HOw to test website manually?
Is it any criteria to test ?

Answer Posted / ashima sharma

Objectives of Quality Testing/Assurance

I. Objective is to check for all the links in the website.

1) All Internal Links
2) All External Links
3) All mail to links
4) Check for orphan Pages
5) Check for Broken Links


II. Forms

Check for the integrity of submission of all forms

1) All Field level Checks
2) All Field level Validations
3) Functionality of create, modify, delete and view (Optional)
4) Handling of wrong inputs
5) Default values if any (standard)
6) Optional Versus Mandatory fields
7) Type of controls used should be checked.
8) Output Errors : Errors In writing, editing or reading operation in the

III. General appearance

1) Page appearance
2) Color, font size
3) Frames
4) Consistent Designs
5) Symbols and logos (localization)
6) Spelling and Grammar
7) Updated Information
8) Copyright Section
9) Alignment of page and content
10) Check Loading of images, graphics, etc
11) Data Integrity- ie. Data is not missing or wrong.
12) Appearance of multiple lines or tags on same page should be avoided.
13) Every line should end with a full stop.
14) Important words or headings should be kept as Bold.
15) Check for Capitals and Small alphabets. As every word after full stop should be in Caps and every word after a comma should in small.
16) Spacing between every line and paragraph should be according to the standards.
17) There should be difference in look of Headings and Sub-Headings.
18) Same font and font size should be used on Website.
19) Animation should not have distorted images.
20) Visibility of text should be checked.
21) Titles of every page should be checked. Page titles are important, as for example they show up prominently in search-engine results.
22) Alignment of paragraph and images in the page should be checked.
23) Content should be justified for better appearance.
24) Cutting of images on edges should be checked.
25) Stretching of images should be avoided.
26) Size of every image should be checked to enhance the appearance.
27) On mouse move links should be checked as if hand appears or not.
28) Every Link should have a meaningful word.
29) Pop-up messages should be meaningful and should match the requirements.
30) Check proper color combination on every page.
31) There should be consistency in design of whole website.
32) Check user friendly behavior for website.
33) Overlapping of any content or word should be checked.
34) Check if Positioning of cursor is correct in every textbox or multi-line textbox.



IV. User Interface

All about how exactly website looks like (view)
Basic guidelines for web User interface (Microsoft)

1) Verify whether screen resolution been taken in to account while using browser, will the UI resize itself as you maximize/minimize this must be tested with various screen resolutions.
2) Every dropdown box should have the first choice as Select (it could be any other meaningful sentence such as Choose one or None selected )
3) Ensure persistency of all values, when you enter values in a form, and move on the next page and then return to change one of the previous screen .The users must not be forced to re-enter all the values once again, this must be checked and ensured
4) Horizontal scrolling is not preferable in general .Avoid using horizontal scroll bar Ensure that the use of vertical scroll bar is judicious
5) Consider the use of pagination where appropriate.
6) Ensure that shift click control click work in list boxes, clarify these features work in both browsers
7) The location of buttons (OK and Cancel) should be at the right hand bottom side of a screen and consistent.
8) Clarify whether encryption of the password occurs from your login page all the way to the backend (the login page must not transmit clear text password)
9) Illegal operations should give popup messages (message should be simple and clear)
10) Positive popup messages should be displayed (submitted, deleted, updated, done and cleared)
11) Ensure that you have multiple check boxes when multiple selections is to be performed
12) Avoid long scrolling drop down list make it short.
13) Every registration form should have Captcha, to avoid fake user’s registration.
14) Browser compatibility should be tested. Try different browsers. To test the functionality and appearance of website.
15) Project should not go beyond its scope.
16) Thank you screen or message should be displayed for every registration and enquiry form.
17) Make sure every external link is opening in new tab.
18) Check three main section of website : Header, Footer, Left side menu, right side menu and hyperlinks.
19) we check whether All controls on the screen should be accessible through keyboard.
20) Test whether all prescribed links are opening properly on clicking as well on clicking back returning to the homepage.
21) Check if website is Easy of use without any help.
22) Availability of Help feature(if required)

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