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Inspect your website before sharing it
Turn eight manual checks into a prioritized repair list you can export.
- Open your own site in another tab. Perform each check before answering; leave anything untested unknown.
- This checklist runs locally. It does not fetch, scan or verify your website.
Enter observations you can support. Leave unknowns blank or choose Unknown. Inputs stay in this page; reloading clears them. Do not enter passwords or personal customer information.
Try a fictional worked example
Examples demonstrate the tool. They are not your observations and do not count as completed reader work.
Enable JavaScript to calculate and download a result.
Use this checklist on paper
- Can a new visitor identify the audience and useful outcome?
- Did you finish the main reader task on a phone?
- Did you open every link needed for that task?
- Do important factual claims have sources and review dates?
- Can you complete the task using only the keyboard?
- Have you checked what forms, embeds and analytics collect?
- Are commercial relationships disclosed beside relevant recommendations?
- Is there a working way to report a problem?
Record the date, source and unknowns, then list what to check next. A filled worksheet is not independent verification.
What this tool can and cannot establish
- Results reflect your answers, not an automated audit.
- These checks do not establish accessibility, security, legal compliance, search ranking or conversion performance.
Completed means the required input record was filled, not that every check passed. Where audience measurement is enabled, only fixed completion, export and feedback identifiers are counted; entered values and notes are not sent.
Define one successful visit
Write one sentence: who the visitor is and what they should do. For example, a potential client reads the service outline and opens the booking page. Use that sentence to remove competing buttons. A first launch rarely needs every section a template offers.
Leave every checklist result blank until you have done the check. A preview that looks right does not prove a form delivers or a payment reaches the right account.
Confirm the plan covers the job
Prices as listed on 29 October 2026, before tax. Buying a plan that lacks the feature your main action needs is the most common avoidable launch-week surprise. [1][2]
| Need | Carrd | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| Try it free | Basic: 3 site slots on a Carrd URL; 7-day Pro trial, no card | Free plan on a Framer domain |
| Your own domain | Pro Standard ($19 a year) or Pro Plus; not Pro Lite | Basic ($10 a month on the yearly view) or Pro |
| Contact form | Pro Standard or higher | Check the plan page |
| Password-protected page | Pro Plus ($49 a year) | Listed as a feature; confirm the plan |
| Several pages with repeated content | Not listed as a Carrd feature | Basic: 30 pages, 2 CMS collections |
Replace every placeholder
Search the page for example names, dummy prices, unfinished links and stock testimonials. Publish only statements you can support. If you have no client results yet, explain the service and process plainly instead of inventing social proof. Check the browser title and the share description as well as the headline.
Read it as a visitor. Is the scope clear? Can someone tell whether it is for them? If a price is provisional, say so. In a portfolio, label concept work honestly and separate your contribution from team projects.
Check the whole action path
For a Carrd form, the documentation says messages go to the Carrd account email by default and can be sent to up to five addresses; they come from mail.carrd.site, which you may need to allowlist. A decorative email address or a button with no real destination is not a working contact channel. [3]
Test the welcome email after signup — Automation Tools Compared — If the site's main action subscribes someone through MailerLite, follow one controlled signup through workflow entry, waiting steps and actual message receipt.
| Check | What to record |
|---|---|
| Primary button | Exact destination and the next screen the visitor sees |
| Contact form | Success message and the message arriving in the right inbox |
| Download | The file opens and matches its description |
| Mobile view | Text fits and buttons are reachable |
| Keyboard | Every link and control can be reached and activated with Tab and Enter |
Make sure search can see it, if it should
Google lists three requirements for a page to be eligible for indexing: Googlebot isn't blocked, the page returns HTTP 200, and it has indexable content. Check that no preview-era noindex setting or robots.txt block survived the launch. Google also says meeting these does not guarantee indexing, so do not promise search traffic on launch day. [4]
Keep ownership clear
- Write down who controls the builder account, the domain registrar, DNS and the receiving mailbox.
- Use your own recovery email and phone for a personal business site.
- Keep original text, images and downloads in a folder you control.
- Before changing DNS, record the existing entries. Carrd's setup adds an A record and a www CNAME; existing email records should stay as they are.
- Follow your provider's current instructions rather than values copied from an old tutorial.
Launch a version you can maintain
Pick a review date and a short list of fixes that matter to visitors. A broken booking link outranks a decorative animation. Ask someone you trust to describe what the page offers without prompting; treat that as feedback, not proof of demand. Record the date and evidence for each completed row, and keep unfinished items visible.
Questions before you decide
Must I buy a custom domain before building the site?
No. Carrd's free Basic plan includes 3 site slots and Carrd offers a 7-day Pro trial without a card; Framer's Free plan publishes on a Framer domain. Build and check the content first, then connect a domain before the public launch.
Does publishing mean Google will show the page?
No. Google says a page must not block Googlebot, must return HTTP 200 and must have indexable content to be eligible, and that even then indexing is not guaranteed.
Sources & verification
Product details and prices can change. Check the linked provider before buying.
- Carrd Pro plan comparison Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Framer pricing Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Carrd: setting up a Contact form Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Google Search technical requirements Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Carrd: understanding site slots Accessed 29 Oct 2026
- Carrd: using a custom domain Accessed 29 Oct 2026
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