Live Production Smoke Test

Live Production Smoke Test

Use this checklist after merging navigation, layout, accessibility, or site-shell changes.

Target

Production site:

  • https://blackthornfieldnotes.ink/

Desktop Checks

  • Homepage loads without console errors.
  • Page has one visible or screen-reader-only h1.
  • Start Here dropdown opens and shows:
    • Start Here
    • Start Here by Need
  • Categories dropdown opens and shows all category links.
  • Only one desktop dropdown remains open at a time.
  • Dropdown panels are not clipped by the navigation bar.
  • Homepage search accepts a query and renders results.
  • Footer subscribe field has:
    • an associated email label
    • helper text connected with aria-describedby
    • a visible subscribe button

Mobile Checks

  • Menu button opens the navigation and updates aria-expanded.
  • Start Here dropdown opens full-width.
  • Categories dropdown opens full-width.
  • Mobile navigation remains vertically scrollable when needed.
  • Display controls remain at least 44px tall.
  • The page has no horizontal overflow.

Article Checks

  • Article page has one h1.
  • Content note and plain-language summary, when present, have headings.
  • Read-aloud controls are labelled and target #post-content.
  • Article table of contents is generated when enough headings are present.
  • Hero images load and include intrinsic dimensions when the image is local.
  • Canonical URL, Open Graph title, description, image, and Twitter card are present.
  • The page has no horizontal overflow.

Expected Warnings

  • Ruby may print IO::Buffer is experimental during local HTML-Proofer runs.
  • Bundler may use a temporary home directory if the user home is not writable in the sandbox.