4 Things To Check Before Hitting The Publish Button

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Ever had the urge to quickly push out a blog post?
And straight after doing so, you find yourself going back to make some urgent adjustments.
To some of you who regularly publish, these reminders may not directly apply to you.

Personally, I have had one or two blooper moments, which has led me to keep a mental note of 4 things to do before hitting the publish button.

(1) Set Your Permalink

Permalinks are unique URL that points to your blog post.
Set your permalink to something short, descriptive and search engine friendly.
For this post I have adjusted my permalink to (before-you-publish)
So my URL now reads:

http://www.yourblogtools.com/before-you-publish

instead of:

http://www.yourblogtools.com/4-things-to-check-before-hitting-the-publish-button

(2) Use Relevant Tags In Your Post.

Picking relevant tags helps to connect related topics together.

(3) Select Appropriate Categories

If a post belongs to a particular category then specify it.
It helps with the overall content organisation of your blog.

(4) Spell Check Your Title.

To avoid embarrassment, double check your post titleS.
By default, title text fields does not spell check your words.
However, there’s a quick hack that can enable spell checks within text fields.
The magic happens within your browser settings

In Firefox

- Simply type about:config into your browser address bar and press enter.
- You should now be prompted with confirmation screen, press OK to continue
- In the filter field, type the value layout.spellcheckDefault
- Once value has been located from list, change parameter value of layout.spellcheckDefault from 1 to 2 (by double-clicking it)
- Close the configuration page
- All Done, Now go ahead and check your text field. It should now underline any spelling mistakes.

Although, I haven’t tried this with other browsers yet? but Google Chrome appears to have acknowledge the change.
Does it work for you?
Do you keep a checklist of things to do before publishing?

  • http://www.mikeslife.org Mike CJ

    I think we've all hit the button and then thought “Nooooooo!” So this is good advice!

  • http://www.mikeslife.org Mike CJ

    I think we've all hit the button and then thought “Nooooooo!” So this is good advice!

  • http://web2andmore.net Kevin Tea

    The worst mistake I ever made was that I religiously checked the main headline and spelling for the article but rushed inputting the information into one of the SEO modules and BAMN – really embarrassing spelling mistakes everywhere. I was mortified.

    Thanks for the config tip, done!

  • http://web2andmore.net Kevin Tea

    The worst mistake I ever made was that I religiously checked the main headline and spelling for the article but rushed inputting the information into one of the SEO modules and BAMN – really embarrassing spelling mistakes everywhere. I was mortified.

    Thanks for the config tip, done!

  • http://web2andmore.net Kevin Tea

    The worst mistake I ever made was that I religiously checked the main headline and spelling for the article but rushed inputting the information into one of the SEO modules and BAMN – really embarrassing spelling mistakes everywhere. I was mortified.

    Thanks for the config tip, done!

  • http://yourblogtools.com/ Johnluffa

    Oh No!
    I know, it's a horrible feeling.
    I hope you were able to rectify it in good time?

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    Oh No!
    I know, it's a horrible feeling.
    I hope you were able to rectify it in good time?

  • http://yourblogtools.com/ Johnluffa

    It's like something forces you to hit the button…”Go on, Push the button” lol

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    It's like something forces you to hit the button…”Go on, Push the button” lol

  • http://jimijones.com/ Jimi Jones

    This is a good reminder, John.
    Something that bloggers should make a part of their routine early on in their careers. I wonder, has any blogger ever escaped this? LOL
    I know I haven't.

  • http://jimijones.com/ Jimi Jones

    This is a good reminder, John.
    Something that bloggers should make a part of their routine early on in their careers. I wonder, has any blogger ever escaped this? LOL
    I know I haven't.

  • http://zemalf.com/ Antti Kokkonen

    The permalink is probably the most important, everything else you can edit later. And well, you can even redirect the permalink if it somes to that… But that's not saying it's not worth it to these checks in the first place. And cool tip with the Firefox spell checker, hadn't thought about that before.

  • http://zemalf.com/ Antti Kokkonen

    The permalink is probably the most important, everything else you can edit later. And well, you can even redirect the permalink if it somes to that… But that's not saying it's not worth it to these checks in the first place. And cool tip with the Firefox spell checker, hadn't thought about that before.

  • justinmatthews

    These are great tips. I finally have realized that all of this needs to be done before you publish. My first few posts were publish and then go back and fix the stuff. This should be required reading for new bloggers and reread often by older ones.
    Thanks
    Justin

  • justinmatthews

    These are great tips. I finally have realized that all of this needs to be done before you publish. My first few posts were publish and then go back and fix the stuff. This should be required reading for new bloggers and reread often by older ones.
    Thanks
    Justin

  • consciousme

    Good short tips. I will share this with my Pre-Writing Challenge group. We have a couple newbies (like me) that could benefit from this reminder.

  • http://consciousme.com/ Carlos Velez

    Good short tips. I will share this with my Pre-Writing Challenge group. We have a couple newbies (like me) that could benefit from this reminder.

  • http://twitter.com/krenee76 Kiesha

    It seems like the more I try to hurry up and publish, the longer it takes me to fix stuff. And it's weird, I can't seem to even see the errors when I proofread until after I've published it. It can get to be frustrating sometimes…thanks for these tips.

  • http://twitter.com/krenee76 Kiesha

    It seems like the more I try to hurry up and publish, the longer it takes me to fix stuff. And it's weird, I can't seem to even see the errors when I proofread until after I've published it. It can get to be frustrating sometimes…thanks for these tips.

  • http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog.aspx Robert Bravery

    Jimi, such simple and important points.I often forget to spell check the title, until a few hours later, when I come back relaxed to read the article. Aaargh. Embarrassed. But worst is that Google then has indexed the post with the old incorrect title as the URL.

  • http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog.aspx Robert Bravery

    Jimi, such simple and important points.I often forget to spell check the title, until a few hours later, when I come back relaxed to read the article. Aaargh. Embarrassed. But worst is that Google then has indexed the post with the old incorrect title as the URL.

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    Thank you Justin – Much appreciated

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    Thank you Justin – Much appreciated

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    That sounds great Carlos – Many thanks

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    That sounds great Carlos – Many thanks

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    It happens all the time – It can be really annoying sometimes.

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    It happens all the time – It can be really annoying sometimes.

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    I know the feeling Robert,
    It's always a race to catch it before it hits the RSS feeds – ESPECIALLY Google :-)

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    I know the feeling Robert,
    It's always a race to catch it before it hits the RSS feeds – ESPECIALLY Google :-)

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    Very good point Antti,
    The permalink task is one you REALLY don't want to go back and adjust after publishing.

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    Very good point Antti,
    The permalink task is one you REALLY don't want to go back and adjust after publishing.

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    From the sounds of things, it seems no one has escaped it :-)

  • http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

    From the sounds of things, it seems no one has escaped it :-)

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