GENESIS CODE DOCTOR — COMPLETE WEBSITE REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST
Use only the sections applicable to your project.

FOUNDATION
□ Purpose and primary conversion goal □ Domain □ DNS □ HTTPS/SSL □ Production hosting □ Canonical domain/root-www behavior □ Brand identity □ Favicon □ Business/contact information

SITE STRUCTURE
□ Homepage □ Header/navigation □ Home link □ Mobile menu □ Footer □ About □ Contact □ Products/services □ Pricing if applicable □ FAQ/help □ Search if needed □ Landing pages □ Useful 404/error routes □ No broken/orphan routes

LEADS & ACCOUNTS
□ Contact/lead forms □ Validation □ Spam protection □ Confirmation □ Email routing □ Signup/login if needed □ Logout □ Password recovery □ Social login if appropriate □ Profile/settings □ Authorization/roles

BUSINESS SYSTEMS
□ Production database if needed □ Permissions □ Backups/recovery □ Transactional email □ CRM if needed □ Maps/location if needed □ SMS/notifications if needed □ File upload/download/storage □ Required APIs/integrations □ Error/retry/fallback states

PRODUCTS & MONEY
□ Complete product/service descriptions □ Current prices □ Cart/order summary if needed □ Stripe/PayPal/other processor □ Live configuration □ Checkout □ Success □ Failure □ Cancel □ Receipt □ Refund/cancellation policy □ Tax handling if applicable □ Fulfillment/download/delivery □ Real transaction verification

GOOGLE & DISCOVERY
□ Google Search Console □ Sitemap submitted □ GA4/analytics □ Conversion events □ GTM if appropriate □ Google Business Profile if applicable □ Bing Webmaster Tools where useful □ Search/indexing monitoring

TECHNICAL SEO
□ Crawlable useful HTML □ Search-intent titles □ Meta descriptions □ One clear H1/page structure □ Canonicals □ robots.txt □ XML sitemap(s) □ Status codes □ Redirects □ Structured data where truthful/applicable □ Internal linking □ No orphan pages □ Duplicate/thin-content controls □ Social/Open Graph metadata

CONTENT & GROWTH
□ Useful product/service copy □ FAQs □ Guides/articles where search demand supports them □ Local/service-area pages only when genuinely useful □ Geographic architecture only when unique value exists □ Multilingual URLs/content/hreflang when supported □ AI-search-readable answers and entities

QUALITY
□ Desktop □ Mobile □ Tablet/important breakpoints □ Chrome □ Safari □ Edge/important browsers □ Forms □ Menus □ Modals □ Loading states □ Empty states □ Error/retry states □ No horizontal overflow □ Accessible names/labels □ Keyboard/focus □ Heading semantics □ Contrast □ Alt text

PERFORMANCE
□ Optimized images □ Appropriate formats/sizing □ Lazy loading where appropriate □ LCP review □ INP review □ CLS review □ CSS/JS efficiency □ Fonts □ Caching/compression where supported □ Third-party script review

SECURITY & TRUST
□ HTTPS □ Secrets server-side □ Input validation □ Authorization □ Security headers where appropriate □ Dependency hygiene □ Privacy Policy □ Terms □ Refund/cancellation policy if applicable □ Required disclaimers/disclosures □ Consent/notice where required □ Data minimization/retention practices

EMAIL & DELIVERABILITY
□ Domain email □ SPF/DKIM/DMARC where appropriate □ Transactional messages □ Confirmation messages □ Deliverability test

PRODUCTION CERTIFICATION
□ Real production domain tested □ Primary pages return correctly □ Forms work in production □ APIs work in production □ Payments tested when applicable □ Sitemaps/robots accessible □ Canonicals correct □ Generated files/downloads work □ Backend/error logs reviewed □ Primary journey tested end-to-end

PRIMARY JOURNEY
□ Discovery/Search → Landing Page → Primary CTA → Form/Tool/Product → Account/Checkout if applicable → Confirmation → Delivery/Outcome

MAINTENANCE
□ Monitoring/logging □ Backup/restore plan □ Rollback/checkpoints □ Ownership for content/legal changes □ Integration/key renewal plan □ Broken-link/SEO review cadence □ Security/dependency maintenance

FINAL RULE
A page existing is not the same as the page being verified. 100% means the applicable checklist and evidence have been reviewed—not a guarantee that no future issue can occur.
