Summary: This article outlines how Zen Cart Template items need to be prepared and the technical requirements expected for this item type.
Please note: There are three parts to preparing your item to sell on Envato. This process includes the item preparation and technical requirements for certain items (as shown below). Make sure to also review our overall Quality Requirements and Technical Requirements as well as Legal Requirements to cover all the bases and get through review!
General Requirements
The minimum requirements for Zen Cart 1.5.1 are as follows:
- PHP 5.2.14 or higher
- MySQL 4.1.3 or higher
Please note, only Zen Cart version 1.5.1 or newer will be accepted.
Technical Requirements
Following are the technical requirements for Zen Cart template submission:
- CSS, JS files and images must be organized into their own folders.
- There should be no PHP errors, notices, warnings. or short tags.
- Templates must work with digital and physical goods as well as product packs or bundles.
- Styling must work on configurable, discounted, and out-of-stock items.
- Styling must work on currencies which usually have high numbers ($200US =16236.00Yen).
- Template must handle large descriptions and images without breaking the design.
- Breadcrumbs must function properly with hierarchies at least three levels deep.
- Inline HTML or CSS is not permitted.
- The Zen Cart coding standards can be found here.
Documentation Requirements
Following are the documentation requirements for Zen Cart template submission:
- You must provide sufficient documentation to help customers with installation and setup.
- The full installation process of the theme must be documented.
- All required plugins must be documented in your item’s description and document file.
- Custom features falling outside Zen Cart’s core functionality must be clearly documented.
- All required and custom plugins (eg. jQuery) must be documented in your item description and documentation file.