Chapter 19. Preflight Checklist
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:
Using a basic checklist for site maintenance, users, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), performance, and disaster recovery to cover all your bases before going live
Overview of SEO
Setting up and optimizing SEO for your site
The importance of clean URLs and URL aliases
Setting up XML Sitemap
An introduction to Google Analytics, and installing the module to monitor your site's activities
Configuring your dashboard
You are nearing the end of your Drupal journey. In the previous chapters, you went from the basics of installing and configuring your site to the challenges of theming, custom development, and advanced installations. You're now set to show the world your creation. Follow the preflight checklist in this chapter to get your site ready for launch.
In this chapter, you will explore the best ways of putting your website before a potential audience of millions. With SEO, you can increase your site's visibility by optimizing your site's content and correctly submitting it to search engines. The chapter introduces you to the SEO Checklist module for Drupal, which helps you properly implement SEO techniques. This chapter also covers the XML Sitemap module, which catalogs your site to help search engines like Google, Yahoo!, and Bing crawl your site more efficiently and retrieve more accurate information.
The chapter ends with an overview of the new Dashboard feature, a function that comes with Drupal 7 in which users can ...
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