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Ryan Murphy edited this page Feb 12, 2019 · 1 revision

Project checklist

This is a running list of things you should do before you launch any project on one of our apps pages. It's compiled by the data visuals team and uses markdown. It can then be copied and pasted into a Markdown file and put into the project's repo.

Article template changes

  • Add Disqus comments and make sure correct comment number is getting pulled in the nav.
  • Add ads
  • Add related articles
  • Check Facebook debugger
  • Check Parsely
  • Add art to top of the page
  • Get social buttons showing on mobile (you will get emailed about this if you don't)

Changes to the story

  • Get a headline by submitting the story's budget line to the Headline Hoedown Slack channel

Social

  • Check with social team about promotion
  • Review Bobby’s promo materials (he likes to make gifs and other cool things)
  • Review social blasts (Tweet storms, Facebook posts, etc.)

User testing

  • Email blast Rodney's list of user testers
  • Post to the Facebook BetaTesters group
  • Check with Emily Y
  • Check with art team
  • Post to Slack general channel

Browser testing

Test on all the devices below:

  • Windows: IE
  • Windows: Edge
  • Windows: Chrome
  • Windows: Firefox
  • Mac: Safari
  • Mac: Chrome
  • Mac: Firefox
  • Android: Chrome
  • iPhone: Safari

Post-deploy tasks

  • Make sure everything works on live url

Media partners

  • Get Google doc set up for partners
  • Pull text of story into Google doc
  • Get art to take screenshots of the charts and put them into the Google doc

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