run npm run indexnow - submit URLs to Bing/Yandex
• Submit sitemap in Google Search Console
• Submit sitemap in Bing Webmaster Tools (feeds Perplexity and ChatGPT)
• Test OG image: opengraph.xyz
• Force social preview re-scrape: Facebook debugger