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Checklist for setting up a site hosted by mySociety
Gareth Rees edited this page Feb 16, 2022
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- Get an uncustomised version of the site running (mySociety).
- Give mySociety a list of email addresses to be used for support mail - so when someone using the site needs help and mails
team@[sitename], who should receive the emails? (partner) - Create accounts on the site for partner team (partner)
- Set up admin accounts for the partner team (mySociety)
- Add email override for authorities so that all emails go to
team@address (mySociety) - Play with the site to see how it works as a user, as an administrator, and as a public authority (partner)
- Add some authorities to the site using the admin interface (partner)
- Send data sharing agreement to partner (mySociety)
- Gather authority email addresses (partner) - format template and format help.
- Create a logo for the site (partner)
- Choose photo for homepage banner and send to mySociety (partner)
- Choose a primary colour for the site (banner and other UI elements) (partner)
Take a look at our example theme to get an idea of how your Alaveteli will look.
- Set up social media accounts for the site, tell mySociety what they are (partner)
- Configure social media accounts for the site (mySociety)
- Buy domain name (partner)
- Send information on how to point the DNS for this domain name to our servers (mySociety)
- Point DNS for domain name to our servers (partner)
- Set reCAPTCHA keys for domain (mySociety)
- Tell mySociety how many days should pass before a request is classified as 'late' (documentation) (partner)
- Set up a google analytics account and share the information with mySociety (partner)
- Configure the analytics account on the site and in ProjectDB (mySociety)
- Acquire and install an SSL certificate for the site (mySociety)
- Add public holidays to the site using the admin interface (partner)
- Send a list of letters in in alphabetical order for each site language (except English) for the "Beginning with" list on http://demo.alaveteli.org/body/list/all (partner)
- Translate the text in Transifex, or see if an existing translation can be used (partner)
- Write the help pages for the site (partner). Common help pages are here, but others can be added and some omitted.
- Populate the site with some requests pre-launch with help from own contacts (partner)
- Remove test data (mySociety)
- Remove email override for authorities (mySociety)
- Think about launch event (partner)
- Apply for an adwords grant (partner)
- Consider press releases to relevant organisations (partner)
- Think about audience and how to engage them in the platform before and after launch - for example; workshops with NGOs about how the site can help them get info for their work etc (partner)
- Watch for interesting or high traffic requests/responses and consider how to market them (partner)