We help you sell moreRequest a Free QuoteYour theme should help customers use your catalog and make it practical for your team to manage the storefront. MAK Digital helps BigCommerce merchants scope theme changes around their products, content and shopping experience.
Whether you need a focused template change or several connected storefront improvements, start with the pages and behaviors that need attention. We discuss the existing theme, relevant apps and the design requirements before defining the work.
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| Area to review | Questions for the project scope | Examples to include in acceptance checks |
|---|---|---|
| Product pages | What information and selection steps do customers need? | Representative products, options, content and error states |
| Category and navigation pages | How should customers browse the catalog? | Relevant categories, navigation paths and mobile behavior |
| Reusable components | Which elements appear across several templates? | Shared content, display rules and affected pages |
| Responsive behavior | What becomes difficult to use on smaller screens? | Navigation, text, controls and layouts on agreed screen sizes |
| Existing apps and customizations | Which behaviors must continue working? | Relevant app interactions and regression checks |
A theme customization addresses specific behavior or presentation within an existing storefront. A redesign starts with broader decisions about the shopping experience, visual direction and page layouts.
If you need those design decisions first, explore BigCommerce website design and redesign. If your requirement extends beyond the theme into custom functionality or connected systems, see BigCommerce development services.
A theme change needs more than a check of its appearance on one page. Use products and categories that represent the catalog, including unusual combinations of content or options that the change could affect.
Agree on the relevant review scope before development. Depending on the work, that may include mobile layouts, keyboard use, content editing, existing app behavior and performance checks. Any specialist audit or remediation work should be defined explicitly.
If store speed is the main concern, start with BigCommerce speed optimization so diagnosis can guide the implementation rather than assume the theme is the only cause.
Share the theme details, affected pages and examples of the intended behavior. Discuss which parts of the work need design input and which are ready for development.
Before release, identify who reviews the change and how it will be checked against the agreed requirements. Handoff should cover what your team needs to manage the changed content or components and how future requests will be handled.
For continued theme updates and troubleshooting after the project, discuss BigCommerce support and maintenance.
The published NSPEC Innovations case describes customization of MAK Digital’s BigCommerce Austin theme, including storefront styling and navigation. The project image shows the completed site; it is not a before-and-after comparison.
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Share the store URL, theme details, existing customizations and the change you need. The implementation scope depends on the current storefront and its dependencies.
Not every requirement calls for a new theme. Compare the work needed in the existing theme with the broader design and maintenance implications before deciding.
Include affected page URLs, screenshots or reference designs, the expected behavior and examples from your catalog. Mention any apps or custom components that interact with those pages.
Discuss the content, links and existing behaviors that the change could affect. Relevant SEO, compatibility and performance checks should be part of the agreed scope; a theme change does not by itself guarantee better rankings or speed.
Review representative product, category and content pages at desktop and mobile sizes. Include navigation, product options and the apps or customizations affected by the change in the agreed checks.
A focused theme change can be scoped around an existing storefront. Share the current theme and desired behavior so the discussion can distinguish a targeted customization from a wider redesign.
Send your store URL and the theme changes you have in mind. Include examples that make the requirement concrete, especially where the behavior differs between desktop and mobile.
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