A website rebuild can pass its own navigation tests while visitors still arrive from links in a distributor listing, an email footer or a trade association directory. Use this handover worksheet for a small business in Arnavutköy or anywhere that relies on partners to send customers to specific pages.
Start with links your business cannot edit
Ask the people who handle sales and partnerships for examples of links that are still in use. Open each link from where a visitor would find it and copy the full address, including any query parameters. For each row record the source, the old address, the expected language, the task that brought the visitor there and the person who can request a correction.
For example, a distributor may link to a French installation guide while a trade directory links to the contact page. Separate those rows even when both links are labelled with the company name. The correct destination depends on the task that the original link promised.
Agree the destination before adding a redirect
Pair the old address with a page that serves the same task in the same language. Open the destination directly and check the main heading and the promised information or action. If a French installation guide has no equivalent, record the gap and assign an owner to restore or replace the resource before committing to a redirect.
Repeat the check using the exact address from the partner page. A typed short address may take a different route. If the original link carried campaign information that the team still uses, test whether attribution is preserved as intended before the partner changes the link.
Repeat the checks using the original partner pages
After launch, start from a real partner page and record the final address, language and result of the visitor task. Ask a second person to check from a signed-out browser. Send each partner the verified replacement and keep the old address working for bookmarked copies while the partner updates their page.
Handover fields to copy
Partner and contact, original address, expected language and task, verified destination, date checked, and owner of any unresolved row.
Checklist before publishing
- Test the link as the partner publishes it
- Confirm the destination serves the original task
- Record who owns every unresolved row
- Tell partners which verified link to use