Prestashop - 1.4 Guide de l'utilisateur

PrestaShop Designer Guide The default PrestaShop install offers a neutral theme in shades of gray, enabling sellers to quickly and freely start their

preview.jpg file: Once your design is complete, you can create the preview image file. Take a screen shot, then resize it to 180px width in order to u

Hooks Main content areas Modules Header section

Homepage blocks

Category central column

Product page

Account forms & order steps Account creation form

Order blocks

Addresses Terms & Conditions and carrier choice

Payment module choice Site map

Contact form

 All themes have their files located in the /themes root folder.  Each theme has its own sub-folder, in the main themes folder.  Each theme is m

Stores page Design tips Thinking ahead Before opening PhotoShop, GIMP or any other graphic editor, you should sit at a desk with a pen and a sheet pa

sitemap, making it as flexible as possible (not all shops have the same amount of categories, or of products per category). A complete PrestaShop them

Of course, these are just general tips; some professional might prefer to do it all directly in PhotoShop, then jump right into PHP, HTML and CSS. Tec

Text size Always keep in mind that the user has the final say on the text say, as modern browser can expand or reduce it at will. As a matter of fact,

The home page This is the most important page of your shop, the one where it is "hit or miss". This is the page where the visitor will get a

Make the "Add to Cart" button clear and visible. It must distinguish itself from the rest of the layout, by both its size and color – but do

All these usability tips are just part of the whole story, but they can bring you a solid ground on which building your theme, in order to improve you

{l s='My Text'} This will enable anyone to translate the theme into his own language, using the internal translation tool, which you can fi

6. Always make sure to produce a clear and readable code, making it easy to maintain for anyone. 7. Do comment your code, in English. 8. When editi

 Where possible, use CSS instead of HTML (e.g., only use tables for tabular data, not for layout).  Validate your XHTML and CSS code using the W3C

Share your themes! Show off your hard work, get feedback, and build your reputation by sharing your theme in the Themes section of our Forum! You can

/themes/prestashop sub-folder. This is the folder from which you will build your own theme. That being said, it is highly discouraged to directly chan

client. errors.tpl Used when displaying errors. Potentially called by all of the pages. footer.tpl Page footer. guest-tracking.tpl Used when a v

product-sort.tpl Used by all pages that list products. Displays a menu enabling to sort and filter products. products-comparison.tpl ... scenes.tp