Read through the information below detailing steps to take before and after your website launches.
Before Launch
Anyone working on the website should know that they need to email the OpenScholar support team for urgent needs To apply your current domain name to your new website, submit a support ticket Set the website visibility to "public" before site launch Check to make sure that all internal & external links are working Check that all downloadable files such as PDFs work and have understandable file names Make sure that Google Analytics ID has been added (if using) Make sure URLs are names correctly (OpenScholar generates a URL automatically, but if you renamed a page, the URL does not update automatically) Check to see that you have created a privacy policy page for your website Ensure that content is marked-up semantically (<h2>, <h3>, etc.) and formatted correctly
After Launch
Review your user list to remove people who no longer need the ability to edit the website Google will automatically re-index your site fairly quickly, but you can speed up the process by using Google's Webmaster Tools to request that Google re-index the site Double check that all internal links work