Development Standards
WordPress Development Standards
This page describes the scope of all OYWP’s development standards. Our developers will follow all instructions here by default unless discussed on the project brief.
Client preferences must be clearly identified before starting the project and quotation. Any demand for additional feature requests after the quote is sent must be priced accordingly.
I. The Foundation
OYWP will:
- Initial draft of the site will be staged on OYWP dev server
- The most current WordPress version will be used
- The client has to provide the WordPress theme to be used otherwise OYWP has the full discretion to choose which theme is the most appropriate for the project. In most cases DIVI by Elegant Themes will be utilized
- The client has to purchase the license of the WordPress theme in use
- All links pointing externally will be set to target=”_blank”
- Post commenting is disabled unless specified
- Search engines are discourage to crawl the site until moved to production server
- We will test the sites on the ff browsers: Chrome, Firefox, IE10+ and Safari
OYWP will not:
- Create a child theme (unless the project require it)
- Modify or create WordPress plugins
- Make significant tweaks on the overall functionality of a premium theme
II. Post / Pages
OYWP will:
- Post/Page titles will be wrapped inside an h1 tag. The h1 tag will only be used once per page/post unless stated otherwise.
- Permalinks are set to default /%postname%/ under Dashboard » Settings » Permalinks
OYWP will not:
- Setup any custom fields on post/page editor unless prior on us sending the project quote
III. Plugins
By default, OYWP will activate these plugins for all projects:
These plugins may be included if the project requires it:
- Contact Form 7 – The default Contact Form plugin will be used on all projects.
- Advanced Contact Form 7 DB
- Custom Post Type UI
- Advance Custom Fields
- Woocommerce
IV. Woocommerce
OYWP will:
- Woocommerce pages such as checkout, cart, product, single product pages, account will use the standard WooCommerce templates by default.
- Set the default payment method to Paypal. OYWP can also assist on setting up other payment modes such as paypal express checkout, stripe etc.
- Default shippings standards will be set for Free Shipping, Flat Rate, Local Delivery & Local Pickup
- Any template and feature customizations must be mentioned during the quoting stage so OYWL can provide an accurate quote. Any requests after the quote is and agreed upon will be subject to appropriate pricing.
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