Before your site is ready to go live, familiarize yourself with these required steps to ensure a successful launch.
A soft launch allows the website to be live but not in the public eye, so that final adjustments can be made before the final 'hard' launch with any formal promotion. (Your soft and hard launch dates might be the same.) See glossary below for definitions.
Before committing to this date, please be aware:
Review the redirects you gave us at Site Creation. Are there any others? If so, add them to the form.
To get started: Site Owner submits their soft launch date using the UBCMS Website Launch (Activation) Request.
When linkin to pages within your site (or within the UBCMS shared content) use the magnifying glass to find the page in the UBCMS directory tree rather than typing in the URL directly.
Your team is responsible for doing pre-launch accessibility tests on your site using Site Improve.
When the site is complete (see step 3) and all accessibility issues have been remediated (see step 4), Site Owner confirms via the SUBMIT AFFIRMATION button to move forward with soft launch.
If we do not receive the Website Affirmation Form by 3pm the Thursday before your planned soft launch date, your soft launch will be canceled and it will be up to you to reschedule.