Test your Web site
Before you publish your Web site
Use the Design Checker
On the Tools menu, click Design Checker. It automatically checks for:
- Empty text boxes
- Text in the overflow area
- Disproportional pictures
- Objects partially off the page
- Text that will become a graphic
- Blank space at the top of a page
- Pages that are not reached by hyperlinks
- Pages that will take a long time to download
Preview your Web site
On the File menu, click Web Page Preview. This will open your Web site in a browser. Check to make sure that:
- Text is visible and legible.
- Graphics are visible on each page and download quickly.
- Hyperlinks work and take the user to expected destinations.
- Your site opens and functions correctly on different computers.
- Background sound, if used, works.
After you've published your Web site
Review your Web site:
- Access the site with your browser.
- View all the text.
- View all of the pictures and other design elements.
- Check all the hyperlinks to make sure they connect properly.
- Test any submit or reset buttons in forms.