Web Page Checklist

We live in a web of ideas, a fabric of our own making.

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

by Jason Robert Carey Patterson, last updated Sep 2025 (orig Dec 1994)

The following checklist may prove useful to other web authors out there in cyberspace.

It is by no means exhaustive, but is thoroughly practical, having gradually been built up over more than 30 years, since the very earliest days of the web. While not impossible, it would be difficult for a web page to pass this checklist yet still not be "good".

Naturally, as with all things, sensible judgment should be used when applying this checklist, as not every point is valid for every possible situation, and reasonable people may differ.

NOTE: There is no attempt to explain the "whys" of each point here – for that, you should search the web for more detailed articles, of which there are many. This list is purely intended as a brief, concise checklist for authors to run through quickly, typically right before a page is uploaded and declared finished.

Search-Engine Optimization (SEO)

Links & Reachability

First Impression

Product Pages

Text Content (Copy)

HTML & CSS

Images

Scripting

Performance

Remember Priorities

Browser Compatibility

Mac

iPhone

iPad

Windows

Android Phone

Android Tablet

Linux

Printing