Free project template

Website redesign checklist with every task dated from the day you start

Goals, content, design, build, launch: a site redesign in twelve weeks with content first.

  • 4 sections
  • 18 tasks
  • Opens as a list
  • Dated from day 1

Website redesign

Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.

Weeks 1 and 2: decide

  • What the site must do, in three sentencesDay 1High
  • Page list: keep, cut, addDay 4
  • Launch dateDay 4Urgent
  • Current numbers: traffic, top pages, conversionsDay 6
  • Choose the designer or the templateDay 13

Weeks 3 to 5: content

  • Write the home pageDay 19High
  • Write the remaining pagesDay 29
  • Photos and assets collectedDay 31
  • Content reviewDay 34

Weeks 6 to 9: design and build

  • Design round 1Day 43
  • Design round 2Day 50
  • BuildDay 64High
  • Content loadedDay 67

Weeks 10 to 12: launch

  • Test on a phone, a tablet and a laptopDay 71High
  • Redirects from every old URLDay 75Urgent
  • Analytics and forms testedDay 77
  • LaunchDay 85Urgent
  • Check the numbers a week laterDay 92

About this template

Redesigns stall on content, never on design. This project puts the content first: goals and the page list in week one, the words written before the design starts, then design, build, and a launch with redirects tested.

Tips from the template

  • Set the launch date and cut pages to fit it.
  • Write the words before the design; design around words is faster.
  • Test every redirect before launch.

How to use it in ActivityTracker

  1. 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
  2. 2Find Website redesign and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
  3. 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
  4. 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.

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Questions

Run it with the dates filled in.

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