- The template part of a launch checklist Extension order, overrides, styles, menus, caches: the checks of the template side before go-live.
- Keep test pages out of the launch Test layouts and pages built during the project: unmap or delete them before go-live.
- A last-minute header menu change on launch day The quickest safe path: exp:ini add with --dry-run first, then the cache clear; about two commands.
- Launch on Exponential Velocity On Velocity, settings changes need exp:velocity restart (as exp:ini says); plan it into the launch steps.
- Hand the site over to the editors Show editors the three places they work: the content tree, the Layouts editor and the footer links folder.
- Launch the section landing pages Fitness, Healthy eating, Running, Video and Showcase each have a Location mapping to their own landing page layout.
- Old addresses after a relaunch URL aliases and wildcards are content settings, not layouts; keep old addresses working when pages move.
- Add an analytics tag at launch The theme has a Google Tag Manager include (parts/google_tag_manager_code_script.tpl and _noscript.tpl); measurement code belongs in templates, not in HTML snippet blocks.
- Measure the launch pages Time the main pages cached and uncached, as on the test copy, and keep the numbers.
- Preview a layout before it goes live Layouts > Layouts and Shared layouts have Preview for each layout; the editor's middle area previews the draft.
- Prepare a mapping and switch it on at launch Create the launch mapping with Enabled off, then tick Enabled at go-live.
- Launch a second site on the same installation Bold Agency and Starter run beside Fit & Healthy here: their own root nodes, siteaccesses, menus and layouts, with mappings by subtree and siteaccess.
- Tell editors what changed at launch List what moved from templates to Layouts (or back), so editors know where to change things after go-live.
- Maintain examples, every page The 35 examples of the maintain phase of a site's life, each one task done in the Layouts editor and with templates. Change lists, banners, menus and campaigns week by week, and recover from mistakes.
- Swap one article in a hand-picked list Remove an item from a manual collection and add another in its place, in the Layouts editor.
- Reorder a hand-picked list Drag the items of a manual collection into a new order; check the order after publishing.
- Point a dynamic list at another section Change the Parent location of a dynamic collection; the list fills from the new section at once.
- Show more items in a list Offset & number of items (dynamic collections) or more manual items; Enable pagination for long lists.
- Replace the hero image Change the Image URL and Image alt text of the Hero block; or upload a new image to the content the template reads.
- Change a button's text and target Edit Text and link of a Button / Link block, or Link text and Link URL of a Hero.
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