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Launch checklist ​

Go through this list before you remove your store password. Most "the theme is broken" moments after launch come from one of these.

Theme ​

  • [ ] Every home page section has your own images. No placeholder drawings left.
  • [ ] Sample reviews removed or replaced with real ones.
  • [ ] Logo, favicon and color schemes set.
  • [ ] License key added in Theme settings → License (how).
  • [ ] Menus set up (header and footer).
  • [ ] Contact page email address changed to yours.
  • [ ] Open your store on a phone and click through home → collection → product → cart.

Offers and discounts ​

  • [ ] Every offer you show in the theme has a matching Shopify discount. See How offers work. The theme shows offers; Shopify's discounts make them real at checkout.
  • [ ] Test each offer with a real cart and go to checkout to see the final price.
  • [ ] Any code in your popup (for example WELCOME10) exists in Discounts.
  • [ ] Discounts that should stack have Combinations turned on. Discounts that shouldn't, don't.

Outside the theme ​

Shopify styles these pages itself; the theme can't change them:

  • [ ] Checkout: match it to your store in Settings → Checkout → Customize. Pick your colors and fonts. Oriel's default fonts (Cormorant and Jost) are both in the checkout font list.
  • [ ] Policies: add a Refund policy, Terms of service and Shipping policy in Settings → Policies. If you use the cart's terms checkbox, its links point to these.
  • [ ] Store email: set the address that receives contact form messages in Settings → Store details.

Speed ​

  • [ ] Images uploaded at a sensible size (around 2000–2500 px wide for full-width images is plenty).
  • [ ] Remove apps you don't use. Apps add code to every page.

Oriel is a Shopify theme by Socratisp.