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Recommended Weekly or Monthly checklist you should be doing for website support

Use this DIY Monthly Checklist to manage your website support to ensure that it stays secure and live, performs well and gets results.

BUSINESS WEBSITE CMS TASKS MONTHLY CHECKLIST

Audit Task list – This is a list of what we typically do to audit your website and send you a full report to tell you what state your website is in and what needs to be done, if anything.
You can do these tasks yourself by following our monthly checklist, if you feel confident – someone has to do it, to avoid getting hacked and ensure the website performs well and gets you more clients.
Check the version of WordPress and update when necessary. Check that the update does not cause conflict with other plugins
Check the version of the design theme
Check for any plugins that need to have updates applied, ensuring that no conflict happens
Check that all plugins work well together
Check that forms are working – send a test to yourself to check
Check to see if Google Analytics code has been applied and ensure that the stats are recording
Check the Hosting situation. Even the software that runs your hosting server is vulnerable to attack and needs to be kept up to date. Also a poor hosting environment could see your website on a server with a corrupted or haced site
Check Google Search Console for any errors
Check that the website SSL cert is working – otherwise your website will be seen as being Not Secure – see the url bar, is there a padlock? The SSL cert is free with some hosting and is a paid option on others, especially the lower cost options
Check the page load speed test using Pingdom or GT Metrix or a similar tool
Check that Sitemap is listed, updated and uploaded to Google
Check for a site backup – these should really be done daily and can be automated, which may be done by your hosting service. Keep another copy in Dropbox, Google Docs or use Updraft Plus
Check cross browser view – tablet, smartphone and desktop
Check for 404s, broken links using Screaming Frog or Dead Link Checker or similar app
Check the uptime of the website to see that is is indeed up – you can use apps like Wachete or Uptime Robot for this
Report – we send you a report on what is needs to be done to update your website and make it secure.
Do these tasks monthly or sign up to one of our support plans – HERE
For eCommerce website audit or check list, see below or contact us
Further tasks you should consider doing regularly.
Email Account Check, Test & Review that al lyour various email addresses are working
Search Engine Friendly Optimization on added content
Metatag Adjustments for all pages and posts
Keyword Optimization for all pages and posts
Headings review
Weekly/Monthly Google Analytics Report and Review
Monthly site technical check, review and analysis
Recommendation – Do at least one Site Review Annually with your web design agency – what needs to be or could be done to improve the website results

Click here to Sign Up for our Monthly Support

Bonus Benefits include:

Teamwork – Our monthly support or maintenance plans come with a freeTeamwork client account – your online project collaboration tool that lets you add tasks for us to do, post To-Do messages, add documents, files, images, etc. This also records all our communication, queries, replies, comments and content.
Total Transparency – This way you can see when we do any work for you and what we do exactly, to the minute.

Dropbox – PLUS we create a free shared Dropbox folder for all your content.

Special Reduced Client Rates – Ad Hoc rates €65 – Normally €100

MORE SUPPORT SERVICES

Website Support Plans >

eCommerce Monthly Website Support >

Website Audit and Report >

Monthly Checklist and Website Support Plan

WHY DO YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE SOFTWARE?

Just like updating your iPhone or iPad, website updates serve a number of different functions as listed below:

Update platform versions for Joomla or Wordpress – because these are always being updated
Fix security holes and check for attempted hacking, plug any holes – because people will try to hack your website
Optimize the utilization of resources on the operating system – to make your site perform well
Add newer and more secure features – to keep the site up to date
Remove old and unprotected features – to avoid clutter or conflict
Update drivers to increase software efficiency – as these drivers are updated
Update versions for components such as Yoast, Widgetkit, Zoo or YooThemes and make sure they work together – or they may conflict
Ensure the uptime of your website – to ensure that people can find the site 24/7
Check speed of website – to make sure that visitors get content quickly, before they move on
Chect mobile or responsive view – to see that the website delivers on all mobile types
Keep a copy as a Backup in case the site goes down – so that you can put up a saved copy
Submit updated Sitemaps to Google – to tell them about your pages
Check Calendar – to ensure that the date and time settings are correct
Train your inhouse Marketer or Webmaster – to use optimisation tools and techniques
Run through an agreed CheckList – to see that all necessary tasks are done in a timely fashion
Tip: Do little and do often – to avoid conflicts or large workloads. We recommend an hour or two monthly.

DIY - FREE DO IT YOURSELF MONTHLY AUDIT OR CHECKLIST

Audit Task list – This is a list of what we do to audit your website and send you a full report to tell you what state your website is in and what needs to be done, if anything.

Check the version of Wordpress or Joomla
Check the version of the design theme
Check for any plugins that need to have updates applied, ensuring that no conflict happens
Check that all plugins work well together
Check to see if Google Analytics code has been applied and ensure that the stats are recording
Check the Hosting situation. Even the software that runs your hosting server is vulnerable to attack and needs to be kept up to date. Also a poor hosting environment could see your website on a server with a corrupted or haced site
Check Google Search Console for any errors
Check that the website SSL cert is working – otherwise your website will be seen as being Not Secure – see the url bar, is there a padlock? The SSL cert is free with some hosting and is a paid option on others, especially the lower cost options
Check the page load speed test using Pingdom or GT Metrix or a similar tool
Check that Sitemap is listed and uploaded to Google
Check for a site backup – these should really be done daily and can be automated, which may be done by your hosting service. Keep another copy in Dropbox, Google Docs or use Updraft Plus
Check cross browser view – tablet, smartphone and desktop
Check for 404s, broken links using Screaming Frog or Dead Link Checker or similar app
Check the uptime of the website to see that is is indeed up – you can use apps like Wachete or Uptime Robot for this
Report – we send you a report on what is needs to be done to update your website and make it secure.

Do these tasks monthly or sign up to one of our support plans – HERE

For eCommerce website audits, contact us

WHY DO YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE SOFTWARE?

Just like updating your iPhone or iPad, website updates serve a number of different functions as listed below:

Update platform versions for Joomla or Wordpress – because these are always being updated
Fix security holes and check for attempted hacking, plug any holes – because people will try to hack your website
Optimize the utilization of resources on the operating system – to make your site perform well
Add newer and more secure features – to keep the site up to date
Remove old and unprotected features – to avoid clutter or conflict
Update drivers to increase software efficiency – as these drivers are updated
Update versions for components such as Yoast, Widgetkit, Zoo or YooThemes and make sure they work together – or they may conflict
Ensure the uptime of your website – to ensure that people can find the site 24/7
Check speed of website – to make sure that visitors get content quickly, before they move on
Chect mobile or responsive view – to see that the website delivers on all mobile types
Keep a copy as a Backup in case the site goes down – so that you can put up a saved copy
Submit updated Sitemaps to Google – to tell them about your pages
Check Calendar – to ensure that the date and time settings are correct
Train your inhouse Marketer or Webmaster – to use optimisation tools and techniques
Run through an agreed CheckList – to see that all necessary tasks are done in a timely fashion
Tip: Do little and do often – to avoid conflicts or large workloads. We recommend an hour or two monthly.

eCommerce Maintenance Tasks

Check for WordPress/WooCommerce Version Updates

Check for Extension Version Updates to prevent any hack attempts due to out of date software

Test WordPress/Magento Website Health & Check for Errors to prevent losing your search engine rank on Google

Test Desktop Browser Compatibility – Test that your website is functional on all Internet browsers

Test & Report Mobile / Smart Devices Browser Compatibility – Test that your website displays properly on mobile/iPad view

Find & Report Broken Component, Module & Plugins to prevent your website from losing performance

Find & Report 404 Errors many links can get lost or broken so important to monitor, scan and fix to improve website performance

Check Contact Form to make sure client is getting all visitor enquiries

Set up Monthly Google Analytics Report to send to client email address

Full Secure Plan Audit which will be documented and sent to client for confirmation

Log & Database cleaning to speed performance of the website

Google Sitemap Submission for improving search engine optimisation

Test & Report Google / GMetrix Page Speed

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WEBMASTER SERVICES - WE DO OR DO NOT OFFER:

Webmaster services we DO offer:

Webmaster Services we do NOT offer:
Digital Marketing – but we can recommend someone that will suit you
App or plugin Development – not our expertise
App or plugin Customisation – not our expertise
SSL Cert configuration – there are specialists for this who will also configure for you