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Theme Submission Check list

All AmeriCommerce themes must meet the requirements below before being submitted into the Theme Store.

General Theme Requirements

  • Theme must be responsive
  • Theme must be built from the AmeriCommerce "Base" theme
  • Theme must reflect current and thoughtful design (black text on black background isn't thougtful)
  • Theme must have usable navigation pattern
  • Theme must have help text when appropriate
  • Layout works in IE8+, Firefox, and Chrome
  • Theme must have visible ##SHOPCARTLINE## or display link to shopping cart
  • Html tags (H1, H2, strong, P, IMG) must be used in a way that makes sense for SEO

Page Specific Requirements

Most of these requirements are met simply by not removing most merge codes, theme settings, and a lot of the built in functionality of the "Base" theme.

Homepage
  • (Optional) Should in most cases include a product display widget
Category Page
  • Price variation is accounted for (i.e. Sales Price, Retail Price, Discount Pricing).
  • Flags show for Sale, Featured, Hot Sellers, and New Items.
  • Category description needs to be accounted for.
  • Layout does not break even with images that have different proportions
  • Pagination works
Manufacturer Page
  • Must mimic category layout
  • Same requirements as the category page
Search Page
  • Must mimic category layout
  • Same requirements as the category page
Attribute Page
  • Must mimic category layout
  • Same requirements as the category page
Product Details Page
  • One variant handled well (ex: dropdowns shouldn't be used for one variant)
  • Breadcrumb links
  • Social buttons for Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+
  • (Optional) Should account for product reviews
Shopping Cart Page
  • Should reflect style of the rest of theme.
Checkout Page
  • Should reflect style of the rest of theme.
Blog Roll Page
  • Blog tags are present and can be used for filtering
  • Pagination works properly
Blog Post Page
  • Comments are paginated
  • Comment section works

Theme Setting Requirements

Theme Settings
  • Theme Settings should be easy-to-use.
  • Must include a theme setting for uploading Logo.
  • Must include a theme setting for uploading Favicon.
  • Must include a theme setting for adding and showing/hiding social links. 
  • Must include a theme setting for showing/hiding phone number, email, and address.