About Theme

Layout must be responsive
Contains a search box in the header or footer, and in search.liquid
All RTE-generated content is consistent (h1-h5, blockquotes, ul, ol, etc.) across all templates
Layout works in IE8+, Firefox, and Chrome
Theme must have at least one demo shop
Demo shops must use the latest version of the theme

Includes a product grid of a collection that can be selected through Theme Settings
(Optional) includes a collection grid of the shop's collections

A contact form template is included with the theme (http://docs.shopify.com/manual/configuration/store-customization/add-a-contact-form)

When 1st variant is sold out, the whole product should not look sold out (see article).
Prices and Compare At prices are shown and update correctly as you select
Thumbnails grid does not break when product images have different aspect ratio
Uses lightbox or large main image or zoom plugin
One variant handled well (ex: dropdowns shouldnʼt be used for one variant)
Whole product sold out handled well
Multiple uses OptionSelector JS (see article)
image.alt is used for product images
Breadcrumb to provide a link back to the collection and/or NEXT and PREVIOUS links
Social buttons for Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ (optional)
Social buttons for Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ (optional)
Include

Price variation is shown (i.e. "from $x to $y" when product.price_varies).
A "Sale" tag or Compare At price is shown where appropriate
Product titles cannot be truncated (i.e. Liquid filter "truncate" or "truncatewords" should not be used)
Collection description is shown
Product tags is output for filtering ()
Intuitive UI for selecting/deselecting tags
Layout does not break even with images with different aspect ratios
Pagination works

Outputs additional checkout buttons using {{ content_for_additional_checkout_buttons }}
Contains textarea for cart.note
Update button properly updates quantities while retaining cart note
Proper message is displayed when cart is empty

Blog tags are presented elegantly and can be used for filtering articles
Blog excerpt used when there is one in blog.liquid (you can use {{ article.excerpt_or_content }})
When blog is filtered with tag, must be clear which tag is being used to filter.
Pagination works properly
Blog atom feed subscribe link is visible on all blog pages

Comments are paginated
article.published_at is used (not article.created_at)
Uses blog.previous_article and blog.next_article to navigate between blog articles
Comments workflow works with and without moderation, and all success/error messages are properly output.

collection.image must be used as the collection thumbnails. If collection.image does not exist for a collection, use the thumbnail image of the first product in that collection.

Theme Settings should not be overwhelming nor tedious.
The demo store should be easily reproduced using the theme settings (i.e. no custom modifications were made to the demo store.)
Do not include a setting to remove “{{ powered_by_link }}”
Logo upload must work with images of different aspect ratios (ex: landscape vs. portrait).
Include a setting for uploading a custom background image.
Include settings to set CSS background-position and background-color
Include settings for social icons. Customers must be able to enter the URL of their social pages, and the URL must be applied to their respective icons
Settings to change fonts for headings and regular text

Having a slideshow in your theme is optional. If you do have a slideshow, your theme must meet the following requirements:

Theme must contain the code snippet for Title, Meta Description, Duplicate Content from the article.
Heading tags are used in a way that makes sense for SEO