Zen Cart Design and Zen Cart Templates 

I create Zen Cart templates for sale or for single clients only.

I use a client's PSD or PNG file and create a Zen Cart template from someone else's design.

I create Zen Cart templates that match an existing site's design.

I edit purchased templates but prefer to vet the template before you buy. 

About Zen Cart Templates

One of the great things, though it does complicate things, is that Zen Cart admin is chock full of configuration settings that allow you to turn features on or off without editing a bit of code.

A Zen Cart design is based on images, of course, and CSS (cascading style sheets) as well as the admin settings.

Check the Zen Cart Store for templates in action.

What makes a good Zen Cart template besides the fact that it looks good?

  1. Overrides done properly and only for changed template files.
  2. Use of default stylesheet.css. New divs and classes only added where necessary.
  3. Use of the full default templates - changes only made for layout of elements.
  4. All features included but turned off in admin when desired. You lose no functionality.
  5. Full explanation of admin configuration changes.
  6. Use of css in lieu of images as much as possible to keep page load time down.
  7. Use of CSS buttons again to keep load time down and make changing the text on those buttons easier. No graphics means no need for image editing.
  8. Use of additional standard Zen Cart mods for good e-commerce processes, layout and information. (such as a Twitter sidebox, secure sidebox, and Facebook like button)
  9. Use of most recent Zen Cart Version - at present that is 1.3.9h