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site-audit

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Audit the website for broken links, SEO issues, accessibility problems, and content quality. Use before deployment or for periodic maintenance.

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Website Audit

Instructions

Perform a comprehensive audit of the website covering:

1. Broken Links Check

Search for internal links and verify targets exist:

# Find all internal links in .qmd files
grep -rh '\[.*\](' --include="*.qmd" | grep -oP '\]\(\K[^)]+' | grep -v '^http' | sort -u

Check that referenced files exist:

  • Images in content
  • PDF downloads
  • Internal page links

2. Frontmatter Validation

Verify all content files have required frontmatter:

Blog posts (posts/*/index.qmd):

  • title
  • author
  • date
  • categories
  • description

Publications (publications/*/index.qmd):

  • title
  • author
  • date
  • venue or categories

Projects (projects/*/index.qmd):

  • title
  • description
  • date
  • categories

3. SEO Checks

  • All pages have description in frontmatter
  • Descriptions are under 160 characters
  • Images have alt text
  • _quarto.yml has site-url configured
  • Open Graph metadata is present

4. Accessibility Review

  • Images have descriptive alt text
  • Heading hierarchy is correct (no skipped levels)
  • Links have descriptive text (not "click here")
  • Color contrast is sufficient
  • Forms have labels (if any)

5. Content Quality

  • No draft posts published (draft: false or missing)
  • No placeholder/Lorem ipsum text
  • Dates are not in the future
  • External links are valid (spot check)

6. Technical Checks

  • quarto render completes without errors
  • No files in _site/ committed to git
  • CNAME file exists for custom domain
  • .gitignore excludes build artifacts

Audit Commands

# Check for missing descriptions
grep -rL "description:" posts/*/index.qmd

# Find images without alt text
grep -rn '!\[' --include="*.qmd" | grep '!\[\]'

# Check for draft posts
grep -rn "draft: true" --include="*.qmd"

# List all external links
grep -rhoP 'https?://[^\s)>"]+' --include="*.qmd" | sort -u

# Find large images
find . -type f \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.jpg" \) -size +500k

Report Format

After audit, provide a summary:

## Audit Summary

### Critical Issues
- Issue 1...
- Issue 2...

### Warnings
- Warning 1...
- Warning 2...

### Recommendations
- Suggestion 1...
- Suggestion 2...

### Stats
- Total pages: X
- Blog posts: X
- Publications: X
- Projects: X
- Images: X