Ready to launch looks over a site before it goes live and lists what visitors or Google would trip over. Nothing in it blocks publishing: fix what you want, ignore the rest, and publish any time.
How to open it
- On a site's first publish: the Publish your site window shows one line, "Run Ready to launch first? (7 of 9 ready)", with Publish right beside it. Click Ready to launch to open the checks, or just publish. It's optional; publishing works either way.
- Any time: click Ready to launch in the editor's top bar, in the Site Dashboard's header, or type "ready to launch" in the ⌘K menu.
The window says "We checked the site. Fix what you want, ignore the rest, publish any time." The list on the left shows each item and how many are ready ("7 of 9 ready"). Your place is saved as you go. Publish at the bottom publishes straight away, with no "Publish anyway?" step.
The nine checks
- Domain: Where the site will be live. To do when: Never. It shows the address, with Connect a domain beside it. A free address works too. Zeus fix: None
- Pages Zeus flagged: Facts from the template that don't match your Business Info. Visitors would read these. On a store site, a shipping or returns policy that isn't written yet, or that still has "[add detail]" blanks (including ones that name what's missing, like "[add detail: pickup address]"), is listed here too, on the Shipping & returns page. So is any page whose own text still has such a blank (for example a Shipping & returns page you edited by hand): fix it on the page. To do when: Zeus's review list still has items. Zeus fix: None. Open in the editor goes to each one; no credits.
- Page titles and descriptions: What Google shows for each page. When one is missing, Google makes one up. To do when: A page has no title or no description. Zeus fix: 1 credit per page (title and description together)
- Forms reach someone: A form with no one to email means messages go unseen. To do when: A form emails no one (its own emails are off, or there's no form email and no business email). Zeus fix: None. Send to your business email is one click and free.
- Legal pages and cookie banner: A privacy page is expected on every site. Tracking tools need a cookie banner. To do when: No privacy page, or tracking tools are on with no cookie banner. Zeus fix: 1 credit per legal page, 1 for the banner wording
- Site icon and sharing card: The small icon in browser tabs, and the picture that shows when someone shares a link to the site. To do when: No favicon and no logo to fall back on, or no sharing image. Zeus fix: 1 credit each, made from your logo
- 404 page: What visitors see on a page that doesn't exist. To do when: Never. The default works. You can pick one of three designs, free: Standard (a clear message with links to Home, Services and Contact), Whack the Glitches (a 30-second tapping game) or 404 Blaster (a small space shooter). Each uses your header, footer and site colors. Pick one and click Use this design. If the site already has its own 404 page, you're asked first, because the design replaces what's on it. Change the words, names, colors and links in the editor afterwards (see Mini Game widget). Zeus fix: none, it's free
- Languages: Visitors who pick another language would see these pages in the main one. Shown only on sites in more than one language. To do when: A page isn't translated yet. Zeus fix: The normal translation price, shown first
- Accessibility: Things screen readers and keyboard users would trip over. To do when: The last accessibility check found images with no description or other issues, counted by type. Zeus fix: 1 credit per image description; the rest use Fix it myself
Blanks to fill in
A site made from a template can have blanks. Where Zeus had no real fact to use (a customer review, a team member, a price, a project), the site keeps its design and says something plain like "Add a customer review" or "Team member name". Zeus never makes up a person, a quote, a number or a business.
When a site has blanks, Ready to launch shows a tenth item, Blanks to fill in, right under Domain. It lists every blank in plain words: what is blank, where it is, and the wording it still shows. A collection is one line, for example "Projects: 6 entries need your real projects".
- Show me closes the window and goes to that page with the widget selected. For a collection it says Open the collection and opens it in the CMS.
- Remove takes that one out in one click: the widget, or the whole section when nothing else is in it. For a collection it asks once, then hides the blank entries and removes the sections that show them. Nothing is deleted, and Undo puts it back.
- Ignore works here like on every other item. A blank also leaves the list by itself when you type the real details over it or remove it.
Blanks never stop a publish. If you publish while some are left, the site goes live and Your site is live! adds one line, for example "3 blanks are still on the live site. Fill them in or remove them when you're ready.", with Show me the list. The ContentForge phone app and an AI assistant connected over MCP publish the same way and get the same list as a note. A blank on a page set as draft isn't counted, because draft pages aren't published.
Zeus shows the same list in the editor: the Zeus panel opens with it whenever the site still has blanks. See Fill a template with Zeus.
Fix with Zeus, Fix it myself, or Ignore
Every item has the same ways out:
- Fix with Zeus (where Zeus can): the button shows the price, for example Fix with Zeus · 6 credits. Zeus writes the fixes first and nothing is changed or charged yet. Check Zeus's fixes shows each one with Now and Zeus side by side and a tick box. Untick any you don't want; the total ("5 items · 5 credits") follows your ticks and shows whose credits pay. Click Apply 5 fixes · 5 credits. Fixes go to the draft and are live when you publish.
- Fix it myself: opens the exact place, such as Settings → Privacy, Settings → Site icons or the page in the editor. Settings then shows Back to Ready to launch at the top to come back.
- Ignore: the item stops counting as to do and shows as ignored in the list.
After applying, the window says "5 fixes applied to the draft · 5 credits used." Undo all puts the draft back and returns the credits, within the same session (up to a day). A fix that fails is not applied and not charged.
Credits and who approves
Each Zeus fix costs 1 credit per item applied (Admin pricing can change it). An item is one page's title and description, one image description, one legal page, the cookie banner wording, the site icon or the sharing card. Only applied fixes are charged. The 404 page designs are free.
The credits come from whoever pays for that person's Zeus: your agency's credits, or the client's credit allowance when a client person runs it.
Approval follows the permissions you already set; nothing new is added:
- Agency people, and client people who can edit the site, apply the fixes themselves.
- A client person who can't edit the site sees Send to your agency instead. Your agency gets a bell, and the client sees Waiting for your agency with the date they sent it. When your agency applies them, the credits come from the client's allowance. The client can still publish any time.
- Items only the agency can change for that person (for example translating) show Your agency handles this.
After publishing: Search Console
When the site goes live, the Your site is live! box shows Tell Google about your site only when the site has no Search Console property connected, and only to agency people. Connect a property and Create one open Settings → Google tools, where you pick an existing property or create a new one. Nothing connects or creates a property on its own: there's no background job and no bell. See Connect Google Search Console.
Turn the offer off
Agency owners and admins can turn off the line in the publish window: Settings → Mount Olympus (the Olympus Client Portal settings page) → Offer Ready to launch on first publish. It's on by default. The top bar and the Site Dashboard always have Ready to launch.
Examples
- A dental site with six pages missing descriptions: Fix with Zeus · 6 credits → untick the Invisalign page → Apply 5 fixes · 5 credits. Invisalign stays on the list with Fix it myself and Ignore.
- A contact form with no one to email: click Send to hello@brightsmiledental.com. Free; the form now emails that address.
- A client person with Approve-only access: they click Send to Summit Ridge Digital; the agency gets a bell and applies the fixes from the editor.
Limits and what it can't do
- It never blocks or delays publishing, and it never runs a check after publishing.
- The site icon fix needs a logo in Business Info. Without one, add an icon yourself in Settings → Site icons.
- Accessibility uses the last finished accessibility check. Run one in Settings → Accessibility to refresh it.
- Translation uses the normal Translate with Zeus and its price; it's agency-only.
- Undo works within the same session (up to a day). After that, change things in the editor.
Who can use it
People who can publish the site open Ready to launch. Applying Zeus fixes needs Site editor access; client people without it send the fixes to the agency. The offer switch is for agency owners and admins.
Troubleshooting
- "3 blanks are still on the live site." The site was published and still shows fill-in wording somewhere. Click Show me the list (or open Ready to launch → Blanks to fill in, or the Zeus panel), fill each one in or click Remove, then republish.
- A blank won't leave the list: the row says what it still shows, for example "still says “Job title”". Replace that wording too, or remove the widget.
- "These fixes are out of date — ask Zeus again." The site changed after Zeus wrote them. Click Fix with Zeus again.
- The total says 0 credits used: platform staff aren't charged.
- "Zeus needs your logo to make the site icon." Add a logo in Business Info, or upload an icon in Settings → Site icons.
- The offer line doesn't show when publishing: it shows only on a site's first publish and only when the agency left the switch on.