Later items depend on earlier ones, so testing them as one chain tells you more than checking settings one by one. Items marked optional are features you can leave off.
| Order | Owner action | Launch test |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Set the production address, HTTPS, site name, logos, colours, timezone and language. | Open the homepage, sign-in, sign-up, the app and the admin on a desktop and a phone, in light and dark mode. |
| 2 | Configure email. | Send the test email, sign up a new account and confirm it, invite a member, reset a password. |
| 3 | Install the scheduler cron line. | Site settings → Git sync and → Domains stop warning that the scheduler isn't running. |
| 4 | Choose storage and upload limits. | Upload an image and a file to a page, publish, and open both from the published docs. |
| 5 | Review security and compliance: 2FA, captcha, email checks, the link policy, cookies, account deletion. | Sign up with 2FA on, try a wrong site password five times, delete a test account. |
| 6 | Sign in with Google (optional). | Sign in with a Google account and land in the app. |
| 7 | Add the platform's AI account and budget (optional). | Send the test question in Settings → AI, then ask a question in a published site. |
| 8 | Turn on analytics and choose how countries are found. | Open a published page, then see it in the site's Insights. |
| 9 | Set up HTTPS for customers' domains (optional). | Connect a test domain and see it reach Live. |
| 10 | Create the GitHub App or GitLab application (optional). | Connect a test repository, push a change, publish, and see the commit. |
| 11 | When billing is on: payments, invoices, taxes, and the plans. | Subscribe in the sandbox, hit a limit, see the upgrade prompt, cancel. |
| 12 | Back up, rehearse a restore, and read the update steps. | Restore the backup on a staging copy and sign in. |
Final smoke test: register a new customer, create a workspace and a site, write a page with a heading, a list, a code block and an image, publish it, open the published docs, search for a word on the page, switch to dark mode, ask Ask AI a question, and add a custom domain.