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Congratulations! You’re ready to take your new website live. Please use this guide to complete the final steps for publishing, optimizing, and connecting your domain. Please read the very important details below.

Important Tasks to Review for a Successful DIY Go Live Site Launch

Before your new site can successfully go live, please review and complete the following tasks. These steps are critical to ensure proper functionality, SEO performance, and a smooth launch experience.

 
Content & Pages

•  Review multi-language needs (if applicable)
• Review and archive old/unused pages
• Confirm all pages display correctly across devices (desktop, tablet, mobile – test on real screens)
• Verify each page has proper H1 tags, descriptions, and alt tags for images
• Ensure each page has a completed SEO setup (meta title, description, keywords, etc.)
• Check each page’s URL slug for clarity and SEO value
• Remove “No Index” (site-wide and per-page settings for searchable sites)

Connecting Customer Portal Integrated Page

• Create the portal page URLS in your Editor Collections settings
• Attach the Enroll Now buttons to the correct URL portal page throughout all site pages.
• Follow our step-by-step guide and video on Customer Portal Linking
• Site backup

Editor Settings - SEO & Analytics

•  Install Google Analytics (or GA4)
• Set up 301 redirects  for old/existing URLs
• Customize 404 error page  (Settings)
• Add site icons (favicon, app icons) in Settings
• Contact Forms: Configure email submission and reply settings
• Site backup

Compliance & Accessibility

• Add ADA widget
• Add Privacy Policy / Cookies notice

Go Live Final Steps - Preview Mode

•  Blog migration completed (if applicable)
• Google Analytics is tested and tracking properly
• Check the enrollment buttons and all site linking in preview mode
• Check the social icons connect
• Check Mobile and Tablet menus and links
  

Final Step: Connecting Your Domain

Step 1 – Log in to your domain host

• Go to your Domain Management area.
• Locate the DNS settings/DNS records section.

Step 2 – Add a CNAME record

Create a new CNAME record with the following settings:

• Host/Alias:    www
• Destination/Target:    s.multiscreensite.com

Step 3 – Add A records for the root domain

Point the root of your domain (    domain.com   ) to your new website by creating two A records:

First A Record

• Host/Alias:    @
• Destination/Target:    35.172.94.1

Second A Record

• Host/Alias:    @
• Destination/Target:    100.24.208.97

 Allow time for DNS propagation

• Changes typically take 24–48 hours to fully propagate worldwide.
• In some cases, it may take up to 72 hours.
• During this time, some visitors may still see your old site until the update completes.
• Once the site is published, check the Settings > SSL Certification generation

 Once all steps are completed, we suggest reviewing the Post Launch QA checklist.

If you have any issues, please contact your domain host support provider for assitance with the DNS changes provided in the instructions above.

• GoDaddy Help: https://www.godaddy.com/help/contact-us
• Network Solutions:  https://www.networksolutions.com/help

Not sure who your domain is registered with? Search public registrar here: https://www.whois.com/whois/