Archive clean-up checklist
A twice-yearly pass through your back catalogue that keeps old issues useful and findable.
Your archive is how new readers decide whether to subscribe. Twice a year, spend an hour making it work for them.
Titles and labels
- Rename vague issue titles so they say what is inside.
- Check that free, members-only and paid labels are correct.
- Make sure every issue has a short excerpt.
Links
- Run a broken-link check on your ten most-visited issues.
- Point old links at newer, better resources where you have them.
Promote the best
- Pick five issues that still hold up and turn them into library resources, or link them from your welcome email.
- Add a "start here" section to your homepage or about page.
Retire the rest
- Unpublish anything that is wrong or embarrassing, rather than leaving it to be found.
- Note recurring topics. They may be ready to become a guide.
