Go Live Checklist: System Parameters

Overview

• It is assumed that System Parameters have been setup to closely mimic the requirements of your Production environment whilst in Staging.
  • In other words, the size of images, guest checkout, formatting, and most of the other parameter values are applicable regardless of the instance.
• It is further assumed that the Production System Parameters have been seeded from the Staging environment.

General Check

• Admin System Parameters
• Search for your test domain name (Staging or UAT).
• Any references found should be modified to reflect the live domain.

Specific Parameter Check

• If using Google Analytics, these parameters should reflect the Production account:

Property	Property	Description
GA_SITE_VERIFICATION	GOOGLE	Google analytics site verification
GA_ACCOUNT_NO	GOOGLE	Google analytics account number

• If you want Bigfish to generate Abandoned Cart emails then check these parameters:

Property	Property	Description
EMAIL_ABANDON_HRS	EMAIL	The time in hours to wait before sending the Abandoned Cart email
EMAIL_ABANDON_NUM	EMAIL	The number of times to send the Abandoned Cart email, reset if the customer purchases

• Confirm password strength parameters:

Property	Property	Description
REG_PWD_MIN_CHAR	USER_PROFILE	Password Strength, specifies the minimum number of total characters
REG_PWD_MIN_NUM	USER_PROFILE	Password Strength, specifies the minimum number of numeric digits.
REG_PWD_MIN_UPPER	USER_PROFILE	Password Strength, specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters.

• If you have retail stores and have implemented a Store Locator, check these parameters:

Property	Property	Description
REG_PWD_MIN_CHAR	USER_PROFILE	Password Strength, specifies the minimum number of total characters
REG_PWD_MIN_NUM	USER_PROFILE	Password Strength, specifies the minimum number of numeric digits.
REG_PWD_MIN_UPPER	USER_PROFILE	Password Strength, specifies the minimum number of uppercase characters.

• For SEO and generation of the sitemap.xml file, check these parameters:

Key	Property	Description
SITEMAP_CLP_URL	SITEMAP	Sitemap starting URL for Category List Pages
SITEMAP_PLP_URL	SITEMAP	Sitemap starting URL for Product List Pages
SITEMAP_PDP_URL	SITEMAP	Sitemap starting URL for Product Detail Pages
SITEMAP_STATIC_URL	SITEMAP	Sitemap starting URL for Static Pages
SEO_HOME_PAGE_TITLE	SEO	Value for the <TITLE> tag for the Home Page
SEO_HOME_META_DESC	SEO	Value for the Meta DESCRIPTION tag for the Home Page
SEO_HOME_META_KEY	SEO	Value for the Meta KEYWORDS tag for the Home Page
SEO_HOME_PAGE_H1	SEO	Value for the Home Page <H1> tag
SEO_STORE_TITLE	SEO	General name of the Store to be used in all <TITLE> tags except the Home Page. This will supplement other information that is used to derive the <TITLE> tag.
SEO_STORE_TITLE_POSITION	SEO	Parameter to define whether the SEO_GENERAL_TITLE is used as PREFIX or SUFFIX when building <TITLE> tags

• If you have implemented the Reevoo Ratings and Reviews solution, check these parameters to make sure that you are using live settings:

Key	Property	Description
REEVOO_BADGE_URL	REEVOO	Request Url for showing REEVOO mark badge
REEVOO_JS_URL	REEVOO	Request Url for instantiate the REEVOO mark processing
REEVOO_SHOW_ON_PLP	REEVOO	Display Reevoo mark on the PLP page true or false
REEVOO_TRKREF	REEVOO	Track reference for communicate with REEVOO
REEVOO_USERNAME	REEVOO	Used for authentication purposes when retrieving the CSV file from Reevoo for Product ratings updates.
REEVOO_PASSWORD	REEVOO	Used for authentication purposes when retrieving the CSV file from Reevoo for Product ratings updates.
REEVOO_API_URL	REEVOO	Used to identify the Reevoo service when retrieving the CSV file from Reevoo for Product ratings updates.
REEVOO_CSV_URL	REEVOO	Used to identify the file destination when retrieving the CSV file from Reevoo for Product ratings updates.

• If you have implemented the PostCodeAnywhere (PCA) Address Verification solution, check these parameters to make sure that you are using live settings:

Key	Property	Description
PCA_ACTIVE_FLAG	PCA	PostCodeAnywhere. TRUE or FALSE. This indicates if the eCommerce implementation will support PostCode Anyhere
PCA_API_APP_NO	PCA	PostCodeAnywhere. Request URL application number.
PCA_API_KEY	PCA	PostCodeAnywhere. Request URL key when interacting with the PCA product.
PCA_CSS_URL	PCA	PostCodeAnywhere. The CSS URL for the Find Address feature.
PCA_JS_URL	PCA	PostCodeAnywhere. The Javascript URL for the Find Address feature.

• These parameters are probably used throughout your content, make sure that live references are used:

Property	Property	Description
HTTP_HOST	GENERAL	A general system parameter that defines the primary host name of the application. Typically used in email or content spots.
HTTPS_HOST	GENERAL	A general system parameter that defines the secure primary host name of the application. Typically used in email or content spots.

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