Freeze live instance (best to do this over a weekend)
Copy current dev instance on to uat-dev multidev instance
Copy live instance db/files on to old-live multidev instance
Copy live instance db/files on to the dev instance
Modify dev instance to make it ready to go live: copy key pages from uat-dev while checking for any updated content, theme switch, menus rebuild, site options, any other page updates, accessibility statement published, launch blog post published, report format updates
QA
Get approvals to push live
Copy dev db/files to live instance
Regenerate thumbnails terminus wp cncfci.dev -- media regenerate --yes and then make sure Shortpixel does its job
Check everything is working especially search/filter screens
Send unfreeze message and clean up
Title case all page titles so they show up consistently in the menu
Getting to deploy:
To deploy:
uat-dev
multidev instanceold-live
multidev instanceuat-dev
while checking for any updated content, theme switch, menus rebuild, site options, any other page updates, accessibility statement published, launch blog post published, report format updatesterminus wp cncfci.dev -- media regenerate --yes
and then make sure Shortpixel does its job