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Creating a website proof

It’s easy to create a proof of a website using a url. You can even create a proof of a website that’s on a staging server.

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Written by Gemma
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Creating a website proof is simply a matter of clicking the file dropper icon on your dashboard, then clicking the url icon to enter in a website address.

Creating a website proof

Firstly, make sure your website is optimized for proofing by following the checklist here.

Step 1

On your dashboard, click the file dropper icon and select Website URL.

File dropper icon showing different file location options

Step 2

Enter the URL of your website and click next.

Enter a URL for your proof

Note: If your website has basic authentication, please follow the additional step outlined in this article.

Step 3

Complete the proof setup by:

  • Checking the proof name

  • Adding any additional tags (for example a job number, project name or client name)

  • Setting a due date and time that you want to receive the feedback by. You can also add an automatic proof reminder if you like.

  • Adding an optional message to reviewers

Step 4

In the reviewers section, click add reviewers. Choose whether you want to create a workflow from scratch, or use a workflow template that you’ve created beforehand, or had shared with you.

Add reviewers

Step 5

Click send proof.

PageProof will send out proof invitation emails when the proof has finished processing and is ready for reviewing.


Note: If you want to create a zipped HTML proof of a website, you can follow these instructions here.

Troubleshooting tips

If after entering the web URL you see the following message:

Message in the URL check screen saying 'something went wrong - please try again'.

Please check:

  • The url begins with https://

  • The website has TLS protocol 1.2 enabled (mandatory requirement).

    • Visit this site and enter the URL of your website to check whether your website has TLC protocol 1.2 enabled.

If you need any assistance, please reach out to us via the in-app chat on your dashboard.

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