How to review a GROX-built website before launch

A website is launch-ready when the actual page works for its intended visitors, matches the approved brief, and can be updated again. A generated file set or a successful preview covers only part of that decision. This guide gives a founder a compact way to review a GROX-built site before sharing the production URL.

Source check: IAI Tech checked GROX’s current product, help, writing, and pricing pages on 13 October 2026. The checklists and example below are IAI Tech editorial tools, not a claim that we ran a GROX build or tested its reliability.

What are the two acceptance passes?

Pass one: runtime. Open the output in a browser and observe whether the promised pages, assets, links, and interactions work. Pass two: brief match. Compare what a visitor sees with the original audience, message, brand, and task. GROX’s website-builder article explains why a page that opens and a page that satisfies a request answer different questions. A founder should keep both decisions visible even if an automated builder reports success.

Use a simple verdict for each item: pass, gap, or untested. “Untested” matters: it stops an attractive preview from being mistaken for evidence about a form, mobile menu, or domain that nobody opened.

Pass one: does the site work at the address people will use?

1. Open every important URL. Start at the shared preview, then open the actual published address after deployment. Record errors, missing assets, and redirects rather than judging from the editor view.
2. Try each important path. Use navigation, the main call to action, and any form with both ordinary and invalid input. Record what happened after submission; a button click alone does not prove delivery.
3. Check a narrow screen and keyboard use. Look for clipped content, visible focus, labelled fields, and image alternatives. The W3C WAI first-review guide gives practical accessibility checks and says they are a starting point, not a complete audit.
4. Check the public address separately. GROX’s ship-your-app help documents Share for a public preview, Deploy to a hosting target, custom-domain verification, ZIP download, and GitHub push or import. These are distinct steps. Its help says Deploy is on the GROX plan; check current pricing before planning around it.

A custom domain can be added after the page is reviewed. GROX’s domain article describes the difference between a hosted link and a domain you own. Follow the exact DNS instructions shown by your host and registrar; do not copy an example record from an article.

Pass two: does the page meet the founder brief?

Give a reviewer the original brief and the page itself. Ask them to write what the first screen promises, who it serves, and what action it invites. Then compare their answers with the approved wording. This is a human acceptance method, not a GROX feature guarantee.

• Audience and claim: is the intended customer named accurately? Can every product, price, and outcome claim be traced to a current source?
• Brand: are the supplied logo, colour roles, type hierarchy, and imagery used as approved? Issue 004’s founder brand brief provides a reusable starting document.
• Action: does the main button lead to the promised next step? Is the destination clear before a visitor clicks?
• Search and sharing: is the page title specific, and does the preferred URL describe this page? Google’s canonical guidance explains how to signal a preferred URL when duplicate addresses exist. Inspect the shared preview separately from the production page.
• Next edit: can the owner change a headline or image without unintentionally changing behaviour? GROX’s editing article separates content edits from code changes; the actual project structure still needs inspection.

A founder review sheet you can copy

Fictional example: Harbor Desk is an imaginary scheduling site for independent repair shops. No GROX session, customer result, or performance claim is represented here. The table shows how a founder could record evidence before launch.

Keep a fourth column in your working copy for an owner and target date when a gap is found. A release decision can then name exactly what remains open. Avoid converting an untested item into a pass simply because a builder’s summary says “done.”

What should the release handoff contain?

Save the approved brief version, reviewed URL, review date, results for each critical path, known gaps, and the source or export location. GROX help documents both project ZIP export and GitHub push/import; choose the handoff that your team can actually use. A stable link is useful, but a founder also needs a way to make the next small change and publish it deliberately.

After a later content edit, repeat the affected checks. GROX’s editing guidance distinguishes a copy or image change from a behaviour change. A changed form endpoint, route, or mobile menu needs renewed runtime review; a revised claim needs renewed source review.

Frequently asked questions

Sources and editorial method

IAI Tech is the company behind GROX. Sources were checked on 13 October 2026. GROX help supports the described product actions and plan access. Its articles explain relevant design and publishing concepts. The review sheet and acceptance method are our editorial examples; no hands-on GROX result is claimed.

• GROX product overview
• GROX Code shipping help
• Website-builder verification
• Editing an AI-built site
• Publishing to your own domain
• W3C WAI accessibility first review
• Google canonical URL guidance
• Current GROX pricing

Related reading: Build a founder brand brief for GROX.

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